For their fourth collection of
Christmas
jazz
,
Justin Time
recorded ten new performances and reissued selections from
Oliver Jones
(
"Let It Snow"
) and the
Montreal Jubilation Gospel Choir
from 1993-94. The music ranges from piano features to vocal numbers by
Carmen Lundy
Coral Egan
Ranee Lee
and
Johanne Blouin
. The biggest change of paces, other than the
gospel
number, are singer-guitarist
Adam Karch
's solo
blues
-oriented performance on
"Christmas Prayer,"
and a rollicking New Orleans
R&B
rendition of
"Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer"
by
Bryan Lee
. Despite its diversity, the set holds together well with no throwaways and a great deal of variety. All dozen selections (even the obscurities and originals) will put one in the
spirit. ~ Scott Yanow