Evergreen (Alison Brown album) explained

Evergreen
Type:	studio
Artist:	Alison Brown
Cover:	2008_evergreen.jpg
Released:	August 12, 2008
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	Compass
Producer:	Garry West
Prev Title:	Vanguard Visionaries
Prev Year:	2005
Next Title:	The Company You Keep
Next Year:	2009

Evergreen is a Christmas album by American banjoist Alison Brown, released in 2008.

Arranged in a jazzy style, the album features fiddler/mandolinists Joe Craven and is often compared with similar Christmas album effort by Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, Jingle All the Way.

Reception

In his Allmusic review, music critic Rick Anderson wrote "No one who likes Christmas music will be able to resist the charms of this album."

Track listing

1. "Carol and the Kings: Carol of the Bells/We Three Kings" (Traditional) – 5:10
2. "Sleigh Ride" (Anderson, Parish) – 3:43
3. "Two Santas: Here Comes Santa Claus/Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (Autry, Coots, Gillespie) – 4:32
4. "Christmas Don't Be Late" (Bagdasarian) – 3:34
5. "O'Carolan's/Welcome Christmas: O'Carolan's Farewell/Welcome Christmas" (Geisel, Hague, O'Carolan) – 3:38
6. "Skating/Feliz Navidad" (Guaraldi, trad.) – 4:12
7. "Silver Bells" (Evans, Livingston) – 3:59
8. "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" (Cahn, Styne) – 3:20
9. "Christmas Time is Here" (Guaraldi, Mendelson) – 4:01
10. "The Little Drummer Boy" (Davis) – 4:13
11. "Christmas Don't Be Late (reprise)" (Bagdasarian) – 1:02

Personnel

• Alison Brown – banjo, guitar
• Larry Atamanuik – drums
• John Burr – piano
• Joe Craven – fiddle, mandolin, percussion
• Gary West – bass