The Moore-McColl Jazz Society have released an EP with two Christmas songs: “It’s Christmas Time (Good Morning Blues) and “Jingle Jangle”. We hope that you enjoy these songs and have a wonderful Holiday!
“We chose to cover Ella Fitzgerald's "It's Christmas Time (Good Morning Blues)" because it's such an amazing, jazzy Christmas song that's not over-played on the radio each year. It gave Beth an opportunity to really deliver a powerhouse vocal performance, while also allowing the band to really groove, “ said Chance McColl. “I then wrote an instrumental swing number and entitled it "Jingle Jangle" - named after the two elves from Rankin-Bass' "The Year Without a Santa Claus" (you know it - the one with Heat Miser and Snow Miser). Beth ran with that idea and wrote really fun, playful lyrics that give tribute to those two elves who helped save Christmas!”
Beth Moore added, “I loved the rhythmic complexity of Ella’s version, but decided we would simplify it and perform it as a blues, but her vocal licks were definitely an inspiration to my performance. We also came up with the horn lines in the beginning - which Randy thought reminded him of the intro to “If I Were a Bell” which is one of my favorite standards to sing and play. That was a cool minds think alike moment for sure. Chance’s idea to put solos in between the verses was an absolute great arrangement idea And then the outro was a perfect opportunity to bring the horn lines back in and let guitar, sax an vocals adlib like crazy. I loved the energy there at the end especially. “