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THE SINGERS UNLIMITED Christmas MPS Records (LC00979) Distributor: UK: absolute, USA: Naxos, France: Harmonia Mundi Vinyl EAN/UPC: 4029759098751 Vinyl Cat.-No.: 0209875MSW Vinyl Release Date: Nov 4 th , 2016 CD EAN/UPC: 4029759116004 CD Cat.-No.: 0211600MSW CD Release Date: Nov 4 th , 2016 www.mps-music.de Info and artwork: http://www.herzogpromotion.com Keywords: MPS Records, The Singers Unlimited, Gene Puerling, Don Shelton, Len Dresslar, Bonnie Herman, A Capella-Quartett, audiophil 180g Vinyl, CD Tired of the same old Christmas carols sung the same old way? Then the Singers Unlimited’s 1971 MPS album “Christmas” is the perfect stocking stuffer. Leader Gene Puerling’s advanced harmonic concepts influenced Take Six, Manhattan Transfer, and Brian Wilson. Legendary jazz singer Jon Hendricks compared Puerling to pioneering saxophonist Charlie Parker, exclaiming "Gene broadened the harmonies, like Bird did with bebop.” Arguably the best-known of the 15 albums SU recorded for MPS, “Christmas” contains such classics as “Deck the Halls”, “Silent Night”, and “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear”, arranged in Puerling’s signature style. The a capella quartet modulates between the traditional and the jazz-inflected modern, at times exuberant, at times reflective. Seven originals were penned by jazz trumpeter Alfred Burt. First intended as Christmas cards for friends and family with lyrics by Burt’s Episcopalian pastor-father, the compositions have since become distinctive season standards. Sounding as clean and pure as a child’s breath on a cold winter morning, “Christmas” is a holiday gift that is a joy to listen to at any time of the year. PR Contact: Stefen Mayer | +49 (0)40. 88 172 886 | [email protected] Hanns-Christian Gerth | +49(0)40.88 172 885 | [email protected] Herzog Promotion | Spritzenplatz 12 | 22765 Hamburg | t. +49(0)40/88 172 885
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MPS Records (LC00979) Distributor: UK: absolute, USA: Naxos,France: Harmonia Mundi
Vinyl EAN/UPC: 4029759098751 Vinyl Cat.-No.: 0209875MSW Vinyl Release Date: Nov 4th, 2016
CD EAN/UPC: 4029759116004CD Cat.-No.: 0211600MSW CD Release Date: Nov 4th, 2016
www.mps-music.deInfo and artwork:http://www.herzogpromotion.com
Keywords: MPS Records, The Singers Unlimited, Gene Puerling, Don Shelton, Len Dresslar,Bonnie Herman, A Capella-Quartett, audiophil 180g Vinyl, CD
Tired of the same old Christmas carols sung the same old way? Then the Singers Unlimited’s
1971 MPS album “Christmas” is the perfect stocking stuffer. Leader Gene Puerling’s
advanced harmonic concepts influenced Take Six, Manhattan Transfer, and Brian Wilson.
Legendary jazz singer Jon Hendricks compared Puerling to pioneering saxophonist Charlie
Parker, exclaiming "Gene broadened the harmonies, like Bird did with bebop.” Arguably the
best-known of the 15 albums SU recorded for MPS, “Christmas” contains such classics as
“Deck the Halls”, “Silent Night”, and “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear”, arranged in
Puerling’s signature style. The a capella quartet modulates between the traditional and the
jazz-inflected modern, at times exuberant, at times reflective. Seven originals were penned by
jazz trumpeter Alfred Burt. First intended as Christmas cards for friends and family with lyrics
by Burt’s Episcopalian pastor-father, the compositions have since become distinctive season
standards. Sounding as clean and pure as a child’s breath on a cold winter morning,
“Christmas” is a holiday gift that is a joy to listen to at any time of the year.
PR Contact: Stefen Mayer | +49 (0)40. 88 172 886 | [email protected] Hanns-Christian Gerth | +49(0)40.88 172 885 | [email protected]
Herzog Promotion | Spritzenplatz 12 | 22765 Hamburg | t. +49(0)40/88 172 885
