A Jazz Guitar Christmas Volume 2

Off the success of his first holly jolly Christmas spirited album, Royce Campbell released a volume 2 full of Christmas favorites entitled A Jazz Guitar Christmas Volume 2. Campbell does jazzy interpretations of these classics, maintaining the prominent catchy tunes just embroidering it in a jazz needled fabric, which really works nicely. With stellar rhythms and steady rising star talent on bass and drums, Campbell and his gang create festive numbers that let Santa triumphantly roll in on his sleigh in style.

The tracks bump and grind, really putting you in the holiday mood, making you want to warm up near an open fire. You might even roast some chestnuts to further embrace the spirit of Christmas while Campbell works his magic. Christmas, a holiday bringing family together, is surely the theme pinned in each caroled theme as it bleeds red and green. It's probably best to listen to these in the comfort of a warm home with good friends and family.

Not that Christmas songs were ever dull, but a jazzy take really rejuvenates them. Christmas comes only once a year; maybe that being the reason that no one gets sick of the cheery numbers. But modernizing classic tunes ? in this case ? proves to be an ornament on the lush Christmas tree. Jazz can often take on masked forms of loneliness and melancholy, but fostering a Christmas theme in these remixes, eliminates those feelings. Christmas is unifying, like most holidays, so that being the hallmark in these jazzed up numbers brings us together and lights up our faces with smiles like the lights at Rockefeller Center.