Child: Music for the Christmas Season
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Child: Music for the Christmas Season is a 1997 live double album by Jane Siberry.
It presents material she recorded at two 1996 concerts at the famed New York City
jazz
club The Bottom Line. The material includes both original songs by Siberry and covers of Christmas
standards.
The concerts were two of four she performed at The Bottom Line. The other two appear on the albums Lips: Music for Saying It
and Tree: Music for Films and Forests
. All of the albums have also been released as the New York City Trilogy
box set.
It presents material she recorded at two 1996 concerts at the famed New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
club The Bottom Line. The material includes both original songs by Siberry and covers of Christmas
Christmas
Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual holiday generally celebrated on December 25 by billions of people around the world. It is a Christian feast that commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ, liturgically closing the Advent season and initiating the season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days...
standards.
The concerts were two of four she performed at The Bottom Line. The other two appear on the albums Lips: Music for Saying It
Lips: Music for Saying It
Lips: Music for Saying It is a 1999 live album by Jane Siberry.It presents material she recorded at a 1996 concert at the famed New York City jazz club The Bottom Line...
and Tree: Music for Films and Forests
Tree: Music for Films and Forests
Tree: Music for Films and Forests is a 1999 live album by Jane Siberry.It presents a concert she recorded at New York City's famed Bottom Line jazz club in 1996. The concert predominantly presents songs that Siberry wrote which were in some way about trees and forests; however, she also includes...
. All of the albums have also been released as the New York City Trilogy
New York City Trilogy
The New York City Trilogy is a four-CD box set, compiling the concert albums that Jane Siberry recorded at New York City's Bottom Line nightclub in autumn 1996...
box set.
Track listing
- "She's Playing the Taxidriver" – 0:28
- "Caravan" – 5:12
- "Wildwood Carol" – 4:54
- "A Bitter Christmas" – 0:54
- "What is This Fragrance Softly Stealing?" – 4:59
- "Quoi, Ma Voisine, Es-Tu Fachée?" – 3:23
- "Shir Amami" – 6:55
- "Mary's Lullaby" – 3:12
- "New Year's Baby" – 4:31
- "An Angel Stepped Down (and Slowly Looked Around)" – 5:41
- "Silent Night" – 1:25
- "You Will Be Born" – 3:33
- "O Holy Night" – 2:28
- "In the Bleak Midwinter" – 5:55
- "Christmas Mass" – 2:40
- "The Christmas Song" – 2:55
- "Maria Wanders Through the Thorn" – 4:56
- "What Child is This?" – 3:15
- "The Valley" – 5:23
- "Hockey" – 8:00
- "The Twelve Days of Christmas" – 5:27
- "Are You Burning, Little Candle?" – 4:59