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Carol of the Drum - The Little Drummer Boy MP3 Audio Clip
Caroling Caroling MP3 Audio Clip
Christmas Time Is Here MP3 Audio Clip
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy MP3 Audio Clip
Jingle Bells MP3 Audio Clip

m-pact: The Carol Commission

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This is one of the most amazing a cappella CDs to come along in a while! Contemporary men's quintet m-pact show their jazz roots as they commission the biggest names in vocal arranging to collaborate on some astounding pieces. Among the 11 tunes there's not an ounce of filler. The profound, groundbreaking centerpiece is Roger Treese's "Christmas Time Is Here," a nine-minute trance-inducing aural landscape (don't listen and drive at the same time!). There's shades of Take 6 on Randy Crenshaw's "Caroling, Caroling" although Cedric Dent's contribution was "Away In A Manger." The majestic arrangement of "Do You Hear What I Hear?" by m-pact's own Marco Cassone is Singers Unlimited on steroids - wow! Amy "Bob" Englehardt adds lyrics to "Sugar Plum Fairy" and Michelle Weir's arrangement transforms it into a driving 10/8 jazz masterpiece. Similarly "O Come, O Come Emmanuel" becomes a jazz waltz - very cool! m-pact gets funky on "Little Drummer Boy" before returning to classic vocal jazz on "Jingle Bells" and sublime, Singers Unlimited-style smooth vocals on "Snowfall." They go Caribbean on "De King Is Born Today" and are only "contemporary rock" - their more typical style - on original "December Fades Away." Not only is the CD compelling, but Mainely A Cappella will be publishing most of these astonishing arrangements!
m-pact: The Carol Commission
Song List
Caroling, Caroling
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
Christmas Time Is Here
Carol of the Drum ("The Little Drummer Boy")
Jingle Bells
Snowfall
O Come, O Come Emmanuel
Do You Hear What I Hear?
De King Is Born Today
As December Fades Away
Away In A Manger

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