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Bobby Medina: Holiday Magic
by Jack Bowers
Trumpeter Bobby Medina and the Cosmopolitan Pops Orchestra serve up more than fifty minutes of cheerful Holiday Magic, spiced with clever arrangements and bright vocals by Greta Matassa (“Winter Wonderland,” “Merry Christmas,” “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”) and Gary Lanz (“The Christmas Song”). The music is Jazzy to a point, but more akin to the Boston or Cincinnati Pops than to Basie or Herman. The Latin opener, “Feliz Navidad,” is followed by a winsome reading of “Hark! The Herald ...
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