Count Your Blessings (CD)

• Category:  Music  »  Holiday  »  Pop Vocal
• Format: CD   Learn more about the CD format using Tower WIKI.
• Release Date: October 7, 2003
• Label: DRG (USA)
• UPC: 021471147926
• WAPI (Tower ID): 106000274
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• Tower.com Sales Rank: #118148 in Music (See Top 100 Music Bestsellers)
• #192553 in Holiday (See Top 100 Holiday Bestsellers)
• #127 in Pop Vocal (See Top 100 Pop Vocal Bestsellers)

Personnel: Destan Owens, Robert Fowler, Darius De Hass, Kent Monroe, Eliseo Roman, Dennis Stowe, John Parker, Norm Lewis, Billy Porter, Michael Washington, Bradley Dean (vocals); Jary Berliner (guitar); Susan Jolles (harp); Kristina Musser, Barry Finclair, Maura Giannini, Robert Zubricki, Laura Seaton-Finn, Lisa Matricardi, Mary Rowell, Suzanne Ornstein, Richard Sortomme, Mineko Yajima, Paul Woodiel, Rebekah Johnson (violin); Ken Burward-Hoy, David Blinn, Richard Brice (viola); Clay Ruede, Scott Ballantyne, Lanny Paykin, Bruce Wang (cello); Seymour "Red" Press (flute, alto flute, clarinet); Michael Parloff (flute, alto flute); Lawrence Feldman (flute, clarinet); Melanie Feld (oboe, English horn); Russ Rizner, Howard T. Howard, Sharon Moe, Roger Wendt (French horn); Bruce Bonvisutto, Jack Gale, James Pugh, Paul Faulise (trombone); Scott Cady (piano); John Beal (acoustic bass); Erik Charlston, James Saporito (percussion); The Broadway Inspirational Voices.

On COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS, vocalist Barbara Cook creates a charming addition to the Christmas music catalog. Teamed up with an orchestra and a small choir, Cook evokes the true spirit of the holiday. Larry Blank's orchestrations are lush, colorful, and warm. Moreover, Wally Harper, who arranged and conducted these sessions, spices things up with lovely vocal harmonies, courtesy of the Broadway Inspirational Voices. Throughout the album, the choir is used to create the effect of doorstep carolers.

Listeners are sure to enjoy the time-honored Yuletide tunes, including the pious "O Holy Night" and the dreamy "White Christmas." However, there are a few selections that are unusual--the traditional "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands," for example, is not a holiday song, yet due to the joyous lyric, it fits in perfectly with the rest of the repertoire. Cook's voice is carefree and inviting on this track, and the stripped-down arrangement works to wonderful effect. COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS is an exquisite holiday album by a singer who really knows how to breathe new life into familiar songs.

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