A Swingin' Christmas (Featuring The Count Basie Big Band)
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| Studio album by Tony Bennett & The Count Basie Big Band | ||||
| Released | October 14, 2008 | |||
| Recorded | 2008 | |||
| Genre | Vocal jazz, Christmas | |||
| Length | 37:01 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Phil Ramone | |||
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A Swingin' Christmas is a Christmas album by Tony Bennett, released in 2008, that features the Count Basie Big Band. Bennett's daughter Antonia duets with him on one track.
The album received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album at the 52nd Grammy Awards.
To promote the release of the album Bennett granted numerous interviews, and made a number of television show performances, from the time of its release through the holiday season. This included a special free street performance outside of Bloomingdale's department store at 4:30 p.m. on November 20 in New York City in which he performed three songs – "I'll Be Home for Christmas," "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" and "Jingle Bells" – before the unveiling of the store's window displays. He performed a concert at New York City's Apollo Theater on December 16 that was billed as his only show in support of the album with the Count Basie Big Band.
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