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What is Crafty Christmas? you may ask. Inspired by his sister's tradition of gathering with friends to make hand-crafted Christmas presents, the New York trumpeter, in the same spirit, created this recording as a gift to his parents. Properly unassuming and sweetly swinging, his quartet covers the familiar hymns and songs of the season, and is joined by vocalist Kevin-Anthony for season-perfect renditions of InchThe Christmas Song,Inch and InchI'll Be Home For Christmas.Inch Eklund's original, InchTwo as One,Inch written for his sister's wedding, creates a very appropriate coda to a project that will hopefully inspire many others' Crafty Christmases! Inch... playing with determination and inventiveness... Eklund hammers home his credentials as a player emphatically.Inch - All About Jazz Album Tracks 1. Winter Wonderland 2. The Christmas Song 3. Christmas Time Is Here 4. Greensleeves 5. O Come, O Come Emmanuel 6. Let It Snow 7. I'll Be Home for Christmas 8. Silent Night 9. Two As One
