The Wonder of Christmas by Scott Wilkie

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Scott Wilkie has a new holiday recording called The Wonder of Christmas. It’s solo acoustic piano renditions of all of your seasonal favorites. With 17 covers of the classics, you’ll find several that you’ll have on your Christmas playlist.

I remember being impressed by Scott’s first recording, Boundless, nearly 15 years ago. I wrote on this site on February 19, 1999:

Missing the pop-jazz sound of the 80s and early 90s? Check out Boundless, the debut from keyboardist Scott Wilkie. Wilkie’s music reminds me of the contemporary jazz piano CDs that I heard when I first started listening to the genre in 1989 or so – works by David Benoit, Tom Grant, and Alex Bugnon. I wouldn’t rule out a Rippingtons influence (especially in the compositions), especially since former Ripps Steve Reid and Jeff Kashiwa, as well as main man Russ Freeman, play on the release. Wilkie doesn’t hold back on the uptempo jams either, which you’ll notice from the start.

 

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