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Working with Johnny Mathis was a thrill and a shock. He arrived in a big white fur coat, chewing gum, looking exactly as he has for the last 50 years! I looked older than him!! You can imagine how that white fur flew. And when he opened his mouth, it really was as though time had stood still; the same timbre, the same tone I remembered swooning to in 1955. The result is a medley of Winter Wonderland, and Let it Snow, which still gives me goosebumps. How does he do it?
Before I got the answer, he was out the door, and I had to tackle “Mele Kalikimaka”, a song from my childhood, and one of my favorite songs on this record. Jonathan Tunick’s wacky arrangement that suits the song down to the ground, and swings it into outer space.
Speaking of swing, the title track was inspired by the great Louis Armstrong, who cut the first version of the song. I have been a fan of all things Louis for years; I have even visited his museum/home in Corona, New York. The whole house is brilliant, but the turquoise kitchen is to die.
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