Founded in 1999, this excellent Colorado mixed vocal jazz octet jumps right into a bright, bouncing 'Let It Snow,' and doesn't let up until the final note of cut 13, the best 'Little Drummer Boy' we've heard since M-Pact's on 'Carol Commission.' A very cool 'Jingle Bells' cover, a crisp, ringing 'Pat-A-Pan,' a wonderfully sexy, upbeat 'Baby, It's Cold Outside,' some amazingly complex chords on 'I'll Be Home for Christmas' and 'Silent Night,' a brash, scatty 'Santa Claus Is Coming To Town,' a nice caroler's medley of 'Deck the Halls/I Saw Three Ships/We Wish You a Merry Christmas/Holly and the Ivy,' a moving new song, 'Christmas in the Trenches' and others. 'Please Have Snow' is one of the best Christmas vocal jazz collections we've heard in a long time!

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