| Songs of Joy & Peace | 
 enlarge | Creators: Cristina Pato, Nilson Matta, Robert Leslie Iii Hurst, Matt Brubeck, Yo-yo Ma, Paquito D'rivera, Anonymous, Sergio / Assad, Clarice Assad, Sergio / Assad, Odair Assad, Dave Brubeck, Paquito / Yavnai, Alon D'rivera, Blossom Dearie, Osvaldo Golijov, Cristobal Halffter, George Frederick Handel, George Harrison, Jerome Kern, Marcos Leite, John / Ono, Yoko Lennon
Label: Sony
Category: Music
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Avg. Customer Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 29
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.3
MPN: 724414
UPC: 886972441429
EAN: 0886972441429
ASIN: B001BN1V8U
Release Date: October 14, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | DONA NOBIS PACEM (Give Us Peace) - Yo-Yo Ma, cello | | • | YOU COULDN'T BE CUTER - Diana Krall, piano and vocals John Clayton, bass | | • | JOY TO THE WORLD - Dave Brubeck, piano and Matt Brubeck, cello Paquito D'Rivera, clarinet | | • | HERE COMES THE SUN - James Taylor guitar and vocals | | • | Improvisation on DONA NOBIS PACEM (Give Us Peace) - Edgar Meyer, bass Chris Thile, mandolin | | • | THE WASSAIL SONG /ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT - Edgar Meyer, bass Chris Thile, mandolin | | • | A CHRISTMAS JIG / MOUTH OF THE TOBIQUE REEL - Natalie MacMaster, fiddle | | • | THE WEXFORD CAROL - Alison Krauss, vocals | | • | PANXOLINA: A GALICIAN CAROL - Cristina Pato, bagpipes | | • | Improvisation on DONA NOBIS PACEM (Give Us Peace) - Sérgio Assad & Odair Assad, guitar | | • | VASSOURINHAS - Sérgio Assad & Odair Assad, guitar | | • | Improvisation on DONA NOBIS PACEM (Give Us Peace) - Paquito D'Rivera, clarinet Alon Yavnai, piano | | • | INVITACION AL DANZON - Paquito D'Rivera, clarinet Alon Yavnai, piano | | • | MY ONE AND ONLY LOVE - Joshua Redman, tenor sax | | • | FAMILIA - The Assad Familyy | | • | CONCORDIA - Dave Brubeck, piano Matt Brubeck, cello | | • | MY FAVORITE THINGS - Chris Botti, trumpet | | • | TOUCH THE HAND OF LOVE - Renée Fleming, soprano Edgar Meyer, bass Chris Thile, mandolin | | • | KUAI LE - Wu Tong, sheng and vocals The Silk Road Ensemble | | • | THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE - Amelia Zirin-Brown, vocals | | • | HAPPY XMAS (War is Over) - Jake Shimabukuro, ukulele | | • | DONA NOBIS PACEM (Give Us Peace) /AULD LANG SYNE - Chris Botti, trumpet |
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Album Description
Imagine a party, a musical party inspired by the holiday season. A party that celebrates the universal hopes, dreams and joy animating seasonal festivals the world over - Christmas, Hanukkah, Eid al-Adha, Kwanzaa, Yule and New Year's Day. That is what brought Yo-Yo Ma together with a remarkable group of friends - some old, some new - to create SONGS OF JOY & PEACE. It is Yo-Yo's hope that everyone who listens to this album will hear a song familiar, comfortable and beloved to them as well as discover and fall in love with music that is brand new.
Album Description
2008 release, Yo-Yo Ma's first-ever holiday album. Features once-in-a-lifetime performances with incredible guest artists including James Taylor, Diana Krall, Alison Krauss, Chris Botti, Ren,e Fleming, Dave Brubeck and more. Imagine a party, a musical party inspired by the holiday spirit. A party that celebrates the universal hopes, dreams and joy animating festivals the world over: Christmas, Hanukkah, Eid al-Adha, Kwanzaa, Yule and New Year's Day. That is what brought Yo-Yo Ma together with a remarkable group of friends to create SONGS OF JOY & PEACE. It is Yo-Yo's hope that everyone who listens to this album will hear a song familiar and beloved to them as well as discover and fall in love with music that is brand new.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 11 more reviews...
 No Dark, Sullen Winter Here! October 16, 2008
28 out of 28 found this review helpful
These days anthologies of a given leading musician with assorted guests are commonplace, and we have seen them in rock, jazz, blues, and even country. But Yo-Yo Ma is a classical musician who ventures far into other realms, from his Silk Road Project to Bossa Nova and Tango. Here is a stunning winter holiday album (not all strictly Christmas songs) where Ma makes music with major artists from around the world in unusual instrumental combinations. This album has excellent sound quality, as you would expect, but it is also an unusual 79 minutes long. The great jazz and Latin clarinetist Paquito D'Rivera appears on three tracks. Ma is joined with fiddle and bagpipes in support of an Alison Krauss vocal. Another Celtic combination, French Canadian, includes harp, piano, drums, and Natalie Macmaster on fiddle. Dave Brubeck and his cello-playing son Matt Brubeck appear; that is correct, two cellos. Cello and saxophone combine care of Joshua Redman, and how about cello and ukulele via Jake Shimabukuro! A work composed by Osvaldo Golijov brings together a sheng, santur, tabla, ney, kamancheh, shakuhachi, pipa, and Western strings of cello, violin, violas. Four different improvisations on Dona Nobis Pacem are interspersed among the tracks to help unite the recordings. And the jazz, Celtic, classical, rock, Latin, and pop tunes are all remarkably infused with holiday joy and Ma's sweet and sonorous cello. These fine and mellow pieces are not for dance parties but for enjoying the coziness, warmth, and peace of sitting with friends, viewing a fireplace or holiday lights, and tasting special food and drink. When you finish listening to this CD, expect to find a smile on your face and happiness in your heart.
A wonderful CD by Yo Yo Ma October 16, 2008
13 out of 14 found this review helpful
When I bought Yo-Yo-Ma & Friends: Songs of Joy & Peace, I missed entirely the holiday connection that much of the music has. It wasn't until I actually listened to the CD and heard "Joy to the World" featuring Dave Brubeck on track three that I looked at the cover again and saw a very eclectic but thematically strong collection of holiday music.
Songs of Joy & Peace is a wonderful CD. Yo Yo Ma is at his best on each of the tracks and gives his visiting artists full range. My favorite tracks include:
2. You Couldn't be Cuter with Diana Krall and John Clayton
4. Here Comes the Sun with James Taylor
6. The Wassail Song/All Through the Night with Edgar Meyer and Chris Thile
7. A Christmas Jig/Mouth of the Tobique Reel with Natalie McMaster
8. The Wexford Carol with Alison Krauss
10. Improvisation on Dona Nobis Pacem with Sérgio Assad and Odair Assad
16. Concordia with Dave Brubeck and Matt Brubeck
17. My Favorite Things with Chris Botti
Actually, this is unfair since I enjoyed the entire CD. I purchased the deluxe edition and have only viewed the 5 performances. There are other treasures yet to be explored.
Yo Yo Ma is a treasure and his ability to collaborate with other musicians from other fields and genre's of music is a treat for us all.
I'll leave the discussion about mixing and sound quality to others though it all sounded great to me.
Treat yourself.
Peace
Yo Yo...not my mother....but wish I had such a fun name!!! October 27, 2008
4 out of 9 found this review helpful
I have just become a fan of Yo Yo Mas and I am so thankful that I started to get interested in his music. He has a wonderful way with the cello and the arrangements. I love alot of music for their background qualities. I will be playing this album at my holiday parties this year, and for my toddler as he falls asleep. I also love it at work. It is relaxing and calming. I can't wait to check out his other stuff as well. YO!!!!!
 doesn't meet expectations November 3, 2008
4 out of 16 found this review helpful
Should have figured when I saw YYM on TV with James Taylor doing "Here comes the sun" that their concept of holiday music on this album was not going to be mainstream. The choice of a)music, b)collaborative musicians was poor and the arrangements seemed lacking. A more traditional fare would have appealed to me as well. With all the great artists out there more of Diana Krall and other equally appreciated vocalists and less of instrumentals that didn't quite make it would have been better. Too Bad. Grappelli and Menuhin did this collaborative approach well, YYM should go listen to "Jealousy".
A WINTERY WONDERLAND OF MUSIC AND MEDITATION November 3, 2008
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
It's beginning to feel a lot like . . . well, you get the idea. It's a bit too early for us to take a peek into Santa's gift bag, but we couldn't resist one early glimpse. Though the tracks reek of seasonal spirit, this is more a wintery musical mediation, with lots of Big Name guest stars (James Taylor, Dave Brubeck, Diana Krall, Chris Botti) spreading cheer and well, peace and joy, whether you celebrate Christmas, Chanukah, Eid al-Adha or Kwanzaa---or jazz, pop, classical, Celtic, rock or Latin.
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