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Photo Coverage: Ann Hampton Callaway Previews THE HOPE OF CHRISTMAS Album at Barnes and Noble

By: Dec. 03, 2015
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THE HOPE OF CHRISTMAS is a new collection of Christmas songs interpreted by multiplatinum-selling singer, Tony nominated actress, pianist and leading champion of the American songbook, Ann Hampton Callaway, with lyrics by two-time Emmy® Award winner William Schermerhorn, and featuring twenty-nine of the world's best jazz musicians, including Five Play, New York Voices, Hubert Laws, Claudio Roditi, Gerald Albright, The Ted Rosenthal Trio and more. The recording will be released on Friday, October 9 by the MCG Jazz record label (Marty Ashby, producer).

Composers for the twelve songs on the recording are Ann Hampton Callaway; Milton Delugg (Orange Colored Sky, Just Another Polka); Mary Ehlinger; two-time Emmy® and five-time Grammy® Award-nominated entertainer Michael Feinstein; Stephen Fox; Emmy® & Tony® Award-nominated composer Matthew Sklar (Elf, The Wedding Singer); and Emmy® Award-winning composer Wesley Whatley (Yes, Virginia, There's A Santa Claus).

Featured tracks to include the title song The Hope of Christmas with music by Ann Hampton Callaway and lyrics by William Schermerhorn. Performed by Ann Hampton Callaway and New York Voices.

All proceeds from the sale of this CD to go directly to support the MCG Jazz program and its mission to preserve, present and promote jazz. MCG Jazz, mcgjazz.org, is a social enterprise of Manchester Craftsmen's Guild, a subsidiary of Manchester Bidwell Corporation, a non-profit arts and learning center.

Photo Credit: Genevieve Rafter Keddy

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Ann Hampton Callaway CD Release at Barnes and Noble

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Ann Hampton Callaway CD Release at Barnes and Noble

Photo Coverage: Ann Hampton Callaway Previews THE HOPE OF CHRISTMAS Album at Barnes and Noble  Image
Ann Hampton Callaway CD Release at Barnes and Noble

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Ann Hampton Callaway

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Ann Hampton Callaway

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Ann Hampton Callaway

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Ann Hampton Callaway

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Ann Hampton Callaway

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Ann Hampton Callaway and William Schermerhorn

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Ann Hampton Callaway

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William Schermerhorn

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Ann Hampton Callaway and William Schermerhorn

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William Schermerhorn

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Ann Hampton Callaway

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Ann Hampton Callaway

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William Schermerhorn

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Ann Hampton Callaway

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Ann Hampton Callaway

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Ann Hampton Callaway and William Schermerhorn

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Ann Hampton Callaway

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William Schermerhorn

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Ann Hampton Callaway and William Schermerhorn

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William Schermerhorn

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Ann Hampton Callaway

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Ann Hampton Callaway

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Ann Hampton Callaway and William Schermerhorn

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Alex Rybeck

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William Schermerhorn, Ann Hampton Callaway and Alex Rybeck

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William Schermerhorn, Ann Hampton Callaway and Alex Rybeck

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William Schermerhorn and Ann Hampton Callaway

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Ann Hampton Callaway

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Ann Hampton Callaway and Judith Clurman

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Ann Hampton Callaway

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Ann Hampton Callaway




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