Lucy and her crew bring jazz, funk and joy to Christmas classics old and new!

Lucy Smith, vocals Michael Caskey, drums & percussion Bryan Doherty, bass Amr Marcin Fahmy, piano Greg Ward, alto saxophone (Tracks, 6, 7 & 12)

I hope this album brings you joy along with sincere messages of peace. I’ve been making music with Amr, Bryan, Michael

Lucy and her crew bring jazz, funk and joy to Christmas classics old and new!

Lucy Smith, vocals Michael Caskey, drums & percussion Bryan Doherty, bass Amr Marcin Fahmy, piano Greg Ward, alto saxophone (Tracks, 6, 7 & 12)

I hope this album brings you joy along with sincere messages of peace. I’ve been making music with Amr, Bryan, Michael and Greg for more than a decade. They’re amazing people who are also extraordinarily skilled and gracious musicians. In the more than six years as music director for a weekly jazz service in Chicago, I’ve arranged and re-arranged an endless amount of music (secular and sacred) for my quartet and congregational singing. Singing Christmas stems from that work. Our objective for this project is to bring jazz, funk and joy to holiday classics old and new.

Produced by Lucy Smith Production Assistance by Mary Gaffney Recorded and mixed by Mary Gaffney at the Jim & Kay Mabie Performance Studio, Chicago Public Media, Chicago, IL Mastered by Danny Leake at Urban Guerrilla Engineers, Chicago, IL CD design and layout by Nicold Ologundudu

Lucy Smith is a Chicago¬¬-based singer, composer, bandleader and producer. Her quartet frequents the Chicago jazz scene and her musical collaborations include works for theatre, film and spoken word productions. Lucy was featured at the 2015 Chicago Jazz Festival. She is the music director for Chicago’s Fourth Presbyterian’s “Jazz at Four” service and performs often for organizations working on social and economic justice issues.