Grammy® – Nominated Seth MacFarlane has recently revealed the cover art, track listing and release date for his “Holiday For Swing” album!

Academy and Grammy® – nominated writer, singer, actor, producer and director, Seth MacFarlane announced that his upcoming Christmas album Holiday for Swing will be released on September 30^th! Following his critically acclaimed 2011 debut, Music Is Better Than Words, and a 2013 Oscar Nomination for co-writing “Everybody Needs a Best Friend” from Ted, the record will be available just in time for the holiday season…

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Once again, MacFarlane teamed up with composer, arranger, and producer Joel McNeely. The album features a 52-piece orchestra that included jazz legend Peter Erskine on the drums and former Frank Sinatra bassist Chuck Berghoffer.For the album, MacFarlane and McNeely cherry-picked both timeless holiday songs and lesser-known gems.  MacFarlane slides from a warm, introspective introduction with a vocal quintet into a bright, uptempo swing in “Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!”, and brings a new interpretation to the Lee Gordon rarity “Christmas Dreaming”. Continuing a longtime friendship and creative partnership, Norah Jones joins him for Seger Ellis and Al Stillman’s “Little Jack Frost Get Lost”, while Sara Bareilles lends her powerful pipes to Frank Loesser’s “Baby It’s Cold Outside”, which is perfect for a warm moment under the mistletoe. The full tracklisting can be found below.

Holiday For Swing Track Listing:

1. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

2. Christmas Dreaming

3. I’ll Be Home For Christmas

4. Little Jack Frost Get Lost Featuring Norah Jones

5. Snow (From White Christmas)

6. A Marshmallow World

7. What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?

8. Baby, It’s Cold Outside Featuring Sara Bareilles

9. Mele Kalikimaka

10. Warm In December

11. Moonlight In Vermont

12. (Everybody’s Waitin’ For) The Man With The Bag

13. The Christmas Song

ABOUT SETH MacFARLANE:

Seth MacFarlane is a true renaissance man possessing talents that encompass every aspect of the entertainment industry.  He has created some of the most popular content on television and film today while also expanding his career in the worlds of music, literature and philanthropy.  He is the creator of FAMILY GUY and AMERICAN DAD!, voicing many characters on both shows. He executive produced the 13 time Emmy Award nominated series Cosmos: A Space Time Odyssey, the 13-part successor to the original docu-series of Carl Sagan’s iconic exploration of the universe as revealed by science.  MacFarlane made his feature film directorial debut in 2012 with the highest-grossing original R-rated film of all time, Ted and is currently in production on the sequel, Ted 2 which is set for release on June 26, 2015. MacFarlane co-wrote, produced, directed and starred in the recently released live action feature film, A Million Ways to Die in the West. MacFarlane’s debut album, “Music Is Better Than Words,” debuted at #1 on the iTunes jazz charts in 2011 and received two Grammy nominations, including ‘Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album.’  In 2013, MacFarlane hosted the 85^th Academy Awards and was also an Academy Award nominee the same year. In 2009, he created The Seth MacFarlane Foundation to focus his charitable efforts.

ABOUT JOEL McNEELY:

Joel McNeely is an Emmy® Award-winning composer and conductor with more than 100 motion picture and television credits.  He has produced and arranged songs for such artists as Norah Jones, Sara Bareilles, Burt Bacharach, Chris Mann, Natasha Bedingfield, The All-American Rejects, The Goo Goo Dolls, Mika, Carly Simon, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Linda Ronstadt, Rosemary Clooney and Jonatha Brooke.  McNeely was Grammy nominated for Outstanding Classical Crossover Album for The Day the Earth Stood Still.

McNeely most recently composed the music for MacFarlane’s feature film A Million Ways to Die in the West.  McNeely and MacFarlane wrote the original song “A Million Ways to Die” for the movie which is performed by country music superstar Alan Jackson.