Tony Bennett: A Swingin' Christmas (Sony/BMG) ***
Bennett first performed with the Count Basie Orchestra in the Fifties, and was the first white singer to do so. The New Yorker has resisted festive recording since 1968’s beloved Snowfall: The Tony Bennett Christmas album, believing it couldn’t be bettered. But this reunion with old friends sees the 82-year-old happy in his boots, swinging through Winter Wonderland and Santa Claus Is Coming To Town with the old pizzazz.