# Celebrate ‘A Very ChimyTina Christmas’ with Martina DaSilva and Dan Chmielinski: Videos

- Link: https://jazzblues.eu/2019/12/20/celebrate-a-very-chimytina-christmas-with-martina-dasilva-and-dan-chmielinski-videos/
- Published: 2019-12-20T14:21:18+01:00
- Author: https://JazzBlues.EU

**One annual Checkout tradition is to pinpoint innovative takes on the holiday canon.**

This year we welcomed Martina DaSilva and Dan Chmielinski to deliver a lesser-known
take of “Greensleeves,” a gorgeous selection from the Brazilian songbook, and a 
slick arrangement of the blockbuster hit “Last Christmas,” by Wham!

All of this music can be heard on A Very ChimyTina Christmas_,_ a delightful new
album featuring guest appearances by saxophonist Lucas Pino, guitarist Gabe Schnider
and vibraphonist Joel Ross. For our studio session, DaSilva and Chmielinski enlisted
guitarist Alex Wintz, who amusingly comments on the rich ways his Jewish heritage
has added to the American Christmas tradition.

DaSilva, perhaps best known as the front woman for the Ladybugs, makes her songwriting
debut with “Diamonds and Pearls,” partly inspired by _Sex and the City_ and Jennifer
Lopez.

In conversation, DaSilva and Chmielinski talk about their backgrounds as musical
prodigies. They each hail from Catholic backgrounds. DaSilva, whose father hails
from Rio de Jaineiro, Brazil, outlines the specific ways she celebrates the holidays:
it includes a morning _Pagodes,_ where her family engages in a samba drum circle,
followed by going to a churrascaria steakhouse, and brimming glasses of caipirinhas(
served with a twist of passionfruit).

Watch DaSilva and Chmielinski take on a unique version of “I’ll Know My Love (Greensleeves),”
inspired from _Beverly Kenney Sings for Johnny Smith_ (1955).

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