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Bah Humbug, Weather Music, Stocking Stuffer Singles

By David Brown | The Jazz Continuum
December 26, 2023
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Personally, I do not celebrate Christmas. But for this week's show, I figured I'd get in the spirit and sprinkle a few offbeat holiday tunes into the mix. We start off with a Latin set with Pete Rugolo and His Orchestra's "Jingle Bells Mambo" followed by Herman's Heat and Puente's Beat; then a set of meteorological musings from Bill Orcutt and Red Garland; we'll then check out Monk's family Christmas work "A Merrier Christmas." The show will continue with a set of stocking stuffers as we spin singles from Sarah Vaughn, Sun Ra, Lester Young and more. We'll end the night at the ballet with some jazz'd up Nutcracker selections.

Playlist

Thelonious Monk

piano
1917 - 1982

" data-original-title="" title="">Thelonious Monk "Esistrophy (Theme)" from Live at the It Club-Complete (Columbia) 01:50

Pete Rugolo

composer / conductor
1915 - 2011

" data-original-title="" title="">Pete Rugolo and His Orchestra "Jingle Bells Mambo" from Adventures in Rhythm (Philips) 02:30

Woody Herman

band / ensemble / orchestra
1913 - 1987

" data-original-title="" title="">Woody Herman,

Tito Puente

drums
1923 - 2000

" data-original-title="" title="">Tito Puente "New Cha-Cha" from Herman's Heat & Puente's Beat! (Everest) 05:22

Hilton Ruiz

piano
1952 - 2006

" data-original-title="" title="">Hilton Ruiz "Home Cookin'" from Something Grand (Novus) 08:25

Gonzalo Rubalcaba

piano
b.1963

" data-original-title="" title="">Gonzalo Rubalcaba "Take Five" from Borrowed Roses (Top Stop Music) 13:17

Bill Orcutt

guitar

" data-original-title="" title="">Bill Orcutt "White Christmas" from Bill Orcutt (Palilalia Records) 19:21

Gerry Mulligan

saxophone, baritone
1927 - 1996

" data-original-title="" title="">Gerry Mulligan And the Concert Jazz Band "Come Rain or Come Shine" from At the Village Vanguard (Verve Records) 21:21

Red Garland

piano
1923 - 1984

" data-original-title="" title="">Red Garland Trio" Winter Wonderland" from All Kinds of Weather (Prestige) 26:54

Shirley Scott

organ, Hammond B3
1934 - 2002

" data-original-title="" title="">Shirley Scott " Cold Winter Blues" from On A Clear Day (impulse!) 32:14

Frank Kimbrough

piano
1956 - 2020

" data-original-title="" title="">Frank Kimbrough "A Merrier Christmas" from Monk's Dreams: The Complete Compositions Of Thelonious Sphere Monk (Sunnyside) 36:51

Rahsaan Roland Kirk

woodwinds
1935 - 1977

" data-original-title="" title="">Rahsaan Roland Kirk "Serenade to a Cuckoo" from Kirkatron (Warner Bros.) 40:31

David Murray

saxophone, tenor
b.1955

" data-original-title="" title="">David Murray,

Questlove

drums

" data-original-title="" title="">Questlove ,

Ray Angry

" data-original-title="" title="">Ray Angry "5 Minute Joint" from Plumb (J.M.I Recordings) 47:39

John Coltrane

saxophone
1926 - 1967

" data-original-title="" title="">John Coltrane "Greensleves" from Africa/Brass (Impulse!) 53:13

Bill Evans

piano
1929 - 1980

" data-original-title="" title="">Bill Evans "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" from Trio 64 (Verve) 1:03:08

Ahmad Jamal "I hear a Rhapsody" from Rhapsody (Cadet) 1:08:30

Mary Osborne

guitar
1921 - 1992

" data-original-title="" title="">Mary Osborne "I Love Paris" from A Girl & Her Guitar (Warwick) 1:13:15

Hampton Hawes

piano
1928 - 1977

" data-original-title="" title="">Hampton Hawes "Spanish Steps" from Spanish Steps (Black Lion) 1:16:07

Billy Eckstine

vocals
1914 - 1993

" data-original-title="" title="">Billy Eckstine,

Sarah Vaughan

vocals
1924 - 1990

" data-original-title="" title="">Sarah Vaughan "Dedicated to You" from 7" Single (MGM) 1:20:21

Sun Ra

piano
1914 - 1993

" data-original-title="" title="">Sun Ra & His Arkestra Featuring Ricky Murray "Dreamsville" from 7" Single (Corbett vs. Dempsey) 1:23:09

Lee Dorsey

vocals
1926 - 1986

" data-original-title="" title="">Lee Dorsey "Ya Ya" from 7" Single (Fury Records) 1:25:36

Professor Longhair

piano
1918 - 1980

" data-original-title="" title="">Professor Longhair "Everyday Everynight" from 7" Single (Ron Records) 1:29:03

Lester Young

saxophone
1909 - 1959

" data-original-title="" title="">Lester Young "Sometimes I'm Happy" from "Prez Plays (Mercury Records) 1:31:15

Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio

" data-original-title="" title="">Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio "Fried Soul" from "7" Single (Colmine Records) 1:34:26

Duke Ellington

piano
1899 - 1974

" data-original-title="" title="">Duke Ellington and His Orchestra "Peanut Brittle Brigade (March)" from Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Suite (Columbia) 1:38:06

Joe McCarthy

drums

" data-original-title="" title="">Joe McCarthy's New York Afro Bop Alliance Big Band "Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy" from The Pan American Nutcracker Suite (Angelface Records) 1:42:47

Melba Liston

trombone
1926 - 1999

" data-original-title="" title="">Melba Liston "Christmas Eve" from Melba Liston and Her Bones (Fresh Sound Records) 1:49:09

Mable Scott, Les Welch and His Orchestra "Boogie Woogie Santa Claus" from The Chronological Mabel Scott 1951-19551:54:09

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