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The 2022 Christmas Jazz Show
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Christmas Day has passed but it is still the holiday season so here is my Christmas show for this year featuring all kinds of holiday-related jazz tunes from the sacred to the very secular. The musicians heard on the program include
Mars Williams
saxophoneb.1955
Diana Krall
piano and vocalsb.1964
Babs Gonzales
vocals1919 - 1980
Nnenna Freelon
vocalsb.1954
Jimmy Smith
organ, Hammond B31925 - 2005
Matt Wilson
drumsb.1964
Playlist
- Matt Wilson's Christmas Tree-O "Christmas Time Is Here" from Matt Wilson's Christmas Tree-O (Palmetto) 00:00
- Host Speaks 4:21
" data-original-title="" title="">Coleman Hawkins "Greensleeves" from The Best of Coleman Hawkins (Prestige) 4:58Coleman Hawkins
saxophone, tenor
1904 - 1969
" data-original-title="" title="">Chris Pasin "We Three Kings Of Orient Are" from Baby It's Cold Outside (Planet Arts) 8:10Chris Pasin
trumpet- Host Speaks 14:40
" data-original-title="" title="">Carla Bley "O Tannenbaum" from Carla's Christmas Carols (WATT) 16:08Carla Bley
piano
1938 - 2023- Jimmy Smith "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" from Verve/Unmixed Christmas (Verve) 18:29
" data-original-title="" title="">3Divas Jazz Trio "I Wonder As I Wander" from Christmas In 3D (DIVA Jazz) 22:453Divas Jazz Trio
multi-instrumentalist- Host Speaks 28:15
" data-original-title="" title="">John Zorn/John Zorn
saxophone, alto
b.1953
" data-original-title="" title="">Jesse Harris "Waiting For Christmas" from Songs For Petra (Tzadik) 30:14Jesse Harris
guitar- Lambert, Hendricks & Ross "Deck Us All With Boston Charlie" from Hipster's Holiday (Rhino) 33:12
- Nnenna Freelon "Swingle Jingle Bells" from Christmas (Brown Boulevard) 36:21
- Host Speaks 41:14
- " data-original-title="" title="">Mars Williams "The Angels Sing with The Old and New Ghosts in the Manger" from An Ayler Xmas, Vol. 5 (Astral Spirits) 42:33
Mars Williams
saxophone
b.1955 - Host Speaks 58:14
- Babs Gonzales "Be-Bop Santa Claus" from Sunday Afternoon with Babs Gonzales at Small's Paradise (Dauntless) 1:00:59
- " data-original-title="" title="">Big John Greer "We Wanna See Santa Do The Mambo" from Hipster's Holiday (Rhino) 1:04:56
- Diana Krall "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" from Christmas Songs (Verve) 1:07:27
- " data-original-title="" title="">Uptown Vocal Jazz Quartet "Santa Dear, Where's Mine?" from Fools for Yule (HouseKat) 1:10:18
- Host Speaks 1:14:50
" data-original-title="" title="">Red Garland Trio "Winter Wonderland" from Cool Blue Christmas: We Free Kings (Contrast) 1:16:00Red Garland
piano
1923 - 1984
" data-original-title="" title="">Benny Benack III with theBenny Benack III
trumpet and vocals
" data-original-title="" title="">Steven Feifke Big Band "When Christmas Time Comes Around" from Season's Swingin' Greetings (Cellar Music Group) 1:21:20Steven Feifke
piano
b.1991
" data-original-title="" title="">Debbie Duncan "The Christmas Waltz" from It Must Be Christmas (IGMOD) 1:26:08Debbie Duncan
vocals- Host Speaks 1:30:18
- Matt Wilson's Christmas Tree-O "The Chipmunk Song" from Matt Wilson's Christmas Tree-O (Palmetto) 1:32:23
- Chimytina "You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch" from A Very Chimytina Christmas (Outside In) 1:37:02
" data-original-title="" title="">Miles Davis "Blue Xmas (to whom it may concern)" from Hipster's Holiday (Rhino) 1:40:00Miles Davis
trumpet
1926 - 1991- Host Speaks 1:42:43
" data-original-title="" title="">Dinah Washington "Silent Night" from What A Wonderful Christmas (Hip-O) 1:43:54Dinah Washington
vocals
1924 - 1963- Jake Ehrenreich "The Christmas Song" from A Treasury of Jewish Christmas Songs (Self-Produced) 1:46;14
" data-original-title="" title="">Nina Simone "I Am Blessed" from Verve/Unmixed Christmas (Verve) 1:50:51Nina Simone
piano and vocals
1933 - 2003
" data-original-title="" title="">Vince Guaraldi "Christmas Time Is Here" from Greatest Hits (Fantasy) 1:53:44Vince Guaraldi
piano
1928 - 1976
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Radio & Podcasts
Matt Wilson
Jerome Wilson
Mars Williams
Diana Krall
Babs Gonzales
Nnenna Freelon
Jimmy Smith
Coleman Hawkins
Chris Pasin
carla bley
3D Jazz Trio
john zorn
Jesse Harris
Lambert, Hendricks and Ross
Big John Greer
Uptown Vocal Jazz Quartet
Red Garland
Benny Benack III
Steven Feifke
Debbie Duncan
Chimytina
Miles Davis
Dinah Washington
Jake Ehrenreich
Nina Simone
Vince Guaraldi
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