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Friday, December 23, 2016

Holiday Head-Spinner












Have a jazz/R&B/funk/soul/gospel trip through the holidays on the 
Duplex Mystery Jazz Hour, WZBC.ORG, 12.22.2016.
LISTEN HERE
 

PLAYLIST

Paul Bley "Santa Clause Is Comin' to Town" (1953), on Debut
 

Dave McKenna "Jingle Bells" from "Christmas Party-Holiday Piano Spiked With Swing" (1997), on Concord
 

Ray Charles "Winter Wonderland" from "Spirit of Christmas" (1956) on MGM
 

Charlie Parker "White Christmas" from "Live at Royal Roost" (1948) on Savoy
 

Charles Brown "Christmas in Heaven" from "Christmas in Heaven" (1965) on Jewel Records
 

Eyal Vilner Big Band "Sevivon" from "Hanukkah - EP" (2016) on Eyal Vilner Big Band

Joe Pass "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" from "Joe Pass - Six String Santa" (1992) on LaserLight Digital ‎


Louis Armstrong "Twas the Night before Christmas" (1971) on Continental


Amos Milburn "Let's Make Christmas Merry, Baby"(1948) on Aladdin
 

Frank Sinatra "Let It Snow" from "Christmas Songs" (1948), on Columbia
 

Joseph Spence "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" from "Living On The Hallelujah Side" (1980) on Rounder
 

The Soul Saints Orchestra "Santa's Got A Bag Of Soul" (1994) on Hot Pie and Candy records
 

Charles Brown "Merry Christmas Baby" from "Cool Christmas Blues" (1984), on Bullseye Blues

Fats Domino "Jingle Bells" from "Christmas is a Special Day" (2006), on Cap
 

Otis Redding "White Christmas" (1967) on Atco
 

The Blind Boys Of Alabama "Last Month Of The Year" from "Go Tell it on the Mountain" (2008), on Real World
 

Clarence Carter "Back Door Santa"  (1968) on Atlantic

Vince Guaraldi "Christmas Time Is Here" from "A Charlie Brown Christmas" (1965) on Fantasy


Funk Machine "Soul Santa" (1973) on Creative Funk


Ella Fitzgerald "The Christmas Song" from "A Swinging Christmas" (1960) on Verve
 

John Coltrane Quartet "Greensleeves" from "Africa Brass" (1961) on Impulse
 

Chet Baker "Joy To The World" from "A Christmas Jazz Album" (1997) on Dinemec Jazz
 

Duke Pearson "Wassail Song" from "Merry Old Soul" (1965) on Blue Note
 

Wynton Marsalis "We Three Kings" from "Crescent City Christmas Card" (1989) on Columbia  

Louis Armstrong "Cool Yule" from "Louis Armstrong With The Commanders" (1953), on Decca
 

Fats Waller "Swingin' Them Jingle Bells" (1936) on Victor
 

Dianne Reeves "Christmas Waltz" from "Christmas Time is Here" (2004) on Blue Note
 

Ray Charles "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" from "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (2009), on Concord

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