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Christmas Jazz we would like to see/hear


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One can question the wisdom of jazz artists releasing Christmas product, but most musicians do play Christmas music--and there have been some good records over the years.  

But my question is this:  Which artists would you most like to see release full Christmas records?

Here are my choices:

  • John McLaughlin
  • Chick Corea 
  • Keith Jarrett

  I've never heard Jarrett do even one Christmas song.  Some probably believe he's too much of a Scrooge!

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Unfortunately, Hal Russell's NRG Ensemble never made a Christmas album. But the NRG players plus some fellow Chicagoans formed Witches And Devils to do Christmas concerts. The next is next Sunday, it's called Mars Williams Presents An Ayler Christmas. Imagine the maniacal Gene Ammons-Tom Archia "Swingin for Christmas" turned even wilder and faster. Wish they'd make an album of it.

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4 hours ago, johnblitweiler said:

Unfortunately, Hal Russell's NRG Ensemble never made a Christmas album. But the NRG players plus some fellow Chicagoans formed Witches And Devils to do Christmas concerts. The next is next Sunday, it's called Mars Williams Presents An Ayler Christmas. Imagine the maniacal Gene Ammons-Tom Archia "Swingin for Christmas" turned even wilder and faster. Wish they'd make an album of it.

I saw that Mars posted this on Instagram today. I wish I could attend.

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Among musicians who I wish had recorded a Christmas album:

Earl Hines

Johnny Hodges

Ruby Braff

Wes Montgomery

Sarah Vaughan

George Adams & Don Pullen

Louis Prima & Keely Smith

Coleman Hawkins

Stan Getz

Paul Desmond

Jaki Byard

The MJQ

Slim Gaillard

Eddie Condon & Co. (Pee Wee Russell, Bud Freeman, George Wettling, etc.)

Gene Harris

1960's era Ahmad Jamal

1950's and 1990's era Sonny Rollins

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Some of the musicians I listed did record a track or two of holiday related music, but I would have loved to have heard them interpret a whole album's worth of such material.

A few more to add to my list:

The original Benny Goodman Trio & Quartet

Johnny Hartman

Carmen McRae

Red Garland

Hank Jones & Charlie Haden

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