What Christmas Jazz (and beyond) CD (or LP) are you listening to right now?

[mikeweil]

A truly seasonal thread .....

Just finished this one, picked up after reading about it in the Xmas Jazz recomendations thread:

That's where I got a pointer at this one, too:

The late Jon Hendricks sings on a few tunes here.

Edited 11 Dec 2018 by mikeweil

[JSngry]

 

[Big Beat Steve]

[jlhoots]

Mars Williams: An Ayler Xmas

[JohnS]

Yesterday, three very decent Christmas cds

Yule Struttin'; A Blue Note Christmas

Justin Time For Christmas nos 1 and 3.

Mostly good to very good things on these compilations.

[Soulstation1]

 

[mikeweil]

Next on is this one, while my wife and I unpack our Christmas gifts.This is the Essential Jazz Classics issue with bonus material.

[mr jazz]

Joe Pass-6 String Santa. Truly Terrific!

[duaneiac]

This was my last holiday disc for the season:

 

On 12/23/2017 at 3:58 AM, Big Beat Steve said:

I was kind of disappointed by that disc.  I saw the HCSF perform songs from the CD during a holiday concert the year that disc came out and the songs seemed much better "live".  Maybe they had had more time to live & work with the arrangements or maybe they could relate to the material better because the concert was in December and they could really feel the holiday spirit then (which can be hard to do in a recording studio months before Christmas)..  The CD is "ok", but the concert was "really good".

[Big Beat Steve]

I would't totally disagree with you. I pull out the CD about once a year and find it quite OK and fitting for the calm and relaxed Christmas Eve setting so I enjoy it each time. But I can well imagine some of the tunes come across better when performed live in a suitable setting. In general, what I find a bit of a drag about some bands fo this type is that they often come across as too "clean". They seem to be too intent on showing all facets of their instrumental skills and forget to just "BLOW". The violinist on this one, for example ought to have listened a bit less to latter-day Joe Venuti and Eddie South but more to Stephane Grapelly or even to Stuff Smith.

I've only one other HCSF CD (bought after recommendations on this board along with the above one years ago) but when it comes to today's "Hot Club" small groups, I do prefer the Hot Club of Cowtown.

[mikeweil]

It's not over yet - today's arrival, great stuff!

[mikeweil]

Neighbours are out, so I can listen to this at full blast!

[mikeweil]

My wife just closed the season with this one 'cause she loves Satchmo's singing - I always get a sore throat from it ....

Edited 7 Jan 2018 by mikeweil

[mikeweil]

One mo' .....

[mikeweil]

Time to re-activate this thread. I started the season a few days ago with this one:

New to the collection this year:

The cover design is great IMO.

[jlhoots]

Mars Williams: An Ayler Xmas, Vol. 2

[bresna]

Last night, I played a recent favorite of mine, Paolo Fresu's "Jazzy Christmas".

 

[catesta]

Last night, songs from...

 

 

[mikeweil]

[duaneiac]

[Ed Swinnich]

7 minutes ago, duaneiac said:

Me too!

[mikeweil]

9 hours ago, duaneiac said:

I always forget about that one when buying some new Xmas jazz ... 

[soulpope]

[bresna]

13 hours ago, duaneiac said:

Oooo... I bought that one last year. I'll have to pull it off the shelf tonight.

[duaneiac]

Wow!  I'm glad there was a lot of love for the Barbara Dennerlein CD.  I like it, although personally, I could have done without her vocals.

I hope there is some shared enthusiasm for this next disc too: