Christmas Jazz

[jazzcorner]

Here is a good portion of X-mas jazz which swings

On 23.12.2017 at 5:45 PM, Pim said:

My favorite one:

Gets a spin every year for many years. Simply Ella swinging.

Edited December 21, 2020 by jazzcorner

[Big Beat Steve]

On 21.12.2020 at 8:35 PM, jazzcorner said:

Here is a good portion of X-mas jazz which swings

 

Ho hum ...
I KNOW records like those by the Carpenters would make my Christmas unbearable ... and several others on this listing would be a borderline case with me too.

But tastes differ anyway ...
So I guess I'll spin this one again for now:

[mikeweil]

Just stepped over this in the Tom Lord Disco - has anyone here heard this? Can't find it on the web ...

 

  Eddie Allen

Jazzy Brass for the Holidays : Eddie Allen, Cecil Bridgewater (tp) Clark Guyton (tb) W. Marshall Sealy (fhr) Kenny Davis (b) Carl Allen (d,glockenspiel)

 Englewood, N.J., May 24 and June 5 & 23, 2009

It came upon a midnight clear     DBCD Records 003 [CD]

Go tell it on the mountain            -

God rest ye merry, gentlemen            -

Hark! The herald angels sing            -

Away in a manger            -

Frosty the snowman            -

Jingle bells            -

What child is this?            -

Deck the halls            -

Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!            -

We three kings            -

Good King Wenceslas - Cool King Wenceslas            -

The little drummer boy            -

O holy night     -

Edited December 27, 2020 by mikeweil

[Jim Duckworth]

Additionally, I really like Mars Williams' An Albert Ayler Xmas series-now up to four volumes!

[Chuck Nessa]

18 minutes ago, Jim Duckworth said:

Additionally, I really like Mars Williams' An Albert Ayler Xmas series-now up to four volumes!

Check out Mars and company from Constellation - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zh0XCJEWwU4&t=261s

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

Is this like how Manhattan Transfer would of done it, wait till you hear it on AM radio

 

[JSngry]

So glad to see that Meredith got her life together!

[Kevin Bresnahan]

On 12/14/2018 at 1:48 PM, Milestones said:

Anyone familiar with Joey Defrancesco Christmas--Home for the Holidays. It's two discs, and it's not bad--just been delving into a bit.  There's a smoking version of "We Three Kings."

 

I'm still surprised that this 2-CD set has never been reissued. It's virtually gone on the market. There's been one for sale on discogs for crazy money for several years and the history shows only one sold.

You would think Joey's estate would put this out.

I think this year I'm going to have to bite the bullet and buy the mp3 downloads from Amazon.

[mr jazz]

22 hours ago, Kevin Bresnahan said:

I'm still surprised that this 2-CD set has never been reissued. It's virtually gone on the market. There's been one for sale on discogs for crazy money for several years and the history shows only one sold.

You would think Joey's estate would put this out.

I think this year I'm going to have to bite the bullet and buy the mp3 downloads from Amazon.

A favorite!

[Holy Ghost]

On 12/17/2020 at 6:29 AM, Kevin Bresnahan said:

Hey - it's only $902.81 on Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Home-Holidays-JOEY-DEFRANCESCO/dp/B00NBB9YJ8

Good news, price has come down to $199.98 since 2020. 😎

[Holy Ghost]

IMO, one of the hippist Christmas tracks:

 

 

[JSngry]

 

[Late]

Yuletide sedation with Felix. 🥸

 

[Big Beat Steve]

13 hours ago, Late said:

Yuletide sedation with Felix. 🥸

 

A sedative indeed. 

Going to spin Kenton Christmas now, I think! 

[Kevin Bresnahan]

Although I've listed many of these in other threads over the years, here are some more jazzy Christmas albums I've picked up over the years:

Barbara Dannerlein - Christmas Soul

Bobby Timmons - Holiday Soul

Christian Sands - Christmas Stories 

Eddie Higgins - Christmas Songs (Venus)

Jeff Hamilton - Merry & Bright

Tim Warfield - Jazzy Christmas

Tony d'Aveni - Winter Wonderland

Urbie Green - A Cool Yuletide

 

[Big Beat Steve]

That "A Cool Yuletide" by Urbie Green so far has eluded me. Apparently never ever reissued. At least not on tangible media.
But there will be more Christmases (and buying occasions before that) to come. 

[Kevin Bresnahan]

51 minutes ago, Big Beat Steve said:

That "A Cool Yuletide" by Urbie Green so far has eluded me. Apparently never ever reissued. At least not on tangible media.
But there will be more Christmases (and buying occasions before that) to come. 

I actually gave up and got the download files. They are clearly from the masters and sound great, so I really can't complain too much. I do have a nice playback setup (Raspberry Pi4 with Volumio) for my mp3 files in my main listening room, so I'm OK with it. I'm about to pay for the mp3 downloads of the Joey DeFrancesco holiday set for the same reason.

[Big Beat Steve]

I had seen the music from this LP listed on Youtube last winter and listened in here and there. So as a stopgap solution I now downloaded the 8 tracks from Youtube. So at least the music of this LP is on my PC now. 

[mikeweil]

I'm close to going that route, too, and for the Soulful Strings as well. I love their groove so much.

[Late]

1 hour ago, Kevin Bresnahan said:

Bobby Timmons - Holiday Soul

👌

Holiday Soul

Contains one of the hippest takes on "We Three Kings." The whole album is excellent.

And, of course, the other Holiday Soul!

Don Patterson • Holiday Soul

[mikeweil]

If the guys at Craft were hip, they'd reissue this, and on a twofer CD as well.

[HutchFan]

6 minutes ago, mikeweil said:

If the guys at Craft were hip, they'd reissue this, and on a twofer CD as well.

   I was thinking the same thing.  

 

[colinmce]

One I just heard of recently and really enjoyed is Harry Allen’s Christmas In Swingtime from 2001. With Jake Hanna, Peter Bernstein, and Larry Goldings on organ. A hip and swinging group playing the classics in a succinct, tasteful way. 

[Late]

2 hours ago, mikeweil said:

If the guys at Craft were hip, they'd reissue this, and on a twofer CD as well.

+2!!

[Kevin Bresnahan]

4 hours ago, Late said:

👌

Holiday Soul

Contains one of the hippest takes on "We Three Kings." The whole album is excellent.

And, of course, the other Holiday Soul!

Don Patterson • Holiday Soul

I have both but prefer the Timmons. Patterson's efforts just don't seem to hit me right.

 

2 hours ago, colinmce said:

One I just heard of recently and really enjoyed is Harry Allen’s Christmas In Swingtime from 2001. With Jake Hanna, Peter Bernstein, and Larry Goldings on organ. A hip and swinging group playing the classics in a succinct, tasteful way. 

This is an excellent Christmas disc. I haven't played that one in a while. Maybe tonight will be the time?