And so this is Christmas...
We present you an assortment of Unpopular Christmas Music, hopefully not what you were listening to in line at the register. Along with some festive jazz, pop and R&B numbers we do have a serious set as well. And also, a contemplation of the cruel and fickle parameters of jazz legendry where a long, healthy, creative, and productive life lacks the glamour of living fast and dying young.
Ho, ho, ho.
Playlist after the break...
| artist | song | album | comment | label / date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brave Combo | God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen | Christmas Present | Jeffrey Barnes (ts, flt, clt, sld wsl, guiro, voc) Carl Finch
(g, keys, acrd, Whistling, voc) Danny O’Brien (trp, tbn, Jaw
hrp, voc)Alan Emert (d) Ann Marie Harrop (b) Danny Jerabek (acrd,
tbn) Joe Cripps (prc) traditional, arr. Brave Combo |
CD Baby 2007 |
| The Three Suns | Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! | A Ding Dong Dandy Christmas | music behind DJ | RCA/Victor 1959 |
| Heath Brothers | Our Little Town | Jingle Bell Jazz | Jimmy Heath (ts) Percy Heath (b) Stanley Cowell (p) Tony
Purrone (g) Akira Tana (d) traditional, arr. Jimmy and Percy Heath |
Columbia 1985 |
| The Ramsey Lewis Trio | God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen | Sound of Christmas | Ramsey Lewis (p) Eldee Young (b) Redd Holt (d) strings arranged and conducted by Riley Hampton |
Argo / Verve 1961 |
| B.B. King | Christmas Celebration | Blues, Blues Christmas, Vol. 3 | song by Jesse Thomas / Lloyd Glenn | Document Records 1960 |
| Nat King Cole w/ Dave Cavanaugh and Orchestra | The Happiest Christmas Tree | Christmas For Kids - From One To Ninety-two | song by Cathy Lynn | Capitol 1959 |
| Don Byron | Bounce of the Sugar Plum Fairies | Bug Music | Don Byron (clt) Steve Wilson (as) Charles Lewis (trp) Kenny
Davis (b) Billy Hart (d) Pieter Tchaikovsky adapted by Louis C. Singer, as performed by the John Kirby Sextet |
Nonesuch 1996 |
| Alan Moorehouse & The Sound Stage Brass | Festive Noel |
Christmas Party
|
music behind DJ | KPM Music 1969 |
| Sufjan Stevens | Get Behind Me, Santa! | Peace - Songs for Christmas, Vol. 5 | Sufjan Stevens (voc, b, g, keys, prc) C. J. Camerieri (trp) Ben Lanz (tbn) Marla Hansen (voc) James McAlister (d) | Asthmatic Kitty 2006 |
| Don Dixon | I Saw Three Ships | Christmas Time Again! | traditional, arr. Don Dixon | Omnivore Recordings 2006 |
| The Ventures | Jingle Bells | The Ventures' Christmas Album | Razor and Tie 1965 |
|
| Jan & Dean | Frosty The Snowman | Drag City / Jan & Dean's Pop Symphony No. 1 | song by Steve Edward Nelson and Walter Rollins | One-Way Records 1962 |
| Los Straitjackets | We Three Kings | Yuletide Beat | traditional, arr. Los Straitjackets | YepRoc 2009 |
| Marvin Gaye | The Christmas Song | A Motown Christmas Volume 2 | song by Mel Tormé and Robert Wells | Motown 1961 |
| Lead Belly | Christmas is Coming | Blues, Blues Christmas, Vol. 3 | originally from Lead Belly Sings for Children | Document 1940s |
| Roy Orbison | Pretty Paper | The Best of Roy Orbison In Dreams | song by Willie Nelson | Monument 1963 |
| Buck Owens & His Buckaroos | Christmas Shopping | Christmas Shopping | Sundazed Records
1968 |
|
| Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets | Christmas at the Airport | The Quality Holiday Revue (Live) | Nick Lowe (voc, g) Eddie Angel, Danny Amis (g) Pete Curry (b) Jason Smay (d) | YepRoc 2014 |
| The Border Brass | Christmas Bells | Tijuana Christmas | music behind DJ | Design Records 1968 |
| The World's Greatest Jazzband of Yank Lawson & Bob Haggart | Silent Night | Hark The Herald Angels Swing | Bob Wilber (clt, ss) Bud Freeman (ts) Yank Lawson, Billy Butterfield (trp) Eddie Hubble, Vic Dickenson (tbn) Bob Haggart (b) Gus Johnson (d) | World Jazz 1972 |
| The dB's | Feliz Navidad | Christmas Time Again! | song by José Feliciano | Omnivore Recordings 1986 |
| Wooden Shjips | O Tannenbaum | Holiday Cassingle | music behind DJ | woodenshjips.com 2008 |
| The Jive Turkeys | Get Down Santa | Get Down Santa - Single | Colemine Records
2010 |
|
| Louis Armstrong with the Benny Carter Orchestra | Christmas Night in Harlem | Jazz Christmas |
composed by Raymond Scott
|
AV360 1955 |
| Benny Carter & Hank Jones | A Child Is Born | Hot Jazz For A Cool Night: A Jazz Christmas | song by Thad Jones | MusicMasters 1992 |
| John Finley Williamson / Westminster Choir | Song of the Christmas Presents | The Christmas Album (1907-1967) | Traditional Andalusian, arr. Erickson | Sony Classical 1942 |
| Stan Kenton | Once In Royal David's City | A Merry Christmas! | trad. arr. Ralph Carmichael | Capitol 1961 |
| Mantovani & His Orchestra | White Christmas | The Ultimate Relaxation Christmas Album | music behind DJ | Decca 1958 |
| Zefiro Torna | Salve flos et decor | De Fragilitate - Piae Cantiones, Hymns from Mdeieval Finland | anonymous (from the Piae Cantiones ecclesiasticae et scholasticae veterum episcoporum) | Et Cetra 2007 |
| Joel Cohen / Boston Camerata | En Belén tocan a fuego | A Mediterranean Christmas |
Equidad Barés, Anne Harley, Hayet
Ayad (voc), Joel Cohen (laute, g) Kareem Roustom
(oud, g)
anonymous Andalusian song |
Warner Classics 2005 |
| Bruce Cockburn | It Came Upon A Midnight Clear | Christmas | Sam Phillips sings harmony, based on her arrangement | Columbia 1992 |
| Anne Sofie von Otter | Cantique de Noel | Home for Christmas |
Anne Sofie von Otter (voc) Svante
Hanryson (vc, b, syn, arr.)
song by Adolph Charles Adam, Placide Cappeau de Roquemaure |
Deutsche Grammophon 1999 |
| Nick Lowe | I was born in Bethlehem | The Quality Holiday Revue (Live) | YepRoc 2014 |
|
| Ted Lyons | Santa's Moonlight Sleighride | Christmas Time Again! | Omnivore Recordings 2015 |
|
| Partyka Brass Quintet | Jingle Bells | Carla's Christmas Carols | music behind DJ | Watt 2008 |
| Herbie Hancock | Deck the Halls | Jingle Bell Jazz |
Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea (p),
Woody Shaw (trp) Frank Wess (sax) Jimmy Cleveland (tbn) Dave Carey
(vbs) Al Caiola (g) George Duvivier (b) Ed Shaughnessy (d)
arr. Jay Cee |
Columbia 1969 |
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