Christmas Eve show! Holiday favorites from Dexter Gordon, King Curtis, Bill Evans and many more! Took some doing to get to the station, today - but I made it. Thanks for tuning in & Merry Christmas! - Kendo
Hour One:
Vince Guaraldi - "O Tannenbaum" - A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)
Bill Evans - "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" - Trio '64 (1963)
3:15 Jazz Cookie Break!
Michael Bublé - "I'll Be Home For Christmas" - Let It Snow! (2003)
Dexter Gordon - "The Christmas Song" - The Panther (1970)
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| The Swingle Singers |
Swingle Singers - "Medley" - Christmastime (1968)
King Curtis - "What Are You Doing New Years Eve?" - Soul Christmas (1968)
Roy Hargrove - "Frosty the Snowman" - Holiday Jazz (1996)
Jack Brokensha - "Little Drummer Boy" - Xmazz (1993)
Stan Kenton - "O Holy Night" - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (1961)
Vince Guaraldi - "Greensleeves" - A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)
Valerie Gillespie - "Silver Bells" - It Can't Be Christmas Without You (2006)
Hour Two:
Bill Doyle Trio with Linda Cole - "Jingle Bells" (2013)
Heath Brothers - "Our Little Town" - God Rest Ye Merry Jazzmen (1981)
Jimmy Smith - "White Christmas" - Christmas '64 (1964)
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| Mix of big band and combo numbers on this one! |
Bobby Timmons - "Deck the Halls" - Holiday Soul (1964)
Duke Ellington - "Arabesque Cookie" - The Nutcracker Suite (1960)
[music during announcements: Lawrence Welk - "Let It Snow!
Let It Snow! Let It Snow!"]
Yank Lawson - "Hark the Herald Angels Sing" - Yank Lawson/Bob Haggart - Hark the Herald Angels Swing! (1972)
Red Garland - "Winter Wonderland" - All Kinds of Weather (1958)
Stan Kenton - "Good King Wenceslas" - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (1961)
Nnenna Freelon - "Christmas Time is Here" - Christmas (2013)
Wynton Marsalis Quintet - "We Three Kings of Orient Are" - God Rest Ye Merry Jazzmen (1981)
