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This week on the show, it's a very merry jazz Christmas with an hour of some of the best holiday jazz. We’ll talk with jazz historian Bill Sears about some of the off-the-beaten path jazz takes on your favorite holiday classics, and chat with our producer Lou Blouin about the Christmas duet that brought jazz icon Bing Crosby and rocker David Bowie together. That plus a conversation with pianist Eugene Marlow about his recent jazz reworking of some classic Hanukkah music, and tunes from Duke Ellington, Hammond B3 pioneer Jimmy Smith, Vince Guaraldi, and the Squirrel Nut Zippers, are all coming up this week.
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Piece Description
This week on the show, it's a very merry jazz Christmas with an hour of some of the best holiday jazz. We’ll talk with jazz historian Bill Sears about some of the off-the-beaten path jazz takes on your favorite holiday classics, and chat with our producer Lou Blouin about the Christmas duet that brought jazz icon Bing Crosby and rocker David Bowie together. That plus a conversation with pianist Eugene Marlow about his recent jazz reworking of some classic Hanukkah music, and tunes from Duke Ellington, Hammond B3 pioneer Jimmy Smith, Vince Guaraldi, and the Squirrel Nut Zippers, are all coming up this week.
Musical Works
| Title | Artist | Album | Label | Year | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zat You, Santa Claus? (Single Version) | Louis Armstrong | Verve Unmixed Christmas. | Verve | 2008 | 02:48 |
| Overture | Duke Ellington | The Nutracker Suite. | Columbia | 1960 | 03:22 |
| God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen | Jimmy Smith | Christmas '64. | Verve | 1964 | 04:19 |
| Skating | Vince Guaraldi | A Charlie Brown Christmas. | Fantasy Records | 2006 | 02:41 |
| Double Decker (Deck the Halls) | Christian McBride | Jazz for Joy: A Verve Christmas Album. | Verve | 1996 | 03:23 |
| The Gift of the Magi | Squirrel Nut Zippers | Christmas Caravan. | Mammoth | 1998 | 03:20 |
| We Free Kings | Rhassan Roland Kirk | Have Yourself A Jazzy Little Christmas. | Verve | 1989 | 04:47 |
| Let It Snow! | Joe Williams | Verve Presents: The Very Best of Christmas Jazz. | Verve | 2001 | 04:35 |
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