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2007 Christmas Music Rants & Raves

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Big Al

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The thread to post about your faves and least faves: Christmas music in general, Christmas/holiday albums, music that reminds you of the holidays (for better and worse), mall Xmas muzak that is driving you to commit ransom acts of killing, etc etc etc.

I'll start by saying that if I have to hear "All I Want for Christmas is You" by whoever it is that feels like she has to keep shouting as the key goes higher, I will require the white suit and the straps.

Thank God for Tony Bennett's album and Percy Faith's album. They never fail to make me feel all snowy & Christmasy inside! :)

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This album has been reissued on CD only this year. It is a must-have, for the incredible song "Christmas Tree", one of the strangest songs ever recorded.

Yes, excellent! You know that he won an Emmy for his theme to "Dragnet" that we all know so well?

Does the dog go boo-hoo-hoo?

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Duh, stupid me; didn't even know there was already a thread about this subject. Jim, could you close this thread? Thanks!

And you started that one too. Stay away from the punch Big Al! :crazy:

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Big Al

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Duh, stupid me; didn't even know there was already a thread about this subject. Jim, could you close this thread? Thanks!

And you started that one too. Stay away from the punch Big Al! :crazy:

Actually, ss1 started that thread.... back in 2005. So, I'll leave this thread open!

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Teasing the Korean Grand Master

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Jo Stafford

June Christy

Vince Guaraldi

Three Volumes of Ultra Lounge

Phil Spector

Jimmy Smith

Kenny Burrell

Ramsey Lewis

Ramsey Lewis, Volume II

Jingle Bell Jazz

A&M Something Festive

Frank Columbia

Frank Capitol

Frank Reprise

Dean Capitol

Ella Fitzgerald

SWITCHED ON SANTA

Swingle Singers

Anita Kerr Singers

Steve & Edie

Even Johnny Mathis...

Also:

Duke Nutcracker

Chipmunks Volume 1

Chipmunks Volume 2

Oh, yeah, and aforementioned Tony Bennett

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I will forever associate "Jingle Bell Rock" with a going-off-to-college female clerk in a Famous Footwear store who was bobbing her head to it while ringing up a pair of shoes for me about eight years ago. It was a kind of animated modern-American-shopping-mall genre painting of a relaxed, fun person (or so it seemed) making some relaxed fun for herself as best she could during a long winter work day, and for that reason I smile every time I hear that silly song.

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These are probably my favorite Christmas jazz CDs:

An Uptown Christmas - Uptown (Barry Harris, Tommy Flanagan, Charlie Rouse, Carl Fontana, Al Cohn, Kenny Barron, Johnny Coles, Frank Wess, Sahib Shihab, Jack Sheldon, Richard Wyands, etc.)

Niels Jorgen Steen Quintet - Bebop Christmas - Storyville (with Bob Rockwell on tenor sax)

Dave McKenna - Christmas Ivory - Concord Jazz

Jim Galloway & Jay McShann - Jim And Jay's Christmas - Sackville

Rob McConnell and The Boss Brass - Big Band Christmas - Concord Jazz

Guest Bill Barton

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Well, shall I check in as a "humbug"? It's way more rants than raves for sure. The Station Manager at KSER where I used to do a show banned all X-mas music; a man after my own heart. My only concession this year was playing Rahsaan's "We Free Kings" at the beginning of this early morning's show. The insipid all-Christmas-jazz playlists that I've seen on the programmers' listserv remind me of why I don't listen to mainstream public radio. That said, I have nothing against Christmas, in fact I give all the holidays equal time. Happy whatever-holiday-you're-celebrating. :party:

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These are probably my favorite Christmas jazz CDs:

An Uptown Christmas - Uptown (Barry Harris, Tommy Flanagan, Charlie Rouse, Carl Fontana, Al Cohn, Kenny Barron, Johnny Coles, Frank Wess, Sahib Shihab, Jack Sheldon, Richard Wyands, etc.)

Checked that one out again last night. Very nice!

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...until my wife had to ruin it by buying that Clay Aiken Christmas album :bad:

Ouch! Talk about cruel & unusual punishment!

Luckily, I hid it far enough in our christmas music stack that we never got to it!!!!!! :excited::excited::excited:

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havent hear The Chipmunks this year. damn!

I heard a cut on the radio a week or two ago. A new movie just came out. If you run, maybe you can still catch it the theater... :rsmile:

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