Christmas Jazz

CD 1 - THE CHRISTMAS SONG

-1 THE CHRISTMAS SONG (Tormé, Wells)

24 Aug. 1953. NAT KING COLE (p, voc); John Collins (g); Charlie Harris (b).

Orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle.

-2 LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW (Styne, Cahn)

10 Dec. 1945. WOODY HERMAN AND HIS ORCHESTRA: Pete Candoli, Sonny Berman, Neal Hefti, Irv Lewis, Shorty Rogers (tp); Bill Harris, Ed Kiefer, Ralph Pfeffner (tb); Sam Marowitz, John LaPorta (as); Mickey Felus, Flip Phillips (ts); Sam Rubinowitch (bar); Tony Aless (p); Billy Bauer (g); Chubby Jackson (b); Don Lamond (d); Neal Hefti (arr).

Solos: Herman (voc), Berman (tp), Harris (tb).

-3 SILENT NIGHT, HOLY NIGHT (Grüber, Mohr)

Summer 1953. DINAH WASHINGTON (voc) acc. by unknown celeste and choir.

-4 CHRISTMAS IN NEW ORLEANS (Sherman, Van Winkle)

8 Sep. 1955. LOUIS ARMSTRONG with BENNY CARTER'S ORCHESTRA featuring Trummy Young (tb); Barney Bigard (cl); Billy Kyle (p); Arvell Shaw (b); Barrett Deems (d); Benny Carter (arr).

-5 CHRISTMAS NIGHT IN HARLEM (Scott, Parish)

8 Sep. 1955. Same as 4.

-6 ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS (IS MY TWO FRONT TEETH) (Gardner)

2 Aug. 1949. NAT KING COLE (p, voc); Irving Ashby (g); Joe Comfort (b); Jack Costanzo (cga) with The Starlighters (vocal chorus).

-7 GIN FOR CHRISTMAS (Hampton)

30 Oct. 1939. LIONEL HAMPTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA: Ziggy Elman (tp); Toots Mondello (cl, as); Ben Webster, Jerry Jerome (ts); Clyde Hart (p); Al Casey (g); Artie Bernstein (b); Lionel Hampton (d).

-8 THE CHRISTMAS SONG (Tormé, Wells)

15 Dec. 1954. Mel Tormé (voc, p); Al Pellegrini (cl); James Dupre (b); Richard Shanahan (d).

-9 COOL YULE (Allen)

22 Oct. 1953. LOUIS ARMSTRONG with THE COMMANDERS: Louis Armstrong (tp, voc); Billy Butterfield, Andy Ferretti, Carl Poole (tp); Lou McGarity, Cutty Cutshall, Phil Giardini, Jack Satterfield (tb); Hymie Schertzer (as, bar); Bernie Leighton (p); Carmen Mastren (g); Sandy Block (b); Ed Grady (d); Toots Camarata (arr, cond).

-10 WINTER WEATHER (Shapiro)

27 Nov. 1941. BENNY GOODMAN AND HIS ORCHESTRA featuring Peggy Lee and Art Lund (voc); Lou McGarity (tb); Benny Goodman (cl); Mel Powell (p, arr); Tom Morgan (g); Sid Weiss (b); Ralph Collier (d).

-11 WHITE CHRISTMAS (Berlin)

22 Sep. 1952. LOUIS ARMSTRONG with GORDON JENKINS' ORCHESTRA featuring Louis Armstrong (voc); Bob McCracken (cl); Monty Napoleon (p); Art Ryerson (g); Arvell Shaw (b); Cozy Cole (d); Gordon Jenkins (arr).

-12 MAY EVERY DAY BE CHRISTMAS (Jordan)

13 June 1951. LOUIS JORDAN (voc) AND HIS ORCHESTRA featuring Wild Bill Davis (org); Jimmy Peterson (p); Bill Jennings (g); Bob Bushnell (b); Christopher Columbus (d).

-13 JINGLE BELLS (Pierpont)

Oct. 1938. NAT KING COLE (p, voc); Oscar Moore (g, voc); Wesley Prince (b, voc).

-14 WINTER WONDERLAND (Bernard, Smith)

22 Sep. 1952. Same as 11.

-15 THE CHRISTMAS SONG (Tormé, Wells)

29 Aug. 1946. LES BROWN AND HIS BAND OF RENOWN featuring Doris Day (voc).

-16 CHRISTMAS SWING (Reinhardt)

21 Dec. 1937. Michel Warlop (vln); Django Reinhardt (g); Louis Vola (b).

-17 THE CHRISTMAS SONG (Tormé, Wells)

Oct. 1954. JACK TEAGARDEN AND HIS ORCHESTRA: Jack Teagarden (tb, voc); Kenny Kersey (celeste); Sidney Gross (g); Milt Hinton (b); Denzil Best (d).

-18 SNOWFALL (Thornhill)

25 Sep. 1947. CLAUDE THORNHILL AND HIS ORCHESTRA featuring Claude Thornhill (p, arr); Barry Galbraith (g); Joe Shulman (b); Billy Exner (d).

-19 WHITE CHRISTMAS (Berlin)

25 Dec. 1948. CHARLIE PARKER QUINTET: Kenny Dorham (tp); Charlie Parker (as); Al Haig (p); Tommy Potter (b); Max Roach (d).

-20 JINGLE BELLS (Pierpont)

1944. SPIKE JONES AND HIS CITY SLICKERS.

CD 2 - SANTA CLAUS BLUES

-1 SANTA CLAUS GOT STUCK IN MY CHIMNEY (Moore Hardy)

26 Sep. 1950. ELLA FITZGERALD with THE RAY BROWN'S ORCHESTRA AND VOCAL ENSEMBLE featuring Charlie Shavers (tp); Hank Jones (p); John Collins (g); Ray Brown (b); Charlie Smith (d).

-2 BOOGIE WOOGIE SANTA CLAUS (René)

27 Oct. 1950. LIONEL HAMPTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA featuring Sonny Parker (voc); Bobby Plater (as, a...

Product details

• Authors: Collectif
• Publisher: Bdmusic Livre
• Languages: French
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 29.09.2006
• Dimensions: 145 mm x 256 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 260 g
• Illustrations: 2 CD + 1 BD
• Series: BD JAZZ
• Subject: Fiction > Comic, cartoon, humour, satire > Comic