Artist	Song
Vince Guaraldi Trio	Linus and Lucy
from Charlie Brown Holiday Hits (2006)
Trans-Siberian Orchestra	Christmas / Sarajevo 12/24 (Instrumental)
from Christmas Eve and Other Stories (2006)
Vince Guaraldi Trio	Christmas Time Is Here
from Charlie Brown Holiday Hits (2006)
Mannheim Steamroller	Christmas Lullaby
from Christmas In the Aire (2005)
Dave Brubeck	We Three Kings
from Hot Jazz for a Cool Night: A Jazz Christmas (1992)
Yo-Yo Ma	Dona nobis pacem (Give Us Peace)
from Songs of Joy & Peace (Deluxe Version) (2009)
Trans-Siberian Orchestra	Christmas Canon
from The Christmas Attic (2006)
Yo-Yo Ma & Chris Botti	My Favorite Things
from Songs of Joy & Peace (Deluxe Version) (2009)
Bill Evans	Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
from Have Yourself a Jazzy Little Christmas (1989)
John Tesh	White Christmas
from A Family Christmas (1995)
Oscar Peterson	Christmas Waltz
from Christmas Break - Relaxing Jazz for the Holidays (2006)
Dave Brubeck & Gerry Mulligan	Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
from Christmas Break - Relaxing Jazz for the Holidays (2006)
Jim Brickman	It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
from The Gift (1997)
Tom Scott	Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
from A GRP Christmas Collection (1988)
David Benoit	Remembering Christmas
from Remembering Christmas (1996)
Boney James	The Christmas Song
from Boney's Funky Christmas (2008)
Orchestra of the Kirov Opera, St. Petersburg & Valery Gergiev	The Nutcracker, Op.71: Overture
from Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (1998)
Grover Washington, Jr.	Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
from Martha Stewart Living Music: Jazz for the Holidays (2005)
David Lanz	Dreamer's Waltz
from The Christmas Album (1999)
Béla Fleck & The Flecktones	River
from Jingle All the Way (2008)
Chris Botti	Silent Night
from December (2006)
Kenny G	Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
from Miracles: The Holiday Album (1993)
John Fahey	Auld Lang Syne
from The New Possibility: John Fahey's Guitar Soli Christmas Album / Christmas With John Fahey, Vol. 2 (2006)
Liz Story	Greensleeves
from The Essential Winter's Solstice (2005)
Lee Ritenour	White Christmas
from A GRP Christmas Collection (1988)
Jim Brickman	Deck the Halls
from Homecoming (2007)
Vince Guaraldi Trio	Skating
from Jazz Six Pack: Vince Guaraldi - EP (2009)
Kenny Burrell	Merry Christmas Baby
from Christmas for Lovers (2003)
Mannheim Steamroller	Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
from Christmas Song (2007)
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass	My Favorite Things
from Christmas Album (2005)
Wynton Marsalis	Go Tell It On the Mountain
from Christmas Jazz Jam (2009)
The Ray Brown Trio	O Tannenbaum
from Christmas Songs With the Ray Brown Trio (1999)
Dave Brubeck	What Child Is This? (Greensleeves)
from A Dave Brubeck Christmas (1996)
Chick Corea & Herbie Hancock	Deck the Halls
from Martha Stewart Living Music: Jazz for the Holidays (2005)
Béla Fleck & The Flecktones	The Hanukkah Waltz
from Jingle All the Way (2008)
Trans-Siberian Orchestra	Wizards In Winter (Instrumental)
from The Lost Christmas Eve (2004)
Booker T. & The MG's	Silver Bells (LP Version)
from R&B Christmas, Vol. 1 (2004)
Chris Botti	Winter Wonderland
from December (2006)
Charlie Parker	White Christmas
from Holiday Chill - The Christmas Remixes (2004)
Ottmar Liebert	Away In a Manger / Fiesta 05
from Winter Rose (2005)
Spyro Gyra	I'll Be Home for Christmas
from Contemporary Jazz Christmas (2001)
Mike Oldfield	In Dulce Jubilo (For Maureen)
from Hergest Ridge (2010)
Don Grusin and Natali Rene	Merry Christmas Brown Trout
from Better Than Christmas (2004)
Ferrante & Teicher	Happy Sleigh Ride
from Christmas Is So Special (2000)
John Fahey & Richard Ruskin	Russian Christmas Overture
from The New Possibility: John Fahey's Guitar Soli Christmas Album / Christmas With John Fahey, Vol. 2 (2006)
Ralf Illenberger	The First Noël
from Best of Narada Christmas (1998)
Tuck Andress	Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
from Martha Stewart Living Music: Jazz for the Holidays (2005)
Nightnoise	Wexford Carol
from The Essential Winter's Solstice (2005)
Montgomery Bruce	O Little Town of Bethlehem
from Bossa Noel: A Chilled Out Christmas (2003)
Jim Brickman	Good King Wenceslas
from A Windham Hill Christmas: I'll Be Home for Christmas (2004)
Tim Story	Asleep the Snow Came Flying
from The Essential Winter's Solstice (2005)
Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra	Carol of the Bells
from A Very Ping Pong Christmas: Funky Treats from Santa's Bag (2007)
Kenny G	Silver Bells
from Miracles: The Holiday Album (1993)
John Morgan	We Wish You a Merry Christmas
from Capture the Night (2005)
Lynyrd Skynyrd	Classical Christmas
from Christmas Time Again (2009)
Eugene Ormandy & The Philadelphia Orchestra	Polonaise from Christmas Eve Suite
from Russian Orchestral Works - Rimsky-Korsakov: Le Coq d'or - Khachaturian: Sabre Dance - Mussorgsky: Hopak (1996)
Steve Wariner	Christmas Memories (instrumental)
from Christmas Memories (1990)
Royce Campbell	The Christmas Song
from A Jazz Guitar Christmas (2004)
Trio Globo	Patapan
from A Winter Celebration (1995)
Giovanna Joyce Imbesi	It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
from A Windham Hill Christmas - The Night Before Christmas (2005)
Denis de Coteau & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra	Nutcracker: Act 2: Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy
from Nutcracker (1998)
Phyllis Taylor Sparks and the Dream Machine	Holly Jolly Christmas
from Harp for Christmas (2003)
Robin Petrie	Christmas Eve
from A Victorian Christmas (1991)
Jim Brickman	Shades of White
from Love Songs & Lullabies (2004)
Nando Lauria	Gloria
from Best of Narada Christmas (1998)
Patricia Spero	Pastourelle from the Christmas Concerto
from Celtic Christmas Harp (2011)
Chet Atkins	I'll Be Home for Christmas
from East Tennessee Christmas (1987)
Boston Brass	The Christmas Song
from Christmas Bells Are Swingin'! (2005)
Marc Kunkel	Christmas Starlight
from Christmas Starlight (2004)
David Sinclair	Miss Hooligan's Christmas Cake
from Acoustic Christmas (2003)
John Morgan	Tinsel
from Capture the Night (2005)
Richard Carr	Drifting Snow (Improv)
from Christmastide - Christmas Around the World (2005)

Comment:

There’s no need to remember lyrics in order to sing along with this stellar stack of Christmas tracks — all you have to do is hum. The holiday music tradition holds some of the most indelible melodies around — some that have been annual earworms for centuries — so get set for the most tuneful time of year imaginable, with instrumental goodies that range from rock and pop to jazz, soul, and beyond. Whether your idea of a nifty Noel involves keyboard kings Chick Corea & Herbie Hancock teaming up to drop some bebop on “Deck the Halls” or fearless folk guitarist John Fahey spinning some steel-string magic around “Auld Lang Syne,” we’ve got your Christmas covered!

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