Artist	Song
Ella Fitzgerald	Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
from Have Yourself a Jazzy Little Christmas (1989)
Vince Guaraldi Trio	Christmas Time Is Here
from Charlie Brown Holiday Hits (2006)
Charlie Parker	White Christmas
from Savoy Jazz Christmas Blues (1994)
Louis Armstrong & The Commanders	'Zat You, Santa Claus?
from Yule Be Miserable (2003)
Bill Evans	Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
from Trio 64 (1997)
Diana Krall & The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra	I'll Be Home for Christmas
from Christmas Songs (2005)
Wynton Marsalis	Go Tell It On the Mountain
from Christmas Jazz Jam (2009)
Herb Geller	Sleigh Ride
from Herb Geller Plays (2005)
Chick Corea & Herbie Hancock	Deck the Halls
from Martha Stewart Living Music: Jazz for the Holidays (2005)
Kenny Burrell	Silent Night
from Have Yourself a Soulful Little Christmas (2003)
Jimmy Smith	God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
from Christmas '64 (2005)
Louis Armstrong	Christmas in New Orleans
from Traditional Jazz Christmas (1997)
Chris Botti	The Christmas Song
from December (2006)
Rahsaan Roland Kirk Quartet	We Free Kings
from Have Yourself a Jazzy Little Christmas (1989)
Ella Fitzgerald	Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
from Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas (2002)
Jimmy McGriff	I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
from Seasonings - EP (1990)
Oscar Peterson	Let It Snow
from An Oscar Peterson Christmas (1995)
The Ray Brown Trio	O Tannenbaum
from Christmas Songs With the Ray Brown Trio (1999)
Duke Ellington	Jingle Bells
from Love You Madly (2006)
Dave Brubeck	What Child Is This? (Greensleeves)
from A Dave Brubeck Christmas (1996)
Louis Armstrong	Christmas Night in Harlem
from Traditional Jazz Christmas (1997)
Joe Williams	The Christmas Waltz
from That Holiday Feelin' (1990)
Nancy Wilson	What Are You Doing New Years Eve
from Yesterday's Love Songs, Today's Blues (1991)
Dexter Gordon Quartet	Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
from Martha Stewart Living Music: Jazz for the Holidays (2005)
Ramsey Lewis Trio	Merry Christmas Baby
from Sound of Christmas (2004)
Kenny Burrell	God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen
from Have Yourself a Soulful Little Christmas (2003)
George Shearing Quintet	Ding Dong! Merrily On High
from Christmas With the George Shearing Quintet (1998)
Manhattan Jazz Quintet	Good King Wenceslas
from A Chiaroscuro Christmas (1995)
Ella Fitzgerald	Sleigh Ride
from Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas (2002)
Terence Blanchard	O Come All Ye Faithful
from Martha Stewart Living Music: Jazz for the Holidays (2005)
Jimmy Smith	Jingle Bells
from Christmas '64 (2005)
George Shearing Quintet	The Christmas Song
from Christmas With the George Shearing Quintet (1998)
Johnny Guarnieri & Slam Stewart	Santa's Secret
from Savoy Jazz Christmas Blues (1994)
Kenny Burrell	The Little Drummer Boy
from Have Yourself a Soulful Little Christmas (2003)
The Ray Brown Trio	We Wish You a Merry Christmas
from Christmas Songs With the Ray Brown Trio (1999)
Ramsey Lewis Trio	Here Comes Santa Claus
from Sound of Christmas (2004)
Various Artists	This Is Christmas
from A Jazzy Wonderland (1990)
Jimmy McGriff	Merry Christmas Baby
from The Best of the Headfirst Years (2003)
Cyrus Chestnut	We Three Kings
from Blessed Quietness: A Collection of Hymns, Spirituals and Carols (2010)
Dave Koz & Brenda Russell	Boogie Woogie Santa Claus
from Memories of a Winter's Night (2007)
Cuba L.A.	I'll Be Home for Christmas
from Navidad Cubana (2000)
Jimmy Smith	Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
from Christmas '64 (2005)
Dexter Gordon & Wardell Gray	Jingle Jangle Jump
from Citizens Bop (1998)
Ella Fitzgerald	White Christmas
from Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas (2002)
Houston Person	Blue Christmas
from Jazz for a Christmas Present (2003)
Dave Brubeck	Joy to the World
from A Dave Brubeck Christmas (1996)
George Shearing Quintet	The Christmas Waltz
from Christmas With the George Shearing Quintet (1998)
Oscar Peterson	Jingle Bells
from An Oscar Peterson Christmas (1995)
Louis Jordan	May Everyday Be Christmas
from What a Wonderful Christmas (1997)
Houston Person & Melvin Sparks	It's Christmas Time, Baby
from Jazz for a Christmas Present (2003)
Vince Guaraldi Trio	Christmas Is Coming
from The Definitive Vince Guaraldi (2009)
The Ray Brown Trio	Little Drummer Boy
from Christmas Songs With the Ray Brown Trio (1999)
Flip Phillips	O Come, All Ye Faithfull / Silent Night
from A Chiaroscuro Christmas (1995)
Chris Botti	Hallelujah
from December (2006)
Peggy Lee	Winter Wonderland
from Ultra-Lounge - Christmas Cocktails, Pt. 1 (2000)
Royce Campbell	The Christmas Song
from A Jazz Guitar Christmas (2005)
Les Brown & His Band of Renown	The Nutcracker Suite
from Ultra-Lounge - Christmas Cocktails, Pt. 1 (2000)
Michael Wolff & Mark Isham	O Christmas Tree
from Christmas Moods (2003)
Gene Bertoncini, Michael Moore & Roger Kelloway	Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
from A Chiaroscuro Christmas (1995)
Natasha Miller	My Favorite Things
from The Season (2007)
Joe Williams	Silver Bells
from That Holiday Feelin' (1990)
Vince Guaraldi Trio	What Child Is This?
from A Charlie Brown Christmas (Remastered) (2006)
Ramsey Lewis Trio	Winter Wonderland
from Sound of Christmas (2004)
Houston Person	God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
from Jazz for a Christmas Present (2003)
Beegie Adair	The Christmas Waltz
from Jazz Piano Christmas (2009)
Indigo	Good King Wenceslas
from Indigo Christmas (2000)
Rick Gallagher	I Saw Three Ships
from Snowriding (2006)
The Scott Oakley Trio	Here Comes Santa Claus
from jazz for the Holidays (2004)
Scott Hamilton	I'll Be Home for Christmas
from Late Night Christmas Eve: Romantic Sax With Strings (2006)
The Jim Martinez Trio	Joy to the World
from Music for Your Soul (2002)
Rick Gallagher	O Little Town of Bethlehem
from Snowriding (2006)

Comment:

When the great men and women of jazz sink their teeth into the time-honored tunes that make up the Christmas songbook, the results are sometimes surprising, but always swinging and satisfying. So if you’re aiming to jazz up your holidays, you’re in the right place, whether that means swaying along as songbirds like Nancy Wilson and Diana Krall caress those seasonal standards with their peerless pipes, or standing back in slack-jawed awe while such bebop icons as Oscar Peterson and Charlie Parker let their fingers do the talking, twisting familiar Christmas tunes into fascinating new shapes. Sometimes smooth and mellow as a hot toddy on a December night, sometimes jumping and jamming with the bright glow of a thousand Christmas lights, the seasonal soundtrack we’ve set up for you can keep the holiday spirit on tap throughout every page on the calendar.

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