Winter Wonderplaylist

Coffeetime, December 14, 2007

bed
Red Garland / All Kinds of Weather / 'Tis Autumn & Stormy Weather / Prestige / 11.27.58

set 1
Mal Waldron / Mal/2 / From this Moment On / Prestige / 5.17.57
Richard Wyands Trio / An Uptown Christmas / Santa Claus is Coming to Town / Uptown / 9.6.85
Claude Thornhill & his Orch / Snowfall / Columbia / 5.26.41
Putney Dandridge & his Swing Band / Santa Claus Came in the Spring / Vocalion / 10.21.35 / written by Johnny Mercer
Bob Crosby & his Orch / Let It Snow, Let It Snow / ARA / LA c.1944-45
Julie London / I'd Like You for Christmas / Liberty / 1957

set 2
Charles Schultz /A Charlie Brown Christmas original soundtrack / dialogue snippet / Buena Vista / LA 1977
Vince Guaraldi / A Charlie Brown Christmas / LP side 1: sO Tannenbaum; What Child is This; My Little Drum; Linus and Lucy; Christmas Time is Here (instrumental) / Fantasy / LA 1965 /
Johnny Mercer / Winter Wonderland / radio transcription / LA 1947 / with the Pied Pipers and Paul Weston & his Orch
Peggy Lee / Christmas Carousel / The Christmas Waltz / Capitol / LA 1963

set 3
Kenny Burrell / Have Yourself a Soulful Little Christmas / White Christmas / Cadet / 10.66
Les Brown & his Band of Renown / I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm / radio transcription / Hollywood 1953
Charlie Parker / White Christmas / Savoy / live at the Royal Roost 12.25.48
Frank Sinatra / Christmas Dreaming / Columbia / 1947 /
Felix Gross / Love for Christmas / Savoy / LA 10.25.49
Doris Day / Here Comes Santa Claus / Columbia / LA 1949
Johnny Moore's Three Blazers / Christmas Dreams / Hollywood [King] / 1955 / vocal = Frankie Ervin & Linda Hayes
Danny Kaye / (songs from) White Christmas / The Best Things Happen While You're Dancing / Decca / / Hollywood 1953 / with Joseph J. Lilley and his Orch and Chorus; a re-recording of the songs from the Paramount movie

set 4
Gerry Mulligan - Paul Desmond Quartet / Wintersong / Verve / Hollywood 8.2.57
The Joe Newman Septet / The Midget / My Dog Friday / RCA / 7.8.56
Fred Astaire / You're Easy to Dance With / soundtrack to Holiday Inn / Paramount / Hollywood spring 1942 / accompanied by "Male Octet"
Bing Crosby & Majorie Reynolds / White Christmas / radio transcription / Hollywood 1942
Amos Milburn / Let's Make Christmas Merry, Baby / Aladdin / LA 10.4.49
Videocraft Chorus / soundtrack to TV show Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer / There's Always Tomorrow / Decca / 1969 / another Rankin & Bass Rudolph cartoon site (pop-up warning)
Alphabetical Four / Go Where I Send Thee / Decca / 8.16.38

last soul song
Emotions / What Do the Lonely Do at Christmas? / Volt / 1973