A Great Big Playlist Entirely Made of Snow

Coffeetime, December 18, 2009

bed
Bill Smith Trio / Folk Jazz / Greensleeves / Contemporary / LA 1959
Don Patterson / Holiday Soul / Merry Christmas, Baby / Prestige / 11.25.64
Junior Mance Trio / A Chiaroscuro Christmas / White Christmas / LA 1994

set 1
Red Garland / All Kinds of Weather / Winter Wonderland / Prestige / 11.27.58
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis / The Christmas Song / Prestige / 1.31.60
Duke Ellington & his Orch / AFRS Christmas Jubilee Show aired 12.47 / Ring Dem Bells / radio transcription / Hollywood 7.11.46
Harry Reser & his Orch / Santa Claus is Coming to Town / Decca / 10.24.34 / vocal = Tom Sacks
Frank Sinatra / Christmas Dreaming / Columbia / 1947
The Nic Nacs [The Robins] / Gonna Have a Merry Christmas / RPM / LA 1950 / with Little Esther
Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, & Vera-Ellen / soundtrack to Paramount movie White Christmas / Snow / Hollywood 1953
Ella Fitzgerald / Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas / What Are You Doing New Year's Eve / Verve / LA 7.15 & 16.60

set 2
Charles Schultz /A Charlie Brown Christmas original soundtrack / dialogue snippet / Buena Vista / LA 1977
Vince Guaraldi / A Charlie Brown Christmas / O Tannenbaum; Skating; Hark, the Herald Angels Sing; The Christmas Song; Christmas Time is Here (vocal); / Fantasy / LA 1965
Dean Martin / It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas / radio transcription / Hollywood 1950s
Peggy Lee / Christmas Carousel / It's Christmas Time Again / Capitol / LA 1963
Cary Grant / Christmas Lullaby / Columbia / LA 1967 / lyrics by Peggy Lee, music by Cy Coleman, written for Cary Grant's daughter Jennifer
Doris Day / The Doris Day Christmas Album / The Christmas Waltz / Columbia / LA 1964

set 3
Cranston East A Cappella Choir / Speak to One Another / Fum, Fum, Fum / Vogt / Cranston, RI fall 1972
Kenny Burrell / Have Yourself a Soulful Little Christmas / Merry Christmas Baby / Cadet / 10.66
Steve Allen Trio / A Chiaroscuro Christmas / Jingle Bells / LA 1973
Fats Waller / Swingin' them Jingle Bells / Victor / 11.29.36
Mel Blanc and the Sportsmen / Jingle Bells / radio transcription AFRS Mail Call Christmas Special / Hollywood 40s
Kay Starr / December / radio transcription / fall 1949 / with Billy Butterfield Quintet and background vocals by The Three Beaus & a Peep
[Bull] Moose Jackson / I'll Be Home for Christmas / King / 1951
Louis Armstrong / Christmas Night in Harlem / Decca / LA 9.8.55 / with Benny Carter Orch
Bing Crosby / White Christmas / Count Your Blessings / Decca / Hollywood 1953 / with Joseph J. Lilley and his Orch and Chorus; a re-recording of the songs from the Paramount movie

set 4
Tommy Flanagan / An Uptown Christmas / The Christmas Waltz / Uptown / 8.12.87
Judy Garland / from the soundtrack to the film “Meet Me in St. Louis” / Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas / MGM / 12.4.43
King Cole Trio / The Christmas Song / Capitol / 6.14.46
Johnny Mercer / Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town (Capitol Promo) / Capitol / LA 9.17.47
James Brown & his Famous Flames / James Brown Christmas Album / Merry Christmas, I Love You / King / 1966
Dinah Washington / Make Me a Present of You / EmArcy / LA 11.11.55 / with Ernie Wilkins Orch
Golden Gate Quartet / Go Where I Send Thee / Bluebird / Charlotte, NC 8.4.37

last soul (Christmas) song
Otis Redding / Soul Christmas / Merry Christmas, Baby / Atco / Memphis 2.57