That’s me on the right…. |
Coffeetime, December 25, 2020, Angelynn Grant
set 1
Richard Wyands / An Uptown Christmas / Santa Claus is Coming to Town / Uptown / 9.6.85
Bobby Timmons / Holiday Soul / White Christmas / Prestige / 11.24.64
Henry Hall & the BBC Dance Orchestra / The Santa Claus Express / HMV / London 10.23.35 / vocal = Dan Donovan & chorus
Dick Robertson & his Orchestra / Meet Me Under the Mistletoe / Decca / 10.18.41
Fats Waller / Winter Weather / Bluebird / 12.26.41
Johnny Otis Band / Happy New Year, Baby / Excelsior / 1947 / vocal = Lem Tally
Jo Stafford / Happy Holiday / Toyland / Columbia / 1955
bed
Dexter Gordon / The Panther! / The Christmas Song / Prestige / 7.7.70
set 2
Frank Wess & Johnny Coles / An Uptown Christmas / I’ll Be Home for Christmas / Uptown / 2.11.85
Vince Guaraldi / A Charlie Brown Christmas / Greensleeves / Fantasy / LA 1965
Sammy Kaye / (Don’t Wait ’Til) The Night Before Christmas / Victor / 11.11.38 / vocal = The Three Barons
Bing Crosby / Let’s Start the New Year Right / Decca / Hollywood 5.25.42 / with Bob Crosby & his Orchestra
Roy Milton / New Year’s Resolution / Specialty / Hollywood 12.31.47
Yogi Yorgesson / I Yust Go Nuts at Christmas / Capitol / Hollywood 10.18.49 / with the Johnny Duffy Trio
bed
Don Patterson / Holiday Soul / Merry Christmas, Baby / Prestige / 11.25.64
set 3
Jack Sheldon & Barry Harris / An Uptown Christmas / Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas / Uptown / 2.25.86
Bill Smith / Folk Jazz / Greensleeves / Contemporary / LA 1959
Delta Rhythm Boys / Jingle Bells / radio broadcast, Christmas Jubilee, AFRS Christmas Jubilee Show / Hollywood 1945
Hoagy Carmichael & his Orchestra / My Christmas Song for You / Ara / early 1945 / vocal = Martha Mears with Tudor Williams Quartet
Johnny Desmond / Sleigh Ride / MGM / Hollywood 1950 / with the Ray Charles Singers
Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely / Silver Bells / Capitol / Hollywood 9.20.50Nat King Cole / A House With Love in It / TV broadcast, The Nat King Cole Show, NBC / 12.24.56
bed
Gene Ammons / Night Lights / The Christmas Song / Prestige / 2.2.70
set 4
Gerry Mulligan & Paul Desmond / Gerry Mulligan – Paul Desmond Quartet / Wintersong / Verve / Hollywood 8.2.57
Les Brown & his Band of Renown / Concert Modern / The Nutcracker / Capitol / 1958
Eddie Cantor / The Only Thing I Want For Christmas (Is Just to Keep the Things That I've Got) / Columbia / 11.26.39 / with Jerry Joyce and his Orchestra and The Robert Mitchell “Boychoir”
Lou Rawls / Merry Christmas. Ho! Ho! Ho! / Christmas Is / Capitol / Hollywood 7.17.67
The Pilgrim Travelers / I’ll Be Home for Christmas / Specialty [unissued] / Hollywood c. 1953
last soulful (Christmas) song
Donny Hathaway / This Christmas / Atco / Chicago 1970