JRR 211225
DISC 1
Artist Vince Guaraldi
Title Christmas Is Coming
Composer Guaraldi
Album A Charlie Brown Christmas
Label Fantasy
Number FAN34027 Track 9
Duration 3.25
Performers Vince Guaraldi, p; Fred Marshall, b; Colin Bailey, d. 1965
DISC 2
Artist Bessie Smith
Title At The Christmas Ball
Composer Fred Longshaw
Album Complete Columbia Recordings Vol 2
Label Columbia
Number 88725403102-364 CD 2 Track 17
Duration 3.17
Performers Bessie Smith, v; Joe Smith, c; Charlie Green, tb; Fletcher Henderson p. 18 Nov 1925.
DISC 3
Artist Chris Barber’s Jazz band
Title On a Christmas Day
Composer Trad arr. Donegan
Album Jazz Sacred and Secular
Label Lake
Number LACD222 Track 8
Duration 2.04
Performers Chris Barber, tb; Pat Halcox, t; Monty Sunshine, cl; Lonnie Donegan, g, v; Jim Bray, b; Ron Bowden, d. 1956.
DISC 4
Artist Wayne Shorter
Title 12th Century Christmas Carol (Personent Hodie)
Composer Trad
Album Alegria
Label Verve
Number 314 543 558-2 Track 9
Duration 6.02
Performers Wayne Shorter, ss; Danilo Perez, p; John Patitucci, b; Teri Lyne Carrington, d; plus: Lew Soloff, Chris Gekker, t; Bruce Eldem, Michael Boschen, tb; Marcus Rojas, tu; John Clark, Stewart Rose, frh; Alex Acuña, perc. 2003.
DISC 5
Artist Modern Jazz Quartet
Title England’s Carol (God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen)
Composer Trad
Album The Complete Last Concert
Label Atlantic
Number 7819762 CD 2 Track 12
Duration 5.12
Performers John Lewis, p; Milt Jackson, vib; Percy Heath, d; Connie Kay, d; Avery Fisher Hall 25 Nov 1974.
DISC 6
Artist Chick Corea Elektric band
Title God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Composer trad
Album A Contemporay Jazz Christmas
Label GRP
Number GRD 9887 Track 5
Duration 4.44
Performers Chick Corea elp; Eric Marienthal, reeds; Frank Gambale, g; John Patitucci, b; Dave Weckl, d; rec 1988.
DISC 7
Artist Richard Shelton
Title Let It Snow
Composer Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
Album A Swinging Christmas
Label Richard Shelton
Number [self release no number] Track 3
Duration 2.22
Performers Richard Shelton, v; Jordan Siegel, p; Graham Dechter, g; Alex Frank, b; Ryan Shaw, d. Rec. Los Angeles, 2025.
DISC 8
Artist Joe Harriott
Title Shepherd’s Serenade
Composer Shake Keene
Album Joe Harriott Story
Label Proper
Number Properbox 160 CD4 Track 9
Duration 3.50
Performers Joe Harriott, as; Stu Hamer, t; Pat Smythe, p; Coleridge Goode, b; Phil Seamen, d. 20 June 1967.
DISC 9
Artist Dianne Reeves
Title Little Drummer Boy
Composer Katherine Kennicott Davis
Album Christmas Time Is Here
Label Blue Note
Number 7243 2 73345 2 8 Tr ck 1
Duration 5.02
Performers Dianne Reeves, v; Reuben Rogers, b; Greg Hutchinson, d. May 2004.
DISC 10
Artist The Modern Jazz Quartet and Paul Desmond
Title Jesus Christ Superstar
Composer Tim Rice, Andrew Lloyd Webber
Album The Modern Jazz Quartet and Paul Desmond
Label Red Baron
Number JK57337 Track 4
Duration 4.57
Performers Paul Desmond, as; John Lewis, p; Milt Jackson, vib; Percy Heath, d; Connie Kay, d.
DISC 11
Artist Sammy Rimington
Title Silent Night
Composer Mohr / Gruber
Album A New Orleans Christmas
Label GHB
Number 209 Track 1
Duration 5.26
Performers Sammy Rimington, cl; Walter De Troch, p; Luc Van Hoetejhem, bj; Brian Turnock, b; Ghent, 12/10/1985.
DISC 12
Artist Wynton Marsalis
Title It Was The Night Before Christmas
Composer Moore / Marsalis
Album Crescent City Christmas Card
Label Columbia
Number CK 45287 Track 13
Duration 8.07
Performers Wynton Marsalis, t; Wycliffe Gordon, tb; Alvin Batiste, Wes Anderson, Todd Williams, Joe Temperley, reeds; Marcus Roberts, p; Reginald Veal, b; Herlin Riley, d. 1989