Christmas Miscellany

At the Christmas Ball

Bessie Smith

F W Longhouse

Columbia/Legacy 487398 2

Bessie Smith, v; Joe Smith, c; Charlie Green, tb; Fletcher Henderson, p.

LaSalle Street Breakdown

Jimmy Yancey

Yancey

Avid AMSC 1094

Jimmy Yancey, p.

Let It Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow! 

Woody Herman

Cahn / Styne

Proper P 1159

Sonny Berman, Neal Hefti, Irv Lewis, Pete Candoli & Conte Candoli, tp; Ralph Pfeffner, Bill Harris & Ed Kiefer, tb; Woody Herman, cl &as; Sam Morowitz & John La Porta, cl & as; Flip Philips & Pete Mondello, ts; Skippy De Sair, bs; Tony Aless, p; Billy Bauer, g; Chubby Jackson, b; Dave Tough, d.

Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town

Bill Evans

Coots / Gillespie

Verve 549 067-2

Bill Evans, p; Gary Peacock, b; Paul Motian, d.

Winter Wonderland

Shirley Horn

Bernard / Smith

Verve 549 067-2

Shirley Horn, v; Roy Hargrove, t & fh; Don Sickler, fh; Jesse Davis, as; Ron Blake, ts; Stephen Scott, p; Mark Whitfield, g; Christian McBride, b; Billy Drummond, d.

Mr Bruce

Roy Hargrove

Chucho Valdes

Verve 537 563-2

Roy Hargrove, t & fh; Chucho Valdes, p; David Sanchez, ts & ss; Frank Lacy, tb; Horacio ‘El Negro’ Hernandez, d; Jose Luis ‘Chancuito’ Quintana, tim; Miguel ‘Anga’ Diaz, cng; Jorge Reyes, b; Gary Bartz, as & ss; Russell Malone, g.

I Want to Be Happy

Lester Young

Youmans / Caesar

Definitive Records DRCD11385

Lester Young, ts; Nat King Cole, p; Buddy Rich, d.

Greensleeves

John Coltrane 

Trad.

Verve 549 067-2

John Coltrane, ss; McCoy Tyner, p; Jimmy Garrison, b; Elvin Jones, d.

England’s Carol

John Lewis

John Lewis

America Jazz Classics A 99004

John Lewis, p; Percy Heath, b; Connie Kay, d.

Jingle Bells

Leo Watson

Vic Dickenson, tb; Leonard Feather, p; Arv Garrison, g; Vivian Gary; b; Harold ‘Doc’ West, d; Leo Watson, v.

Indigo IGOCD2098

Postman’s Lament

Papa Laine’s Children 

Jonny Wiggs

Oriole MG 20002

Jonny Wiggs, t; Harry Shields, cl; Tom Brown, tb; Stanley Mendelson, p; Sherwood Mangiapane, b; Dr Edmond Souchon, g & v.

The Old Landmark

Aretha Franklin

A M Brunner

Atlantic 29062

Aretha Franklin, v; James Cleveland, p.