Need help finding a Jazzy Christmas CD

[kexodusc]

One of you wacky guys posted a cool pic of a Blue Note Christmas album that captured my curiosity several weeks ago - I meant to order the darn thing, but I seemed to have lost the post-it note I made. Now I can't remember which one it was and kind find the thread it was posted in. Doh.

Please help... :6:

[Ex Lion Tamer]

I like this one...

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drg000/g074/g07470wr7xh.jpg

or how about this one...

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drf200/f261/f26106axdrb.jpg

[dean_martin]

here it is - I've had it on my Christmas list for the last two or three years. my wife just ordered it from amazon this year. I've listened to it twice so far but each time I've been distracted. as we get closer to that magical day I'm sure I'll spin it many more times.

[kexodusc]

here it is - I've had it on my Christmas list for the last two or three years. my wife just ordered it from amazon this year. I've listened to it twice so far but each time I've been distracted. as we get closer to that magical day I'm sure I'll spin it many more times.
Hey Dean-o, I think that's it!!!! I did a quick phone-check with my local CD store and they had several Blue Note Christmas offerings so I wasn't sure which , but I think this is the one I saw posted here before (by you?)

Thanks man!

[kexodusc]

I like this one...

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drg000/g074/g07470wr7xh.jpg

or how about this one...

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drf200/f261/f26106axdrb.jpg

Good choices, I have them both! :cornut:

[noddin0ff]

here it is - I've had it on my Christmas list for the last two or three years. my wife just ordered it from amazon this year. I've listened to it twice so far but each time I've been distracted. as we get closer to that magical day I'm sure I'll spin it many more times.

I have this one too. One of my favorites. Another one is Yule Be Boppin'

[dean_martin]

Hey Dean-o, I think that's it!!!! I did a quick phone-check with my local CD store and they had several Blue Note Christmas offerings so I wasn't sure which , but I think this is the one I saw posted here before (by you?)

Thanks man!
No problem. I posted it twice - when basite got his new Thiels and in the xmas party thread.

[ForeverAutumn]

One of my favourite Xmas CDs is called Jazz to the World. Here's the Amazon link.

http://www.amazon.com/Jazz-World-Various-Artists/dp/B000005GZQ/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1196961401&sr=1-1

[noddin0ff]

Ah, found it... I put up a Xmas comp last year.
http://forums.audioreview.com/showthread.php?t=20479&highlight=christmas

#1, 3, 9, 10, 12, 16 are from Blue Note: Yule Be Boppin' (http://www.amazon.com/Blue-Note-Yule-Be-Boppin/dp/B000002ULY/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1196967096&sr=8-1)

#11 from the above mentioned Yule Struttin' A Blue Note Christmas (http://www.amazon.com/Yule-Struttin-Various-Artists/dp/B000005HG7/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1196967360&sr=1-1)

# 6, 8, 13, 14, 15 from Jazz to the World: A Christmas Collection. (http://www.amazon.com/Jazz-World-Various-Artists/dp/B000005GZQ/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1196961401&sr=1-1)

So second FA's endorsement. :-)

[kexodusc]

Ah, found it... I put up a Xmas comp last year.
http://forums.audioreview.com/showthread.php?t=20479&highlight=christmas

#1, 3, 9, 10, 12, 16 are from Blue Note: Yule Be Boppin' (http://www.amazon.com/Blue-Note-Yule-Be-Boppin/dp/B000002ULY/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1196967096&sr=8-1)

#11 from the above mentioned Yule Struttin' A Blue Note Christmas (http://www.amazon.com/Yule-Struttin-Various-Artists/dp/B000005HG7/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1196967360&sr=1-1)

# 6, 8, 13, 14, 15 from Jazz to the World: A Christmas Collection. (http://www.amazon.com/Jazz-World-Various-Artists/dp/B000005GZQ/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1196961401&sr=1-1)

So second FA's endorsement. :-)
wow...to late to PM ya for the link?

[noddin0ff]

wow...to late to PM ya for the link?

Give me a day and I can re-up it. I don't think I have the link anymore!

[noddin0ff]

As promised...

Christmas Jazz Meta-Comp.


01 Cool Yule: Kurt Elling (3:30) (http://www.mediafire.com/?1kdm51d13ny)
02 Merry Christmas, Baby: Lou Rawls (2:34) (http://www.mediafire.com/?32yacao3rli)
03 You're A Mean One Mr. Grinch: Fareed Haque (5:26) (http://www.mediafire.com/?7jynnyomm55)
04 I Bought You A Plastic Star For Your Aluminum Tree: Michael Franks (4:58) (http://www.mediafire.com/?c2ujecmeod7)
05 Christmas Ain't What It Used To Be: Jacqui Naylor (5:12) (http://www.mediafire.com/?fhjhl2clxd2)
06 II Est Ne, Le Divin Enfant: Dr. John (2:59) (http://www.mediafire.com/?2y7x5zilxmy)
07 Carol Of The Bells: Wynton Marsalis (4:56) (http://www.mediafire.com/?ez2dmo190hm)
08 The Little Drummer Boy: Cassandra Wilson (4:39) (http://www.mediafire.com/?6dnugmx9ypn)
09 'Zat You Santa Claus: Benny Green featuring Miles Griffith (3:35) (http://www.mediafire.com/?35cd2ccxbew)
10 Blue X-Mas: Bob Dorough (5:40) (http://www.mediafire.com/?6cly5dezzpm)
11 Silent Night: Stanley Jordan (3:46) (http://www.mediafire.com/?6ykwbgzygzi)
12 Jingle Bells: Dianne Reeves (2:10) (http://www.mediafire.com/?8tlmwyetm7y)
13 I'll Be Home For Christmas: Eliane Elias & Herbie Hancock (2:51) (http://www.mediafire.com/?4exd4zw2jwz)
14 What Child Is This?: Chick Corea (4:17) (http://www.mediafire.com/?aej2zdxn2ex)
15 Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas: Diana Krall (4:36) (http://www.mediafire.com/?doafy5fyx21)
16 Be-Bop Santa Claus: Sweet Daddy Lowe and the Blue Note Ad Hoc Orchestra (4:32) (http://www.mediafire.com/?9pftmw4hngy)


For the most part it favors the blues side. Fun vocals and a few instrumentals. To highlight my personal favorites…Bought you a plastic star to me is the perfect Christmas song, a little campy with all the right sentiments. This is the one I want to hear every year. You’re a mean one Mr. Grinch is a delicious guitar solo which captures Seuss well with the Who-ville intro. I’m a fan of Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea at the piano so tracks 13 and 14 appeal to this. And the two odd ones that cling to my ears and are a little less accessible are The Little Drummer Boy and Carol of the Bells. The latter being New Orleans influenced and an interesting take (but perhaps a little too squeaky). On the subject of New Orleans, II Est Ne, Le Divin Enfant makes me wish Dr. J would make a Christmas Party album. Be-Bob Santa Claus you can consider a bonus track.

I don't have the flac files anymore. These are lossless and you can use iTunes to begin the conversion to any other lossless format

[BarryL]

I concur with the Guiraldi and Ella Christams CDs. Another great one is Ray Charles' Christmas Cd, though it's more on the country and blues side than jazz. I also have a Kenny G Christmas CD (probably his first one) which is outstanding.