Any good jazz xmas albums out there apart from Vince Guaraldi (my fave)?
― Adam J Duncan, Sunday, 6 December 2015 06:18 (eight years ago) link
this is quite nice
http://eil.com/images/main/Ramsey+Lewis+Sound+Of+Christmas+479333.jpg
― Number None, Sunday, 6 December 2015 11:26 (eight years ago) link
this toohttp://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ccOv7TRyL.jpg
― campreverb, Sunday, 6 December 2015 13:53 (eight years ago) link
Loving this Lewis, thanks campreverb!
― Adam J Duncan, Sunday, 6 December 2015 13:57 (eight years ago) link
I have a thing for Chet Baker's quite maudlin Silent Nights album, it is way underrated imo.
― xelab, Sunday, 6 December 2015 15:34 (eight years ago) link
Don't forget
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71wkh%2BQqxML._SL1200_.jpg
― a cruet of destiny (seandalai), Sunday, 6 December 2015 16:42 (eight years ago) link
http://funky16corners.com/pictures/sschristmas.jpg
― a cruet of destiny (seandalai), Sunday, 6 December 2015 16:48 (eight years ago) link
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Srk4HBY5R48/UM-FZHsirmI/AAAAAAAAAMY/BETfVwFiORk/s640/xmas.jpg
― a cruet of destiny (seandalai), Sunday, 6 December 2015 16:59 (eight years ago) link
http://static1.squarespace.com/static/533c2608e4b0a32be0b5e65d/533db24de4b0f0bdc6e14819/543c3aa4e4b0f23a04309ca2/1413233325388/songpoemxmas_mini147.jpg
― a cruet of destiny (seandalai), Sunday, 6 December 2015 17:13 (eight years ago) link
^^^ now playing
OK the last one and Zorn have piqued my interest in a way I didn't expect this thread!
― Adam J Duncan, Sunday, 6 December 2015 23:29 (eight years ago) link
the two American Song-Poem Christmas song I've heard live in a sweet grey area between outsider art and major label pulp, pretty cool
― Sharkie, Sunday, 6 December 2015 23:44 (eight years ago) link
good stuff itt!
sinatra's "the christmas song" just came on the radio - it's amazing, what a voice
is there a good sinatra christmas album?
― niels, Monday, 7 December 2015 09:13 (eight years ago) link
Grab any old Rhino Christmas compilation you see, and you will find something to love on it.
― Three Word Username, Monday, 7 December 2015 09:16 (eight years ago) link
cool, thx! googling that led me to this decent overview http://hipchristmasmusic.com/lists/albums.php
― niels, Monday, 7 December 2015 10:08 (eight years ago) link
Sharon Jones + Dap-Kings Christmas album is a bit disappointing tbh, though "Ain't No Chimneys in the Projects" is still a classic.
― a cruet of destiny (seandalai), Monday, 7 December 2015 14:17 (eight years ago) link
^^^ my son played me this as we were trimming the tree over the weekend. I liked the whole thing, but yeah I thought "Chimneys" was the standout. Even The Eagles haven't ruined "Please Come Home For Christmas" for me; Charles Brown original is my favorite holiday tune.
― Retro novelty punk (Dan Peterson), Monday, 7 December 2015 15:17 (eight years ago) link
you might get a contact high listening to the Cassie Ramone.
― campreverb, Monday, 7 December 2015 15:22 (eight years ago) link
Christmas With Chet Atkins has been my favorite for a while -- any suggestions for similar albums?
― early rejecter, Monday, 7 December 2015 15:25 (eight years ago) link
this is probably my country favorite:http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51dKmNarZNL.jpg
― campreverb, Monday, 7 December 2015 15:30 (eight years ago) link
The Eagles get the words wrong, so screw 'em.
― Three Word Username, Monday, 7 December 2015 15:53 (eight years ago) link
i am quite proud of my xmas spotify playlist, fwiw (despite the fact that it can't have XTC's "Countdown to Christmas Party Time" on it
The Dandy Warhols - Little Drummer BoyCristina - Things Fall ApartCocteau Twins - Frosty The SnowmanLow - Just Like ChristmasThe Pogues - Fairytale Of New YorkSaint Etienne - I Was Born on Christmas DayTLC - Sleigh RideThe Waitresses - Christmas WrappingRun DMC - Christmas in HollisThe Sonics - Santa ClausThe Raveonettes - Come On SantaFear - Fuck ChristmasThe Ramones - Merry Christmas (I Don't Want To Fight Tonight)Lisi - My Silent NightKurtis Blow - Christmas Rappin'Alan Vega - No More Christmas BlueSky Ferreira - OmankoCarly Rae Jepsen - Last Christmas
― cory artangel (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 7 December 2015 16:00 (eight years ago) link
excellentalthough they do have the ronan keating version of fairytale of new york
― nxd, Monday, 7 December 2015 16:02 (eight years ago) link
My favorite Christmas album is this budget-label knockoff of The Tijuana Brass. I bought it as a gift for my dad with my allowance money when I was a kid, and it got played every year. I rebought a copy for myself in a thrift bin. Childhood memories...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZjQDK7Ysr8
― Retro novelty punk (Dan Peterson), Monday, 7 December 2015 16:15 (eight years ago) link
you might get a contact high listening to the Cassie Ramone.― campreverb, Monday, December 7, 2015 3:22 PM (52 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― campreverb, Monday, December 7, 2015 3:22 PM (52 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Playing this right now, pretty into it.
― a cruet of destiny (seandalai), Monday, 7 December 2015 16:16 (eight years ago) link
I tried listening to the Cassie Ramone record this morning and nothing really stuck out to me :( I was disappointed, I had high hopes!
― cory artangel (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 7 December 2015 18:21 (eight years ago) link
Is there a standard version of "Jingle Bells" without any 'interpretation'? Maybe just sung by kids but not on a modern cloying kids album.
― Spencer Chow, Monday, 7 December 2015 18:43 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cM38kN4AOys
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Monday, 7 December 2015 18:57 (eight years ago) link
if you don't rock Dylan's Xmas album during the season you are dead to me
― Οὖτις, Monday, 7 December 2015 19:04 (eight years ago) link
it's weird because it seems like a novelty record and one that you kind of like for the fun of it, but then you put it on and it's just GREAT
― niels, Monday, 7 December 2015 19:16 (eight years ago) link
I love The Ventures proto-indie version of "Silver Bells"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJMBMIJJGok
― Number None, Monday, 7 December 2015 19:37 (eight years ago) link
I like the "I Feel Fine" intro to rudolf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTFw8CyMzz4
― niels, Monday, 7 December 2015 19:57 (eight years ago) link
I'd kind of been afraid to check out the Dylan album, but based on the rec above I just checked it out.Overall, pretty fun! Obviously he sounds a bit Tom Waits in places, which some may consider an asset-it certainly is on 'Must Be Santa'.
― campreverb, Monday, 7 December 2015 20:16 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOgBcA_oWuI
― schlep and back trio (anagram), Monday, 7 December 2015 20:44 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8qE6WQmNus
― Οὖτις, Monday, 7 December 2015 20:45 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyk-Qu7sv1E
― Three Word Username, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 10:28 (eight years ago) link
xps there's some good jingle bells covers done by dogs and cats on spotify iirc
― nxd, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 10:34 (eight years ago) link
so far, the break-out hit at our house this year is "The Christmas Tree Angel" by the Andrews Sisters
― Dominique, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 17:56 (eight years ago) link
more Christmas jazz
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0002/784/MI0002784088.jpg
― Number None, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 19:26 (eight years ago) link
"What You Want For Christmas" by Quad City DJ's is officially the #1 Christmas song of all time
― cory artangel (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 8 December 2015 19:43 (eight years ago) link
That Bley/Swallow one is awesome, but I've had more positive reaction from chamber music fans I've played it to than from jazz heads.
― Three Word Username, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 19:45 (eight years ago) link
I just heard the xmas version of Want You to Want Me!! I had no idea it existed! It was ... weird
― rip van wanko, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 20:14 (eight years ago) link
ok I had no idea that existed
so weird
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Tuesday, 8 December 2015 21:04 (eight years ago) link
"I'm begging you for Christmas"
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
― rip van wanko, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 21:10 (eight years ago) link
it's dreadful ;_;
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Tuesday, 8 December 2015 21:12 (eight years ago) link
I didn't sell that Chet Baker christmas album properly when describing it as maudlin upthread, it is actually quite jaunty in places and I was overstating the amount of depresso variations on the album, which is only a few of the tracks really.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tj90PQmVhPQ
― xelab, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 21:31 (eight years ago) link
I really like the version of Amazing Grace on the Chet Baker.Every year it seems like there's one old Christmas record I'm super excited to find, only to discover it's a dud. Sadly this year it's the Gladys Night record. On the other hand, holy crap that Dwight Yoakam Christmas record.
― campreverb, Friday, 11 December 2015 14:24 (eight years ago) link
'Wonderful Christmas Time" is the best of the big pop hits.
― canoon fooder (dog latin), Friday, 11 December 2015 15:57 (eight years ago) link
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― you're breaking the NAP (DJP), Friday, 11 December 2015 17:26 (eight years ago) link
Important musical syncretism: http://merrykrishnas.bandcamp.com/album/we-wish-you-a-merry-krishna
― a cruet of destiny (seandalai), Wednesday, 16 December 2015 22:01 (eight years ago) link