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A Jazz-tastic Holiday Playlist

A playlist to get you in the holiday spirit.

Kelsey Hawkins Johnson
Dec 14, 2015
Eastern Michigan University
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A Jazz-tastic Holiday Playlist

Now that November is over, it's time to break out the ugly sweaters and finally play your favorite holiday tunes that you been waiting for (or if you're one of those people who listens to holiday music outside of the season then getting more "acquainted"). So for someone who listens to jazz music and loves it, like a lot, I tend to enjoy and listen to jazz the most once the fall and winter seasons starts. Jazz, to me, becomes more alive and rich as it warms any individual, especially swing if looking for a good dance, in the cooler weather. So, now that it's December, I feel like it's time for me to turn on the good ole jazz albums and the Christmas classics I waited patiently to blast and get ready for a month of holiday cheer. For jazz listeners and non-jazz listeners alike I have decided to create a playlist by some of the jazz greats and classics to bring you into the holiday spirit and maybe hopefully learn to like and appreciate jazz. Enjoy!

There's a Spotify playlist at the bottom as an alternative to YouTube.

1. "Cold Winter Blues" - Shirley Scott


2. "The Christmas Song" - Nat King Cole


3. " Wintersong" - Gerry Mulligan, Paul Desmond


4. "Good Morning Christmas Blues" - Ella Fitzgerald


5. "Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow" - Frank Sinatra

6. "Winter Wonderland" - The Eddie Higgins Trio


7. "Christmas In New Orleans" - Louis Armstrong


8. "Jingle Bells" - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra


9. "Snowfall" - The Glenn Miller Orchestra and Tex Beneke


10. "Winter Moon" - Stan Getz


11. "Zat You, Santa Claus?" - Louis Armstrong


12. "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" - Dexter Gordon Quartet



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