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CHRISTMAS
Here at American Routes we don’t care if you’ve been naughty or nice—we have a present for everyone. So stoke the fire and mix up a nice hot toddy as we play Santa and deliver two hours of great holiday and seasonal music. We’ll also bring you a live recording of the Zion Harmonizers, coming to carol at the studio. And don’t bother keeping the receipt—we’re sure you’ll want to hang onto this one.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: It Came Upon A Midnight Clear Papa Don Vappie's New Orleans Jazz Band
A Christmas Present, Vappielle - Christmas Night in Harlem Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars
Hipster's Holiday: Vocal Jazz and R&B Classics, Rhino - Looking For Me Santa Claus Sam Manning with the Melodettes
Don't Stop the Carnival, Flapper - Christmas in J.A. Neville Willoughby
Reggae Christmas, Trojan - We Wanna See Santa Do the Mambo Big John Greer
Hipster's Holiday: Vocal Jazz and R&B Classics, Rhino - Instrumental: Drummer Boy Cool John Ferguson
Cool Yule, Music Maker - Boogie Woogie Santa Claus Mabel Scott
Hipster's Holiday: Vocal Jazz and R&B Classics, Rhino - Jingle Bells Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
Louis Armstrong & Friends: What A Wonderful Christmas, Hip-O - Good Morning Blues Ella Fitzgerald
Wishes You a Swinging Christmas, Verve - Blue Xmas (To Whom It May Concern) Miles Davis
Hipster's Holiday: Vocal Jazz and R&B Classics, Rhino - Blue Christmas The Meditation Singers
Have A Merry Chess Christmas, MCA - Instrumental: Frosty The Snowman The Ventures
Ultra-Lounge Christmas Cocktails 2, Capitol - Please Come Home for Christmas Johnny Adams
Christmas in New Orleans, Mardi Gras - Home for the Holidays Betty Carter
Jazz for Joy, Verve - My Favorite Things John Coltrane
The Heavyweight Champion, Atlantic - End Bed: Let It Snow Marcus Roberts
A Merry Jazzmas, BMG
HOUR two
- Jingle Bells Jimmy Smith
Christmas Cookin', Verve - Jingle Bells Esquivel!
Merry Xmas, BMG - Feliz Navidad Flaco Jimenez and Billy Joe Shaver
Deck the Halls, Compadre - Merry Texas Christmas, Y'all Asleep at the Wheel
Merry Texas Christmas, Y'all, High Street - Blue Christmas Ernest Tubb
Billboard Greatest Country Christmas Hits, Rhino - Rusty Chevrolet Da Yoopers
Holiday in Dementia, Rhino - Postcard: Car Talk
- Run Rudolph Run Chuck Berry
The Chess Box, MCA - Merry Christmas Baby Chuck Berry
The Chess Box, MCA - Instrumental: Merry Xmas Baby Booker T & the MGs
Soul Christmas, Atlantic - Christmas Blues Ramsey Lewis
The Joy of Christmas Past, GNP - Merry Christmas, Pretty Baby Jessie Mae Hemphill
Feelin' Good, HMG - It's Christmas Time Clifton Chenier
King of the Bayous, Arhoolie - Instrumental: Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer The Gypsy Hombres
Django Bells, Memphis International - Lonely Christmas Call George Jones
Bummed Out Christmas, Rhino - Christmas in Viet Nam Johnny & Jon
Bummed Out Christmas, Rhino - SEGMENT: The Zion Harmonizers
Listen - End Bed: Winter Wonderland Allen Toussaint
A New Orleans Christmas, NYNO - End Bed: The Night Before Christmas Louis Armstrong
Christmas Through the Years, LaserLight
