Santa's Bag: An All-Star Jazz Christmas (1992)

About this title: Santa's Bag: An All-Star Jazz Christmas finds Telarc's top artists contributing Christmas chestnuts and holiday tunes. The recordings were all made in the early '90s, and feature some of the great artists from the prime years of jazz doing their thing in the autumn of their careers -- their thing being light and easy jazz, perfect for relaxing and enjoying the holiday season. Highlights include Joe Williams rocking the "Christmas Blues," Mel Tormé crooning (and scatting) his way through a hip "Good King Wenceslas," Jimmy McGriff and Hank Crawford easing through "Silver Bells," Hilton Ruiz's ... read more

Tracks:

1. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! [Cahn/Styne]
2. Good King Wenceslas [Neale]
3. Away in a Manger [Traditional]
4. Silver Bells [Evans/Livingston]
5. Christmas Blues [Williams]
6. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas [Martin/Blane]
7. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town [Gillespie/Coots]
8. Jingle Bells [Pierpont]
9. White Christmas [Berlin]
10. O Tannenbaum [Traditional]
11. Blue Christmas [Hayes/Johnson]
12. O Come, O Come, Emmanuel [Neale/Traditional]
13. It's the Time of the Year [Bellson]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.