20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: Christmas Jazz, Vol. 2 (2007)

About this title: On 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: Christmas Jazz, Vol. 2, the compilers have opted for some more unusual choices than those found on the first volume. Ella Fitzgerald gets things started in conventional fashion with "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" from Meet Me in St. Louis, but Joe Williams' "Kissing by the Mistletoe," Dinah Washington's "Ole Santa," and Billy Eckstine's "Christmas Eve" are lesser-known numbers. Billie Holiday's "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" isn't really a Christmas carol at all, despite its December setting, and John Coltrane's "Greensleeves" ... read more

Tracks:

1. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas [Blaine/Martin]
2. Kissing by the Mistletoe [McFarland]
3. I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm [Berlin]
4. We Free Kings [Kirk]
5. Ole Santa [Otis]
6. Christmas Eve [Carpenter]
7. Sleigh Ride [Parish/Anderson]
8. O Little Town of Bethlehem [Traditional]
9. Silent Night [Mohr/Gruber]
10. Greensleeves [Traditional]

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