A couple of years ago, the girl fell in love with Lucy and Linus, starting a search for Christmas jazz albums. Here’s what we’ve found on Hoopla:
Ella wishes you a Swinging Christmas, Ella Fitzgerald — She specifically requested it the day after Thanksgiving, so you know it’s good! What a gorgeous voice.
Holiday Soul, Bobby Timmons — This instrumental album holds its own beyond Christmas. Bobby Timmons is an amazing pianist, obscured due to his early death. For non-Christmas fare check out Chicken & Dumplin’s and Chun-King on youtube.
A Charlie Brown Christmas, Vince Guaraldi Trio — This album kicked off our jazz kick at home and is still great. Actually, I wonder if this album is why my current personal jazz preferences leans towards trios.
If you want crooners, here’s a few albums by Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, and Gene Autry.
And for Christmas-adjacent jazz, I gotta add John Coltrane’s My Favorite Things.
Happy December and an early Merry Christmas!