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Artist |
Song |
Album |
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Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass |
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas |
Big Band Christmas |
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Diana Krall w/ Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra |
Winter Wonderland |
Christmas Songs |
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Louis Armstrong and the All Stars |
Christmas In New Orleans |
Single |
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Benny Goodman Orchestra |
Santa Claus Came in the Spring |
Single |
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Louis Armstrong and The Commanders |
‘Zat You, Santa Claus? |
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Seth MacFarlane, Norah Jones |
Little Jack Frost Get Lost |
Holiday For Swing! |
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Veronica Swift w/Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra |
(Everybody’s Waitin’ For) The Man with the Bag |
Big Band Holidays II |
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Cecile McLorin Salvant w/Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra |
What Child is This? |
Big Band Holidays II |
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Duke Ellington Orchestra |
Toot Toot Tootie (Dance of the Reed-Pipes) |
The Nutcracker Suite |
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Duke Ellington Orchestra |
Peanut Brittle Brigade (Waltz) |
The Nutcracker Suite |
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Duke Ellington Orchestra |
Sugar Rum Cherry (Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy) |
The Nutcracker Suite |
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USAF Airmen Of Note |
Oy Chanukah |
A Holiday Note From Home |
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USAF Airmen Of Note |
You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch |
A Holiday Note From Home |
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Louis Armstrong and The Commanders |
Cool Yule |
single |
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Count Basie Orchestra |
Jingle Bells |
Yule Struttin’ (A Blue Note Christmas) |
Sunday, December 20, 2020
The More The Merrier: Christmas with the Big Bands
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Many of today's popular holiday tunes were first recorded during the Swing Era in the 1930's and 40's. That connection between big bands and the holiday season has never waned. These days singers like Veronica Swift, Cecile McLorin Salvant and Norah Jones are delivering holiday classics in front of large ensembles. This hour-long special is filled with swinging arrangments of well known and not so well known holiday songs. From Duke Ellington and Count Basie to The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, the big band tradition continues to be a staple of what makes this time of year so magical. Hosted by Avery Jeffry.
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