This is a great time of year for music lovers - every kind of musical taste can be satisfied. As I get older, I lean more towards the calm, soothing instrumental-type of music with a jazz lilt. For many years, just about any title in the Windham Hill catalog was a favorite: nightnoise, George Winston, the Celtic Christmas series, etc. This year, though, those songs seem tired and stale.
Last year, I borrowed a CD from the library where I work, Christmas with the George Shearing Quintet. I didn't listen to it then, but put a copy on my laptop for this year. Holy cow! What a joyful and soothing CD. Always a jazz vocal fan, but never really a jazz instrumental student, this CD opens up a whole new world to me. The best word I can some up with is hip. This is the most hip CD I've ever heard. This makes me feel like I'm at a cool dinner party in NYC or a nightclub, waiting for Billie Holiday to take the stage. Excellent music.
Along those lines, my long-time jazz favorite, Beegie Adair, has several Christmas compilations and a regular favorite is Christmas Cocktails. Love it, love it, love it. I was one of the staff in charge of the Christmas party at work and I played this in the background. One of my colleagues said the music made her feel like she was in a fancy restaurant.
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