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- Jingle Bells-Booker T. & The MGs (A hip organ instrumental, as expected. Based on the intro, I half-expect The Supremes to start singing "You Can't Hurry Love." Later, when the guitar kicks in, I half-expect The Ventures to hijack the tune for at least a few measures.)
- Christmas Time Is Here-Kermit Ruffins (One of the many deservedly acclaimed melodies from "A Charlie Brown Christmas." Ruffins shows that the plaintive piano part translates perfectly to the trumpet.)
- Winter Wonderland-Brother Jack McDuff featuring John Hart (A fine, straight ahead organ-and-guitar rendering with a bounce.)
- The Christmas Waltz-Jane Monheit (Brisk, cheery vocals with appealing vibraphone backing.)
- Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas-Brian McKnight (Smooth-as-silk vocals and harmonica.)
- Leroy Anderson: A Christmas Festival (BBC Concert Orchestra/Leonard Slatkin, conductor) (There's a classic recording of this, which The Boston Pops Orchestra performs under Arthur Fiedler. Its majestic opening that meshes "Joy To The World" with "Deck The Halls" is ingrained in my memory, and those of many listeners, at Fiedler's tempo. Slatkin's interpretation, in a slightly faster tempo, is equally enjoyable, however.)
