A Swinging Holiday Jazz Party with Wynton Marsalis

Specials | Dec 15, 2016

Wynton Marsalis hosts an hour of holiday jazz favorites by Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Cécile McLorin Salvant, Gregory Porter, René Marie, and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra.

Musical Works

"Sleigh Ride"
Renee Fleming & Wynton Marsalis
Christmas in New York

"Jingle Bells"
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
Big Band Holidays

"White Christmas"
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
Big Band Holidays

"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Wishes You A Swinging Christmas

"Christmas Night in Harlem"
Louis Armstrong
What a Wonderful Christmas

"Zat You, Santa Claus?"
René Marie
Big Band Holidays

"Toot Toot Tootie Toot (Dance of the Reed-Pipes)"
Duke Ellington Orchestra
Nutcracker Suite

"Peanut Brittle Brigade (March)"
Duke Ellington Orchestra
Nutcracker Suite

"What Child Is This?"
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Big Band Holidays

"God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"
Ellis Marsalis
New Orleans Christmas

"Carol of the Bells"
Warren Wolf
Christmas on Mack Avenue

"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
Big Band Holidays

"Deck Us All With Boston Charlie"
Lambert, Hendricks & Ross
Hipsters' Holiday: Vocal Jazz & R&B Classics

"Merry Christmas Baby"
Gregory Porter
Big Band Holidays

"We Three Kings"
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
Big Band Holidays

 

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