There are exactly 900 songs in the Christmas playlist in at AM, Then FM world headquarters. You’d think I could pick one.
But then I think, if you’ve read all the Christmas posts over the last five years, some of these songs must be getting real familiar.
So here’s something not posted before, some groovy ’60s jazz.
“We Three Kings Of Orient Are,” Jimmy Smith, from “Christmas ’64,” 1964.
On which we get an elegant, traditional intro that lasts a minute. Then Mr. Smith gets to riffing on his Hammond B-3 organ. His big band gleefully plays along. Then we wind it back down for an elegant, traditional outro in the last 50 seconds.
This cut also is on Smith’s “Christmas Cookin'” LP, also released in 1964. This LP appears to be out of print but is available digitally. The only differences are that the latter has a much cooler cover and two extra tracks: “Baby It’s Cold Outside” (with Wes Montgomery on guitar) and “Greensleeves” (with Kenny Burrell on guitar and Grady Tate on drums).
Your Christmas music requests in the comments, please.
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