The Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra Performs Big Band Holiday Classics (Live)

Continuing a beloved New York tradition, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis warms up the House of Swing with soulful renditions of holiday classics.

With fresh arrangements, playful improvisation and entertaining storytelling, they bring out the magic in such classics as Count Basie's "Jingle Bells," "Let It Snow" and "Merry Christmas, Baby." Jazz royalty Catherine Russell is the special guest vocalist. Kenny Washington also joins the band.

PERFORMERS

Wynton Marsalis (music director, trumpet), Greg Gisbert (trumpet), Kenny Rampton (trumpet), Marcus Printup (trumpet), Vincent Gardner (trombone), Chris Crenshaw (trombone), Sam Chess (trombone), Sherman Irby (alto saxophone), Ted Nash (alto saxophone), Victor Goines (tenor saxophone), Walter Blanding (tenor saxophone), Paul Nedzela (baritone saxophone), James Chirillo (guitar), Dan Nimmer (piano), Carlos Henriquez (bass), Marion Felder (drums), Catherine Russell (vocals), Kenny Washington (vocals)

SET LIST

To be selected from the following:

• "Blue Christmas" (Billy Hayes and Jay W. Johnson) arranged by Sherman Irby
• "Brazilian Sleigh Bells" (Percy Faith) arranged by Carlos Henriquez
• "Christmas Time Is Here" (Vince Guaraldi and Lee Mendelson) arranged by Walter Blanding
• "Cool Yule" (Steve Allen) arranged by Sherman Irby
• "Frosty the Snowman" (Steve Nelson and Jack Rollins) arranged by Vincent Gardner
• "Give Love on Christmas Day" (Deke Richards, Berry Gordy, Christine Yarian, Freddie Perren and Alphonso "Fonce" Mitchell) arranged by Victor Goines
• "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" (traditional) arranged by Chris Crenshaw
• "Hanerot Halalu (These Candles)" (traditional) arranged by Eyal Vilner
• "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" (Charles Wesley, Felix Mendelssohn and William H. Cummings) arranged by James Chirillo
• "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane) arranged by Victor Goines
• "Here Comes Santa Claus" (Gene Autry and Oakley Haldeman) arranged by Walter Blanding
• "Jingle Bells" (James Lord Pierpont) arranged by Ernie Wilkins
• "Joy to the World" (Mason Lowell and Isaac Watts) arranged by Marcus Printup
• "Merry Christmas, Baby" (Johnny Moore and Buddy Baxter) arranged by Sherman Irby
• "My Favorite Things" (Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein) arranged by Ted Nash
• "Sleigh Ride" (Leroy Anderson) arranged by Carlos Henriquez
• "Snowfall" (Claude Thornhill) arranged by Sherman Irby
• "We Three Kings" (John Henry Hopkins, Jr.) arranged by Ted Nash
• "What Will Santa Claus Say (When He Finds Everybody Swingin'?)" (Louis Prima) arranged by Chris Crenshaw
• "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) arranged by Victor Goines

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