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Jazz Piano Christmas 2024

4:57pm December 13, 2024

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Brenda Lee attends the CMA Awards at Nashville's Bridgestone Arena on Nov. 8. Her holiday hit "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" has reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, 65 years after its debut.

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'Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree' goes to No. 1 — after 65 years

5:22pm December 05, 2023

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

Move over, Mariah Carey: Brenda Lee's reliable holiday hit, first released during the Eisenhower administration, is the No. 1 song on the Billboard Hot 100 — for the first time ever.

"It's the most nauseating idea in the world: a comedian in a gown leaning against a baby grand without making a joke," Ana Gasteyer says. There are plenty of jokes (and a lot of great singing) on her new holiday album.

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Ana Gasteyer's 'Sugar & Booze' Is Holiday Music With 'A Modern Wink'

6:33am December 25, 2019

Saturday Night Live alum Ana Gasteyer's new Christmas album, Sugar & Booze, is partly a send-up of the holiday and partly an earnest embrace of its warmth.

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The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, with Catherine Russell as a guest vocalist, perform at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City.

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Big Band Holiday Cheer With The Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra

11:59am December 17, 2018

by Sarah Kerson

Listen to your favorite holiday classics from the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with guest vocalist Catherine Russell, recorded live in New York City at Jazz at Lincoln Center.