(The Ghost of Christmas Past)

Celebrating Christmas and also celebrating the 90th anniversary of the campaign to ban jazz in Ireland, which seems to have failed.

Track list for The Christmas Box 2024

1. Gin for Christmas: Lionel Hampton
2. Swingin’ Them Jingle Bells: Fats Waller
3. Jingle Bells: Benny Carter
4. When Winter Comes: Artie Shaw
5. Christmas Night in Harlem: Paul Whiteman
6. Santa’s Secret: Johnny Guarneri & Slam Stewart
7. Bounce of the Sugar Plum Fairy: John Kirby
8. Wild Party 1934: Fletcher Henderson
9. I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm:Billie Holliday
10. Santa Claus is coming to Town: Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters
11. Freeze and Melt: Eddie Lang
12. The Christmas Song: Dinah Shore
13. It Happened in Sun Valley: Glenn Miller
14. Santa Claus Blues: Red Onion Jazz Band
15. Freeze Out: Clarence Williams
16. At The Christmas Ball: Bessie Smith
17. Snowfall: Claude Thornhill
18. Sleighride: Eddie Higgins

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The celebrated composer, orchestrator and arranger, and sometime trumpet player, Quincy Jones, died November 3rd aged 91. The Hot Box looks at the jazz contribution he made in the latter part of the 20th century, with tracks from Frank Sinatra, Sarah Vaughan, Ray Charles, Nat King Cole and the man himself.

Track list for The Hot Box #133 – Remembering Quincy Jones

1. Rat Race: Count Basie Orchestra
2. Muttnik: Count Basie Orchestra
3. Hicky Burr: Bill Cosby and Quincy Jones
4. Eubie Walkin’: Bill Cosby and Quincy Jones
5. No More Blues: Quincy Jones Big Band
6. Birth of the Band: Quincy Jones Big Band
7. Let the Good Times Roll: Ray Charles
8. The Midnight Sun Never Sets; Sarah Vaughan
9. Joe Turner’s Blues: Nat King Cole
10. Have You Met Benny Bailey? Count Basie Orchestra
11. Rat Race: Count Basie Orchestra
12. Listen Up: Quincy Jones

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• Live Broadcast: Every two weeks on Jazz Radio Eire. Listen Live
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