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The U.S Army Band performs a Christmas concert in 2010.. Christmas music comprises a variety of genres of music regularly performed or heard around the Christmas season.Music associated with Christmas may be purely instrumental, or in the case of carols, may employ lyrics about the nativity of Jesus Christ, traditions such as gift-giving and merrymaking, cultural figures such as Santa Claus ...
Jingle Bell Jazz (re-issued as Christmas Jazz) is a collection of jazz versions of Christmas songs recorded between 1959 and 1962 by some of the most popular artists on the Columbia label. It was released on October 17, 1962.
The Christmas Album (The Manhattan Transfer album) Christmas Blues; Christmas Caravan; Christmas Carousel; Christmas Fantasy; Christmas Jazz Jam; Christmas Present (Boney James album) Christmas Song Book (Helen Merrill album) Christmas Songs (Diana Krall album) Christmas Songs (Mel Tormé album) Christmas Songs with The Ray Brown Trio
The Surprising Origins of Popular Christmas Songs. Olivia B. Waxman. December 20, 2023 at 11:08 AM ... but Christmas music begins playing at stores and restaurants well before to spark holiday cheer.
200 Best Christmas Songs 1. Mariah Carey, "All I Want for Christmas Is You" ... The late jazz great's vocals are clear as a bell (as always), making this "glorious song of old" sound brand new ...
Early Jazz: Its Roots and Musical Development, by Gunther Schuller, is a seminal study of jazz from its origins through the early 1930s, first published in 1968. [1] It has since been translated into five languages (Italian, French, Japanese, Portuguese and Spanish). [ 2 ]
Certain songs like "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" have roots in medieval France, and "O Come Ye All Faithful" is thought to be a coded rallying cry from the 1700s Jacobite rebellion.
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues, ragtime, European harmony, African rhythmic rituals, spirituals, hymns, marches, vaudeville song, and dance music.