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Wynton Marsalis & Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra - Big Band Holiday ~ Lincoln Center, New York City, NY 12-17-2015 (FM)

Wynton Marsalis & Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra w/Aretha Franklin
Big Band Holiday
The House Of Swing
The Rose Theater At Lincoln Center
New York City, New York, U.S.A.
December 17, 2015
Webcast/Soundboard Recording
MP3 224kbps
Cover Art Included

Disc 1 Set I
101 Intro 1:00
102 Jingle Bells 6:18
103 MC 1:41
104 Caroling, Caroling 7:09
105 MC 1:28
106 Winter Wonderland 7:24
107 MC 1:39
108 I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus 3:35
109 MC 1:49
110 Intro of Aretha Franklin 1:20
111 O Tannenbaum 3:01
112 MC 1:13
113 My Cup Runneth Over 5:39


Disc 2 Set II
201 Set 2 Intro 0:45
202 White Christmas 5:28
203 MC 1:17
204 Jack the Bear 4:22
205 MC 2:16
206 Sleigh Ride 7:13
207 MC 1:09
208 We Three Kings of Orient Are 6:45
209 MC 1:34
210 Silent Night 6:59
211 Vamp / Band Intros / Acknowledgements 5:20

total time: 1hr 26mn 8sc

The Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra
Wynton Marsalis artistic director
Wynton Marsalis, Kenny Rampton, Ryan Kisor, Marcus Printup - trumpet
Chris Crenshaw, Vincent Gardner, Elliot Mason - trombone
Paul Nedzela, Walter Blanding, Sherman Irby, Ted Nash, Victor Goines - woodwind
Dan Zimmer - piano
Carlos Henriquez - bass
Ali Jackson - drums

Guests:

Aretha Franklin - vocals and piano
James Chirillo - guitar
Joe Temperley - baritone sax
Denzal Sinclaire - vocals
Audrey Shakir - vocals

Featured Artists:
CD 1 Track 2 Wynton Marsalis trumpet, Elliot Mason trombone
CD 1 Track 4 Denzal Sinclaire vocals, Ted Nash alto sax, James Chirillo guitar
CD 1 Track 6 Audrey Shakir vocals, Sherman Irby alto sax
CD 1 Track 8 Wynton Marsalis & Narcus Printup trumpet, Walter Blandling tenor sax, Vincent Gardner trombone
CD 1 Tracks 11 & 13 Aretha Franklin piano & vocals
CD 2 Track 2 Joe Temperley baritone sax
CD 2 Track 4 Carlos Henriquez bass, Victor Goines clarinet, Joe Temperley baritone sax
CD 2 Track 6 Audrey Shakir vocals, Walter Blanding tenor sax, Wynton Marsalis trumpet
CD 2 Track 8 Denzal Sinclaire vocals, Dan Nimmer piano, Paul Nedzela baritone sax
CD 2 Track 10 Audrey Shakir & Denzal Sinclaire vocals, Dan Nimmer piano, James Chirillo guitar, ? trombone

It's that time of year again and here for you Christmas shopping listening pleasure Jazz Legend Wynton Marsalis & The Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra swing through some Christmas classics. They even bring along The Queen Of Soul Aretha Franklin! More Christmas shows available on the site (click here)

Wynton Marsalis & Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra - A Classical Jazz Christmas ~ Lincoln Center, New York City, NY 12-22-1989 (SBD)

Wynton Marsalis & Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra
A Classical Jazz Christmas
The Alice Tully Hall
Lincoln Center
New York City, New York, USA
December 22, 1989
TV Broadcast/Soundboard Recording
MP3 224kbps
Cover Art Included

Disc 1 (Part 1)
101 Intro 2:45
102 Carol of the Bells Blues 5:13
103 Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow 5:12
104 Sleigh Ride 6:06
105 Oh Christmas Tree 2:04
106 We Three Kings 5:37
107 Oh Come All Ye Faithful 4:37
108 Hark The Herald Angels Sing 8:26
109 Twas The Night Before Christmas 9:41
110 Deck The Halls 3:40

Disc 2 (Part 2)
The Nutcracker Suite (Tchaikovsky; arranged by Ellington and Strayhorn)
201 The Nutcracker Suite - Part A 12:29
202 The Nutcracker Suite - Part B 7:41
203 The Nutcracker Suite - Part C 9:23
204 The Nutcracker Suite - Part D 4:31

205 Jingle Bells 6:46
206 March of the Toy Soldiers 4:16
207 Interview - Wynton Marsalis 7:52
208 Interview - Clark Terry and Jon Hendricks 8:24


Charles Wadsworth Host

Part 1

The Wynton Marsalis Band
Wynton Marsalis: Trumpet
Todd Williams: Tenor Saxophone
Wes Anderson: Alto Saxophone
Joe Temperley: Baritone Saxophone
Alvin Batiste: Clarinet
Wycliff Gordon: Trombone
Marcus Roberts: Piano
Reginald Veal: Bass
Herlin Riley: Drums
 
w/ Special Guests
Jon Hendricks: Vocals
Clark Terry: Trumpet

Part 2

The Lincoln Center Classical Jazz Orchestra
Conducted by David Berger

It's that time of year again, so for your Christmas listening pleasure some fabulous Jazz from some of the finest players in the business.

A Christmas Celtic Sojourn, Boston 2015, The Cutler Majestic Theater, Boston, Massachusetts, USA 12-20-2015 (Pre-FM)

A Christmas Celtic Sojourn
Boston 2015

The Cutler Majestic Theater
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Recorded: December 20, 2015
Broadcast: December 24, 2016
Pre-FM Recording

MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

01 Veni, Veni, Emmanuel/A Leaf from the Tree of Songs 6:52
02 Intro 0:24
03 Red-Haired Mary 2:50
04 The Little Drummer Boy 3:07
05 The First Noel 1:44
06 Deck the Halls 1:21
07 Intro 0:51
08 Fjellvåk 3:35
09 Intro 2:06
10 Here We Come A-wassailing 3:23
11 Frosty the Snowman Jingle Bells 2:13
12 Intro 0:37
13 Untitled 4:53
14 Intro 0:18
15 Angels We Have Heard on High 3:13
16 Lark in the Clear Air 3:07
17 Intro 0:37
18 Untitled 5:28
19 Oíche Chiúin 2:25
49 mins

Performers:
Cathy Jordan
Brian and Lindsay O’Donovan
Natalie Haas
Maeve Gilchrist
The Nordic Fiddlers Bloc
Solas

I like listening to Celtic Folk Music sometimes when I am sipping wine after dinner. It has a direct relationship to American Bluegrass Music. The rhythms, the tone, the timbre are all pretty much the same. It's also the music of my heritage, being Scots-Irish. My family came to America during the Gold Rush. They were miners and a corporation paid them to come here and teach them how to mine gold (yep that stuff actually happened). They were paid with land in Appalachia. The Appalachian Mountains is the cradle of American Country Music, the product of Bluegrass, Blues and Gospel/Spirituals.

MP3

Carla Bley & Ed Partyka Brass - Carla's Christmas Carols ~ György-Ligety-Saal Graz, Austria, December 5, 2013 (Satellite)

Carla Bley & Ed Partyka Brass
Carla's Christmas Carols
György-Ligety-Saal
Graz, Austria
December 5, 2013
Satellite Radio Broadcast Recording

Flac Level 8 & MP3 320kbps
Front Cover Included

Source:
DVB-S > Digital Satellitereceiver Humax PVR8000 > aud
demux with DVR-Studio Pro >mp2
MPEG 1.0 Layer-2; 48,000 Hz Stereo; 160 Kbps
AudioEditDeLuxe > wav > dBpoweramp > Flac Compress level 8
ORF Steiermark and all Austrian regional Radiostations broadcast in 160 kbps via DVB-S
the Sound Frequency goes up to 20000 Hz

2008 portion source: DVB-S@320, 48kHz > raw data > ProjextX > mp3DirectCut > mp2
(lossy recording seeded in its original broadcast codec, yet the spectral still goes to 20kHz)


01 O Tannenbaum
02 Fernab in Einer Krippe
03 Jingle Bells
04 Hell's Bells
05 Jesus Maria
06 Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
07 The Christmas Song
08 O Holy Night/Joy to the World
09 Ring Christmas Bells
10 Silent Night and Day
11 God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen
12 O Come to Bethlehem, All Ye Faithful

Total time: 1:14:38

Tracks 10-12 are bonus tracks from Passionskirche, Berlin DE 12.4.2008 FM

Tracks 01-09:
Carla Bley - piano
Steve Swallow - bass
Axel Schlosser - trumpet & flugelhorn
Bernhard Nolf - trumpet & flugelhorn
Adrian Mears - trombone
Ed Partyka - bass trombone & tuba
Linus Pernulli - French horn

Tracks 10-12:
Carla Bley - piano
Steve Swallow - bass
Tobias Weidinger - trumpet & glockenspiel
Axel Schlosser - trumpet
Christine Chapman - French horn
Adrian Mears - trombone
Ed Partyka - bass trombone & tuba

This is an upgrade to an earlier Carla Bley Christmas show. The previous show was posted in MP3 224kbps, this one is in Flac and includes 3 bonus tracks from a 2008 performance. If you haven't heard Carla's Christmas Carols then you really should download this show. Carla makes great use of the Brass section, even using tuba, French horn and flugelhorn to achieve a nice range of instrumental voices. This show is in as heavy of a Holiday Playlist rotation as Trans-Siberian Orchestra (that's huge, TSO is big with my family!). Rosebud even asks for it to be played, so you know it's not an Avant-Garde Jazz event. It's easily digestible by even the slightest of Jazz fans.

Flac

MP3

Buster Poindexter, Ellen Foly, Joe Lynn Turner, Gary "US" Bonds & More - La Bamba's 3rd Annual Christmas Show, Capital Theater, Passiac, New Jersy 12-22-1985 (FM)

La Bamba's 3rd Annual Christmas Show
Capital Theater
Passiac, New Jersy
December 22, 1985
WNEW-FM 102.7 Broadcast Recording
Flac Level 8 & MP3 320kbps
No Cover Art

Featuring:
Ellen Foley (Meat Loaf)
Joe Lynn Turner (Rainbow, Deep Purple)
Buster Poindexter (David Johanson of New York Dolls)
Gene Cornish (The Young Rascals)
Marshall Crenshaw
La Bamba & The Hub Caps
Gary US Bonds
Allison Smith (Broadway's Longest Running Annie)


Source: WNEW-FM 102.7 Broadcast > TDK-SA cassette master

Transfer Lineage:
Maxell > Sony Deck TC-WE 475 > JVC XL-R2010 CD-RW [standalone] > Soundforge 9.0 > Wav >TLH [SB's aligned] Flac Level 8


01 Ellen Foley - Honky Tonk Woman (Rolling Stones)
02 Ellen Foley - My Little Runaway (Del Shannon)
03 Ellen Foley - Stagger Lee (Lloyd Price)
04 Joe Lynn Turner - Can't Turn You Loose (Otis Reading)
05 Joe Lynn Turner - I Thank You (Sam & Dave)
06 Joe Lynn Turner - I've Been Loving You Too Long (Otis Reading)
07 Joe Lynn Turner - Them Changes (Buddy Miles)
08 DJ Comments and Introductions
09 Vince Scelsa & Uncle Floyd - Vince Introduces Floyd
10 Vince Scelsa & Uncle Floyd - Bucket of Shaving Cream
11 Buster Poindexter - Smack Dab In The Middle
12 Buster Poindexter - Cannibal
13 Buster Poindexter - Good Morning Judge
14 Buster Poindexter - Hit The Road Jack (w/Soozie Tyrell)
15 Buster Poindexter - House of The Rising Sun
16 Buster Poindexter - Who Threw the Whiskey in the Well
17 Gene Cornish (The Young Rascals) - Groovin'
18 Gene Cornish (The Young Rascals) - I Can't Believe You Want To Leave (song cut)
19 Marshall Crenshaw - Right Now
20 Marshall Crenshaw - The Distance Between
21 Marshall Crenshaw - Little Wild One
22 Marshall Crenshaw - Cynical Girl
23 La Bamba & The Hub Caps - Secrets Are Hard To Keep
24 La Bamba & The Hub Caps - She's My Ladder
25 La Bamba & The Hub Caps - Talking About My Baby
26 La Bamba & The Hub Caps - Here Comes Sally
27 La Bamba & The Hub Caps - Freedom
28 La Bamba & The Hub Caps - Move On Up (Curtis Mayfield)
29 Gary "US" Bonds - Such A Teaser
30 Gary "US" Bonds - Unknown Title
31 Gary "US" Bonds - Wild Night
32 Gary "US" Bonds - New Orleans
33 Gary "US" Bonds - Quarter To Three
34 DJ Comments and Introductions
35 Allison Smith - Never Go With a Stranger
36 Ellen Foley - White Christmas
37 Joe Lynn Turner & Ellen Foley - All I Want For Christmas, Is You
38 Joe Lynn Turner - I'll Be Home For Christmas
39 Buster Poindexter - Is That You Santa Claus
40 Buster Poindexter - Merry Christmas Baby
41 Gary "US" Bonds - Run Run Rudolph
42 Gary "US" Bonds & Entire Cast - That's What Christmas Means To Me
43 DJ Closing Comments

Total Playing Time: 3hr 15mn 46sc

This is a great show featuring some awesome performances. Joe Lynn Turner of Rainbow, Deep Purple fame sings some Old School Soul songs from Otis Reading and Sam & Dave. Ellen Folly turns in a great performance of some Rock & Roll Classics. Gary "US" Bonds gives a show stopping performance. Buster Poindexter, Marshall Crenshaw, and Gene Cornish of The Young Rascals all give top notch performances. The show ends with Broadways Longest Running "Annie" Allison Smith performing a song she wrote and released to benefit the Search for Missing Children Fund, the charity this show is a benefit for. Then the whole cast comes back for a jam on Christmas songs. Awesome stuff and over 3 hours of music!

Stevie Wonder & Gilberto Gil - Praia de Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 12-25-2012 (SBD)

Stevie Wonder & Gilberto Gil
Praia de Copacabana
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
December 25, 2012
Soundboard/Webcast/TV Telecast Recording
MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

Disc 1:
01 Introduction
02 Wonderful World (Sam Cooke cover)
03 Bird Of Beauty
04 Master Blaster (Jammin')
05 Higher Ground
06 The Way You Make Me Feel (Michael Jackson cover)
07 Waiting In Vain (Bob Marley cover)
08 Merry Christmas Baby (Johnny Moore's Three Blazers cover)
09 The Christmas Song
10 Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing
11 The Secret Life Of Plants
12 Ribbon In The Sky
13 Garota de Ipanema (The Girl From Ipanema) (Vinicius de Moraes cover)

Disc 2:
01 Sir Duke
02 If You Really Love Me
03 Never Dreamed You'd Leave In Summer
04 Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours
05 Voce Abusou (with Gilberto Gil) (Pery Ribeiro cover)
06 I Just Called To Say I Love You (with Gilberto Gil)
07 Samba de uma nota so (with Gilberto Gil)
08 You Are The Sunshine Of My Life (with Gilberto Gil)
09 We Are The World (with Gilberto Gil)
10 Silent Night (with Gilberto Gil)
11 Boas Festas (with Gilberto Gil)
12 My Cherie Amour (with Gilberto Gil)
13 Sweetest Somebody I Know
14 Superstition
15 This Christmas (Donny Hathaway cover)
16 Another Star

total time: 2hr 11mn 39sc

For your holiday listening pleasure!

WFUV Holiday Party 2013 ~ The Beacon Theatre, New York City, NY 12-11-2013 (FM)

WFUV Holiday Party 2013
The Beacon Theatre
New York City, NY
December 11, 2103
Broadcast on December 25, 2013
FM Broadcast Recording
MP3 224kbps
Cover Art Included

Featuring:
Iron & Wine
Calexico
Nick Lowe
Glen Hansard
Beth Orton
Kathleen Edwards
Amos Lee

Disc 1
01 Intro - Rita Houston & Corny O’Connell
02 Tree By The River - Sam Beam, Calexico, and Kathleen Edwards
03 Maybe On Monday - Sam Beam, Calexico, and Kathleen Edwards
04 Splitter - Sam Beam, Calexico, and Kathleen Edwards
05 A Soft Place To Land - Kathleen Edwards, Sam Beam, and Calexico
06 Rome Wasn’t Built In A Day - Nick Lowe and Calexico
07 Christmas At The Airport - Nick Lowe and Calexico
08 I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday - Nick Lowe and Calexico
09 Call Me The Breeze - Beth Orton and Calexico
10 Mystery - Beth Orton and Calexico
11 Lowly Deserter - Glen Hansard, Calexico, Kathleen Edwards, Sam Burns
12 Her Mercy - Glen Hansard, Calexico, Curtis Fowlkes, and Moji Abioli
13 This Gift - Glen Hansard, Calexico, Curtis Fowlkes, and Moji Abioli
14 He Lays In The Reins - Sam Beam and Calexico

Disc 2
01 Sixteen, Maybe Less - Sam Beam, Calexico, and Kathleen Edwards
02 Prison On Route 41 - Sam Beam, Calexico, and Amos Lee
03 The Desert Babbler - Sam Beam and Calexico
04 Dead Man’s Will - Sam Beam and Calexico
05 Sodom, South Georgia - Sam Beam and Calexico
06 Fortune Teller - Amos Lee and Calexico
07 Violin - Amos Lee and Calexico
08 Cruel To Be Kind - Nick Lowe, Calexico, Beam, Orton, Edwards
09 Drive All Night - Glen Hansard, Calexico, and Stewart Bogie
10 Guero Canelo - Calexico
11 Fairytale Of New York - Sam Beam, Calexico, Glen Hansard, Kathleen Edwards
12 Hallelujah - Amos Lee and Beth Orton
13 The Trapeze Swinger - Sam Beam

Upon This Night... Christmas Collection 2005 (SBD)

Upon This Night... Christmas Collection 2005
Soundboard Recordings
Various Dates & Locations
Sources Vary
MP3 192kbps
Cover Art Included

01 Graham Parker - New Years Revolution (Idiots Delight FM 12/18/94)
02 Marshall Crenshaw - Felice Navidad (studio 1986?)
03 Sam Phillips - It Came Upon A Midnight Clear (12/91 FM)
04 John Hiatt - Happy Xmas (War is Over) (Lobos Xmas special FM 11/24/92)
05 Dave Alvin - I'll Be Home For Christmas (Lobos Xmas Special FM)
06 Syd Straw/Rickkie Lee Jones - O Holy Night (Lobos Xmas Special)
07 Tom Waits - Silent Night (intro to Xmas Card from a Hooker) (Austin City Limits 1979?)
08 Patti Smith - White Christmas (studio 1978?)
09 Del Lords - Merry Christmas Baby (studio 1986)
10 Elton John - Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer (Hammersmith Odeon, London, England 12/22/73 FM)
11 Paul McCartney & Wings - Wonderful Christmastime (Scotland SBD 12/17/79)
12 Don Dixon - I Saw Three Ships (Birchmere FM 12/95)
13 Wondermints - Santa's Beard (studio 1986)
14 Los Lobos - This Time of the Year (studio 1993?)
15 Marti Jones - Jingle Bell Rock (Birchmere FM 12/95)
16 Shawn Colvin - Christmas Time Is Here (FM 1998)
17 dB's - Holiday Spirit (audie, 12/18/85 Folk City, NYC)
18 Pursuit of Happiness - Santa Claus is Back in Town
19 Chris Stamey - Christmas Time (Idiot's Delight FM 12/5/93)
20 The Faces (Rod Stewart &  Ian McLagan) - Away in a Manger (BBC 1970)

Bruce Springsteen - Merry Christmas From Asbury Park (SBD)

Bruce Springsteen
Merry Christmas From Asbury Park
Mostly Soundboard Recordings
Sources, Dates & Locations Vary
MP3 224kbps
Cover Art Included

01 Deck The Halls (12/08/01)
02 Incident On 57th Street (12/08/01)
03 Blue Christmas (12/17/00)
04 Christmas Day (12/06/01)
05 Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want To Fight Tonight) (12-08-03)
06 Shine Silently (12/17/00)
07 The Wish (12-08-03)
08 Kitty’s Back (12/17/00)
09 Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) (12/06/01)
10 My City Of Ruins (12/17/00)
11 I Don’t Want To Go Home (12/17/00)
12 Rosalita (12/17/00) (10.3MB)
13 Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (12/17/00)
14 WMMR Christmas Message

Total Playing Time 1hr 15mn 23sc

MP3

Bruce Springsteen - Santa Boss Is Back In Town (EXAud)

Bruce Springsteen
Santa Boss Is Back In Town
Very good to excellent audience recordings
Sources Vary
Various Dates & Locations
MP3 192kbps
Cover Art Included

01 Jingle Bells (0:52)
   Christmas Holiday Night Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ 18/12/00
02 Blue Christmas (5:01)
   Christmas Holiday Night Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ 18/12/00
03 Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (8:11)
   Winterland Night Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco, CA 15/12/78
04 Merry Christmas Baby (4:46)
   Nassau Night Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY 31/12/80
05 The Wish (7:26)
   Freehold Night St. Rose of Lima School, Freehold, NJ 08/11/96
06 Pilgrim In The Temple Of Love (6:26)
   Sydney Night Capitol Theatre, Sydney, Australia 12/02/97
07 Run Run Rudolph (4:06)
   Christmas Holiday Night Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ 18/12/00
08 Deck The Halls (0:35)
   Jingle Bell Night Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ 07/12/01
09 Jingle Bell Rock (3:39)
   Jingle Bell Night Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ 07/12/01
10 Christmas Baby Please Come Home (3:34)
   Jingle Bell Night Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ 07/12/01
11 Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (7:01)
   Christmas Holiday Night Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ 18/12/00

MP3

Wynton Marsalis & Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra - Big Band Holidays ~ The Rose Theater, New York City, NY 12-17-2017 (Webstream)

Wynton Marsalis & Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra
Big Band Holidays
The Rose Theater
New York City, NY
December 17, 2017
HDTV Webcast/Soundboard Recording
MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

Disc 1 (Set 1)
101 intro 2:48
102 White Christmas 12:11
103 What Will Santa Claus Say? (Catherine Russell, vocals) 4:00
104 Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Catherine Russell, vocals) 8:29
105 My Favorite Things (Kenny Washington, vocals) 10:11
106 Brazilian Sleigh Bells - Part A 10:00
107 Brazilian Sleigh Bells - Part B 11:25
108 Brazilian Sleigh Bells - Part C/Intermission 7:54
67 mins

Disc 2 (Set 2)
201 Sleigh Ride (Kenny Washington, vocals) 9:58
202 Merry Christmas Baby (Catherine Russell, vocals) 7:44
203 Cool Yule (Catherine Russell, vocals) 7:39
204 Joy To The World (Catherine Russell & Kenny Washington, vocals) 8:49
205 Jingle Bells 12:57
48 mins

Lineup:
Wynton Marsalis - trumpet
Marion Felder – drums
Dan Nimmer – piano
Carlos Henriquez – bass
James Chirillo – guitar
Marcus Printup – trumpet
Kenny Rampton – trumpet
Ryan Kisor – trumpet
Tatum Greenblatt – trumpet
Sam Chess – trombone
Vincent Gardner – trombone
Chris Crenshaw – trombone
Victor Goines – tenor sax, soprano sax, clarinet, bass clarinet
Ted Nash – alto sax, soprano sax, clarinet, flute, piccolo
Sherman Irby – alto sax, soprano sax, clarinet, flute
Walter Blanding – tenor sax, soprano sax, clarinet
Paul Nedzela – baritone sax, bass clarinet
Catherine Russell – vocals
Kenny Washington – vocals

justdave notes:
On CD 1 the tracks labeled Brazilian Sleigh Ride Part A-C are the performance of the song and whatever was being played through the monitor and/or video system when the band took it's set break. The original  up-loader had it as one long track. BigO Worldwide spilt the track into 3 pieces for easier access on their server.

MP3

Elvis Presley - Alternate O Come All Ye Faithful (studio)

Elvis Presley
O Come All Ye Faithful - (Billion Records - 2526121999)
Studio Outtakes & Alternate Takes
Flac Level 8 & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

Silver CD -> EAC Test & Copy -> Wav -> Flac frontend level 8 -> flac

01 I'll Be Home On Christmas Day (piano version)
02 Winter Wonderland (undubbed master)
03 Merry Christmas Baby (remake)
04 The First Noel (without cymbal)
05 Oh Come, All Ye Faithful (alternate version)
06 It Won't Seem Like Christmas (Without You) (undubbed alternate take 6)
07 If I Get Home On Christmas Day (extended mix)
08 Holly Leaves And Christmas Trees (undubbed alternate take 8)
09 Silver Bells (undubbed alternate take 2)
10 On A Snowy Christmas Night (extended mix)
11 The Wonderful World Of Christmas (extended mix)
12 I'll Be Home On Christmas Day (country version)
13 Merry Christmas Baby (unedited master)
14 Holly Leaves And Christmas Trees (remix)
15 If Everyday Was Like Christmas (alternate takes 1 & 2)
16 White Christmas (remix)
17 Here Comes Santa Claus (acetate recording)
18 Oh Little Town Of Bethlehem (acetate recording with echo)
19 Santa Claus Is Back In Town (remix)
20 I'll Be Home For Christmas (acetate recording with echo)
21 Blue Christmas/Santa Claus Is Back In Town (dressing room rehearsal June 1968)
22 Blue Christmas (live on stage 28 September 1974)

A really nice collection of alternate Christmas tracks from Elvis. This is a really nice package. It came in a box with post cards and a calender. The original uploader scanned and included these goodies for us. Some of my earliest Christmas memories include Elvis Presley's music in the back ground. For me it isn't Christmas without hearing Elvis sing "Blue Christmas" and Bing Crosby sing "White Christmas".


Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Rockline Studios, Los Angeles, CA, 11-21-2008 (FM)

Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Rockline Studios
Los Angeles CA
November 21, 2008
FM Broadcast Recording
Cover Art Included
Flac Level 8 & MP3 320kbps

01 Paul O'Neill Interview
02 Christmas Eve Sarajevo 12-24
03 Paul O'Neill Interview part 2
04 Paul O'Neill INterview part 3
05 A Mad Russian's Christmas
06 The Prince Of Peace
07 Good King Joy
08 Wizards In Winter
09 Host Banter
10 Requiem (The Fifth)
11 Prelude To Madness
12 Queen Of The Winter Night
13 Keyboard Duel
14 Wish Liszt (Toy Shop Madness)
15 Host Banter
16 A Last Illusion
17 Siberian Sleigh Ride
18 Closing Credits

Progressive Rock Supergroup Trans-Siberian Orchestra has made a career of Christmas. 4 of their 6 CD's are Christmas themed concept albums. The band crisscrosses the country every Holiday season entertaining thousands of families. Their music has become synonymous with Christmas, in such demand that they need 2 complete touring line ups to cover all the concert bookings, one for the east coast another for the west. The band has actually eclipsed the day jobs of the band members. Members of both Savatage, and Testament have graced the TSO stage and studio releases.


Clare Teal with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra - Swingin’ Christmas ~ The City Halls, Glasgow, Scotland 12-21-2018 (Webstream)

Clare Teal with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Gavin Sutherland conductor
Swingin’ Christmas
The City Halls
Glasgow, Scotland
Recorded: December 21, 2018
Broadcast: December 24, 2018
BBC Webstream/Soundboard Recording
MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

Lineage: BBC 320/48 MPEG-TS/ffmpeg > ts file/Audition CC > Convert to 44.1/16, tracks, fades, FLAC

Source: BBC Radio Scotland, BBC 320kb/s HLS stream ts transfer

01 Intro, Orchestra Medley 7:55
02 banter 1:23
03 It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year 2:36
04 banter 0:50
05 Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas 2:32
06 banter 0:51
07 Winter Wonderland 2:15
08 audience 0:11
09 Someone to Watch Over Me 4:59
10 audience 0:09
11 Fairytale Sleighride 4:28
12 banter 1:16
13 The Christmas Song 3:39
14 audience 0:12
15 Swinging Christmas Overture 4:10
16 banter 3:06
17 12 Days Of Christmas 5:33
18 Orchestra 3:24
19 banter 1:24
20 Let It Snow 1:58
21 banter 0:39
22 It’s Magic 3:34
23 O Holy Night 4:43
24 banter 0:51
25 Everybody’s Waitin’ for The Man With The Bag 2:39
26 banter 0:49
27 You’ll Have to Swing It (Mr Paganini) 4:19
28 All I Want For Christmas Is You 5:09
29 banter 0:27
30 Medley 5:23
31 Sleigh Ride (orchestra) 3:03
32 outro 0:32

Total Playing Time: 1hr 24mn 45sc

Clare Teal vocalist
Gavin Sutherland conductor


Music & Laughter, what could be better. That's exactly what this recording offers. There is Great Holiday Music combined with the wit of vocalist Clare Teal. Rosebud & I Love Christmas, when our children were young we went all out with the decorations. The decorating has tamed a little, we still have a tree, I still put a little village under the tree. My daughter has carried on that tradition with her family. It started with my Grandfather. Every year his village was bigger and more elaborate. We would buy him pieces for his village for Christmas all the time. They would always be incorporated into the village the next year. All us grandkids have a village under our trees. Every year my Mom and all her brothers and sisters would bring all their kids to my Grandparents one bedroom apartment in the hood for Christmas. Family, we were taught real young, is all you have or need to get through life so our family has always been tight.

Now the family get together has to happen at a hall because our family has grown so big. All 20 of the original grandchildren, have kids who have kids. My cousin Teresa has 23 kids. She had 3 of her own then became a foster parent and adopted every child that was brought to her home. They all now have at least 2 kids, and that is just one cousin. It's a large family, but every young child still gets a present. Santa brings them in to be passed out. Everyone always has plenty to eat, with more to take home. The Christmas tree always has a village. It gets bigger every year.

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The Roaches - Town Hall, New York City, NY 12-20-1985 (SBD) - Late Show

The Roaches
Town Hall
New York City, NY
December 20, 1985 - Late Show
Soundboard Recording
MP3 192kbps
Cover Art Included

Disc 1
101 We Three Kings
102 Another World
103 The Train
104 Weeded Out
105 Hammond Song
106 Talk
107 Older Girls
108 Talk
109 Turn Off The Faucet
110 Mr Sellack
111 Talk
112 Face Down At Folk City
113 One/Season
114 Talk
115 Missing
116 Talk
117 Love To See You
118 The Troubles

Disc 2
201 Talk
202 Want Not
203 Come Softly To Me
204 Angels We Have Heard On High**
205 Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer**
206 Carol Of The Bells**
207 The Angry Angry Man
208 West Virginia
209 Hallelujah/Chorus
210 Talk
211 Gimme A Slice
212 Love Radiates Around
213 For Unto Us A Child Is Born
214 We Wish You A Merry Christmas**
215 Hallelujah Chorus (uncut version from early show)

Maggie Roche (R.I.P.)
Terre Roche
Suzzy Roche

**with Carolling Carollers

Maggie Roche passed away January 21, 2017 from breats cancer, she was 65.

The harmonies of The Roches seem to be tailor made for The Christmas Season. This set including "We Three Kings", comes a good 5 years before the release of their We Three Kings Christmas album. If you are having a Christmas party, family get together or just and intimate family Christmas this recording will help make the season bright.

Merry Christmas

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Friday, October 10, 2025

 With a heavy heart I have to announce that Rosebud's Mom has passed away. 20 years ago we lost Rosebud's Dad....The two are together once again....

Sunday, October 5, 2025

Herbie Hancock, Michael Brecker, Ron Carter & Tony Williams - Sunpalace Hall Tokyo, Japan September 9, 1987 (SBD) Remaster

Herbie Hancock Quartet
Sunpalace Hall
Tokyo, Japan
September 9, 1987

Soundboard Recording - Unknown Generation
Flac Level 8 & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

Lineage: ? > CDR > EAC > WAV > Audacity > MATLAB > TLH > FLAC (L8)

01 Herbie Hancock Intro 1:52
02 Limehouse Blues 12:30
03 Dolphin Dance > 13:08
04 Ron Carter Solo / Opus 1.5 16:18
05 Just One Of Those Things 13:52
06 Herbie Hancock Speaks 2:19
07 Sister Cheryl 14:09
08 Loose Change 19:41
09 Autumn Leaves 11:52
10 Citadel 12:39
11 Maiden Voyage 4:47
12 Herbie Hancock Outro 2:15

Total Playing Time: 2hr 5mn 22

Herbie Hancock Piano
Michael Brecker Tenor Sax
Ron Carter Bass
Tony Williams Drums

JustDave Additional Notes:
According to all sources this show was held in Tokyo, Japan. Uploader had the show listed as in Fukuoka, Japan. This is a remastered version of this show. The extensive notes on what was done are included in the download. Herbie Hancock fans can not do without this performance, just look at the talent Herbie has assembled here!!

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Carla Bley - Bracknell Jazz Festival ~ South Hill Park Arts Centre: Bracknell, England, UK July 7, 1984 (FM) - Emperor Nobody Remaster

Carla Bley
Bracknell Jazz Festival
South Hill Park Arts Centre
Bracknell, England, UK
July 7, 1984
FM Broadcast Recording - Emperor Nobody Remaster

Flac 16bit/44,1khz & MP3 320kbps
Front Cover Only

Repost New Links Added 10/05/2025

Source Lineage: BBC Radio 3 FM > Denon TU-400L tuner > VHS > VHS LP > Archos Gmini 120 > Audition > FLAC

01 Pink Panther Theme
02 Antidote
03 Blunt Object
04 Misterioso
05 Light or Dark
06 Night Glo
07 Fleur Carnivore
08 Joyful Noise
09 Song Sung Long

Total time: 1:20:45

Disc Break Goes After Track 04, Or This Can Be Slightly Overburned.

Carla Bley - keyboards & organ
Michael Mantler - trumpet
Ray Anderson - trombone
John Clark - French horn
Earl McIntire - tuba & bass trombone
Steve Slagle - alto & soprano saxophones, flute & clarinet
Tony Dagradi - tenor saxophone & flute
Ted Saunders - keyboards & organ
Steve Swallow - bass
Victor Lewis - drums

A little Carla Bley after everything slows down, just what the soul needs to relax and enjoy the morning (or what's left of it) with a cup of coffee and a little morning smoke to help slow things down. The deer are laying in my back yard again this morning, I think I have been adopted as a sanctuary for hunting season. I lived in the country for 7 years never had a deer lay in my yard...now I live in the city of Pontiac and deer and turkey are in my yard all the time. Smarter than the average hunter they are lol! (with a Yoda accent)

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