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'Tis the season for jazz. Favorite Christmas Albums?

It's Christmas season, or Hanukkah/Kwanza/Solstice season (not trying to start the war on Christmas, though!). What are your favorite jazz Christmas albums?

A few that I like

GRP Christmas- Various artists (including Gary)
Crescent City Christmas Card- Wynton Marsalis
Oscar Peterson Christmas- Oscar Peterson, obviously
then of course
Charlie Brown Christmas- Vince Guraldi

What about YOU!?

Green Fleece 121219 by BarryK

I am practicing Greensleeves.

I have been practicing improvising arpeggios to the A section to help me internalize the changes. In the recording, I started out with the arpeggios, then played a straight 4-mallet arrangement. The arpeggios are not to the meter since the changes occur too quickly.

Here is my work-in-progress from tonight's practice (without reading).

Barry