Here’s the Saturday December 22nd, 2018 edition of Midnight Sun Jazz, with host Ed Ulman. Playlists for previous shows can be found here.
Every other week Midnight Sun Jazz takes the listener on a musical exploration of the diverse sounds, known fondly, as the music of the Americas or as Dr. Billy Talor puts it, “America’s classical music.” A body of musical styles and improvised performances known as swing, bebop, hard bop, Latin jazz, salsa, jazz-rock fusion, to name a few. Midnight Sun Jazz presents the finest recorded performances by international, national, regional and local improvising musical artists committed to keeping the music of the Americas sounding throughout the world.
The show’s opening and closing theme music, “Midnight Sun”, was composed by jazz vibraphonist and big band leader Lionel Hampton. Original performances of the theme, as performed by a wide variety of artists, are featured each week. Ed Ulman, your host, studied jazz at the Lionel Hampton School of Music in addition to performing, recording, and producing jazz concerts professionally.
All tracks played are listed below in the following format: Song Title (composer) Artist Name Album Title ———————————— Name Artist Album Time Year Midnight Sun (1964 Version) Ella Fitzgerald The Best of the Song Books 4:54 1993 Sleigh Ride Harry Connick, Jr. When My Heart Finds Christmas 3:41 1993 Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas Wynton Marsalis Christmas Jazz Jam 7:08 2009 Christmas Time Is Here Diana Krall Christmas Songs 3:35 2005 Good King Wenceslas Mel Torme Santa's Bag 4:12 1992 I'll Be Home for Christmas Gene Harris A Concord Jazz Christmas 4:45 1994 Santa Claus Is Coming to Town Dave Brubeck & Gerry Mulligan Santa's Bag 3:58 1994 Winter Wonderland Chris Botti December 3:09 2002 Jingle Bells Duke Ellington and His Orchestra A Big Band Christmas - EP 2:58 1962 Sugar Rum Cherry (Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy) Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Martha Stewart Living Music: Jazz for the Holidays 3:05 1960 God Rest Ye Merry Trombones The Tom Kubis Big Band A Jazz Musician's Christmas 4:00 1995 What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? Diana Krall & The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra Christmas Songs 4:10 2005 Carol of the Bells Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band A Big Phat Christmas Wrap This! 6:20 2015 My Favorite Things Kenny Burrell 20 #1's : Jazz Christmas 3:34 1966 O Tannenbaum Cyrus Chestnut Jazz Christmas - EP 4:06 2000 Frosty the Snowman Roy Hargrove & Christian McBride Jazz for Joy - A Verve Christmas Album 3:56 1996 Ding Dong! Merrily On High George Shearing Quintet Christmas With the George Shearing Quintet 5:12 1998 Skating Vince Guaraldi Trio A Charlie Brown Christmas 2:27 1965 Linus And Lucy Vince Guaraldi Trio A Charlie Brown Christmas 3:07 1965 The Christmas Song Mel Torme Christmas for Lovers 2:45 2003 Santa Clause Is Coming to Town Wynton Marsalis Christmas Jazz Jam 4:50 2009 I’ve Got My Love To Keep Me Warm (feat. India.Arie & Trombone Shorty) Dave Koz Christmas Favorites 3:13 2014 White Christmas Al Jarreau Christmas 5:50 2008 Feliz Navidad Tom Scott 20 #1's : Jazz Christmas 4:20 1993 I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus Urbie Green A Cool Yuletide 2:37 1954 What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? Joe Williams 20 #1's : Jazz Christmas 3:57 1990 The Secret Of Christmas Shirley Horn Christmas for Lovers 4:35 2003 Midnight Sun (Single Version) Coleman Hawkins The Original Decca Recordings: Coleman Hawkins In the '50s - Body & Soul Revisited 2:57 1993
