As promised, today’s program was a fairly even split between new sounds and some funky Christmas favorites guaranteed to get the whole family up and dancing around the tree. Happy holidays….we’ll be back next week for the last show of 2025!
Colectiva - Eero - Colectiva (Brownswood)
Mark de Clive-Lowe & The Rotterdam Jazz Orchestra - Relax... Unwind - Take The Space Trane (Tru Thoughts)
Ife Ogunjobi - East Street Market - Tell Them, I'm Here (Out Of (The) Blue)
Dave McMurray - The Jungaleers - I Love Life Even If I'm Hurting (Blue Note)
The Free Design - Close Your Mouth (It's Christmas) The Redesigned Originals, Recorded by The Free Design (1967-70) (El)
Hot Club Of Detroit - Skating - It's Christmas On Mack Avenue (Mack Avenue)
Phil Upchurch - Darkness, Darkness - Darkness Darkness (Blue Thumb)
Women In Jazz - Dreamer (with Madeline) - Women In Jazz (Women In Jazz x New Soil)
Georgie Sweet - This Christmas (First Word)
Gnork - Warmed Up (ft. Jazzbois) - Gnork Meets The Jazzbois (In Random Places) (Blunt Shelter)
Emma Rawicz - Anima Rising - Inkyra (ACT)
Modern Sound Quartet - Aglioi - Erbe Selvatiche - Italian Library Breaks (Four Flies)
Oreglo - Red Shift - THE WHIRR (Brownswood)
Snarky Puppy - Recurrent - Somni (GroundUP)
Otis Redding - Merry Christmas, Baby [Take 1] - Christmas In Soulsville (Stax)
Albert King - Santa Claus Wants Some Lovin' - Christmas In Soulsville (Stax)
Jimmy Jules - Xmas Done Got Funky - Santa's Funk & Soul Christmas Party (Tramp)
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - Ain't No Chimneys In The Projects - Soul Time! (Daptone)
James Brown - Go Power At Christmas Time - The Complete James Brown Christmas (Polydor)
Jimmy Smith - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Christmas Jazz (Verve)
Soul Saints - Santa's Got A Bag Of Soul - Badd Santa (Stones Throw)
Waan - We Want Waan - We Want Waan (Sonar Kollektiv)
WITCH - Once In A Lifetime (BBE)
Michal Urbaniak - Seresta - Fusion (Sony)
Konrad Ciesielski - Out Of Gravity - Koniec (mindses)
Tom Waits - Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis - Blue Valentine (Epitaph)