Last week I had jazz for all the winter holidays. This week I focus on Christmas. You’ll hear traditional carols, songs written by jazz artisits that people like to play during this season, a couple old standards, and one brand new tune.

I play some Oscar Peterson Trio, Joe Pass, Vince Guaraldi, Vince Guaraldi’s drummer (Jerry Granelli), Jacob Collier, Tony Bennett & Bill Evans, Jen Hodge All Stars, Dexter Gordon, Carri Coltrane with Ted Brancato, and Wynton Marsalis & Ted Nash with the Jazz At The Lincoln Centre Orchestra.

Then I finish the podcast with a hopeful new tune written and sung by Vancouver’s Michelle Creber that takes us through the pandemic and toward a ‘new day’.