(The Ghost of Christmas Past)

Celebrating Christmas and also celebrating the 90th anniversary of the campaign to ban jazz in Ireland, which seems to have failed.

Track list for The Christmas Box 2024

Gin for Christmas: Lionel Hampton Swingin’ Them Jingle Bells: Fats Waller Jingle Bells: Benny Carter When Winter Comes: Artie Shaw Christmas Night in Harlem: Paul Whiteman Santa’s Secret: Johnny Guarneri & Slam Stewart Bounce of the Sugar Plum Fairy: John Kirby Wild Party 1934: Fletcher Henderson I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm:Billie Holliday Santa Claus is coming to Town: Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters Freeze and Melt: Eddie Lang The Christmas Song: Dinah Shore It Happened in Sun Valley: Glenn Miller Santa Claus Blues: Red Onion Jazz Band Freeze Out: Clarence Williams At The Christmas Ball: Bessie Smith Snowfall: Claude Thornhill Sleighride: Eddie Higgins

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