Thursday, December 25, 2025

Sounds Of A Master

High noon on Christmas day, what better time for a little bit of Christmas jazz. I'm not the biggest jazz fan in the world, but I think this is a pretty nice release no matter what kind of music you like. My only regret is that this is a mono copy (though I'll mention that I've gotten my grubby mitts on a stereo copy since I ripped this one, so that's likely to be coming your way next season), but it still sounds nice. I picked up this copy at a nice little record store in St. Pete, Florida. The owner of the shop knows I'm a Christmas music aficionado and he pulled this from his own collection to sell to me. I've never seen a copy in the wild, so I paid his price and was happy about it. You've still got half your Christmas day left, so why don't you download and listen to The Mastersounds-Happy Holiday (World Pacific WP-1280, Mono, 1959). Certainly not your usual carols on here.

1. Arre, Borriquita
2. Pobre Gitanilla
3. Deck The Halls
4. Bells For Charla
5. Caroling, Caroling
6. Noel Nouvelet
7. Campone Di Natale
8. Jingle Bells
9. Medley: White Christmas; The Christmas Song; Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer; Oh, Tannenbaum; We Wish You A Merry Christmas

MEGA

7 comments:

  1. The brothers of guitarist Wes Montgomery, who sometimes recorded with them. A very nice record!

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  2. Merry Christmas Ernie! Hope New Mexico treats you well. I'm more than a week behind in downloading- what a large bounty!

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