(Part 2) Best christmas music according to redditors
We found 343 Reddit comments discussing the best christmas music. We ranked the 208 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 21-40. You can also go back to the previous section.
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Oh, my Happy Bunny friend. It's ok that we have some difference.
Truth be told, there is one Christmas CD that I do actually love because it reminds me of childhood. It's this one. I will listen to it during the holidays, even though we never put a tree up or anything. Usually while drinking home made (brandy) egg (brandy) nog. It has some brandy in it.
A few to consider, some more affordable than others:
If you need anything more specific than that, let me know and I'll try to recommend something.
If you have a look in the "Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought" section for any of these, you'll find many more.
Have a Twisted Christmas. :p
Just a taste of the hilarity: Heavy Metal Christmas
Well you've already got my favourite one :P but for the sake of variety, try some of these (not all of them are ALL jazz, but I would say they're all 'jazzy'):
Baby it's Cold Outside
Boogie Woogie Christmas
Christmas with the Rat Pack
Have Yourself a Jazzy Little Christmas
A Jazz Christmas
Jazz for Joy: A Verve Christmas Album
Jazz to the World: A Christmas Collection
Merry Mixmas (one of my other favorites - most of them are originally jazzy, but were remixed)
EDIT: Formatting.
Phil Spector's
I have it on: Vinyl, CD and MP3. Can't ever get enough.
A lot depends on what she already has/doesn't have in her Peanuts collection but I think:
This is a beautiful book for the ultimate Peanuts fan. This book is also a nice gem for collectors
And of course A Charlie Brown Christmas is always a nice stocking stuffer
And if she hasn't seen it yet, take her out to see the new Peanuts movie!
In no particular order, my favorite Christmas albums are:
Fave Albums
I shuffle from these collections:
The Most Relaxing Classical Album in the World...Ever!
The Most Relaxing Classical Album In the World Ever, Volume II
The Most Relaxing Classical Music in the Universe
But usually I just tune in to WILL-FM, it saves me the effort of shuffling, choosing, selecting ... which in itself can be distracting when trying to work or study.
While at home I listen to classical music, either on the radio or on youtube. I have three classical music relaxation CDs (this, this, and this), sometimes I listen to those.
When I am stressed, I listen to one of the long (1+ hours) zen relaxation videos on youtube.
When I am having difficulty falling sleep, I listen to sleep music.
Coughs...Ahem...Coughs again
I'm quite partial to Harry Connick jr. He has a decent christmas album. There's something about his voice that I find quite soothing,
Hipster's holiday. Has my two favorite Christmas songs ever, Blue Xmas by Miles Davis and a lounge version of Silent Night by the Tim Fuller Experience.
Snuka hit the nail on the head :) 60s-style lounge/cocktail party was where I was going. My husband threw me a birthday party like that. It was FANTASTIC. Everyone came dressed up, too. It was like Mad Men in real life. He had a playlist of all ultra-lounge music, and I know he has this album which is awesome.
That DG set looks awesome. Might have to be a Christmas present this year.
Some of my favorites are the EMI Elgar and Vaughan Williams sets, the Stravinsky collected works, and the big RCA Toscanini set.
This is probably the greatest Christmas album ever.
Evidence: Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - Darlene Love
Bing Crosby's White Christmas
James Taylor's Christmas Album
Johnny Mathis' Christmas Album
All 'Must-Haves' IMO
There's a series of albums called 'Maybe This Christmas' from the mid 2000s with some more contemporary sounding stuff from various artists like Ben Folds, Rilo Kiley, Damien Rice, The Flaming Lips, etc.
Maybe This Christmas
Maybe This Christmas Too
Maybe This Christmas Tree
Please check out Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass' Christmas Album, http://www.amazon.com/Christmas-Album-Alpert-Tijuana-Brass/dp/B000BC8T6O. It's our go to X-mas album.
Here's a few songs I recommend:
As for a non-traditional full Christmas album, perhaps:
I have this album stashed somewhere. Pretty sure it applies.
http://www.amazon.com/A-Santa-Cause-Various-Artists/dp/B0000DF2KQ
Jazz to the World http://www.amazon.com/Jazz-World-Various-Artists/dp/B000005GZQ is a cool compilation album. Also, check out: http://www.covermesongs.com for various Christmas stuff, but many different styles, you'll have to search for the jazz.
The first "A Very Special Christmas" album.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000002GFJ
The Carpenter's Christmas Portrait is my favoritefavorite album. We had it on vinyl for years.
Ultra-Lounge: Christmas Cocktails
and Brian Setzer's Christmas stuff
This is my favorite Christmas compilation of all time
https://www.amazon.com/Hipsters-Holiday-Vocal-Jazz-Classics/dp/B0000032QP/ref=sr_1_10?keywords=bebop%2Fjazz+christmas+compilation&qid=1573572088&sr=8-10
If your'e feeling jazzy, B3 organ master Jimmy Smith's Christmas Cookin', from 1964, has been a favorite of mine for many years. It absolutely smokes.
In that same vein, An Oscar Peterson Christmas is pretty damn fine, too.
Christmas Cookin'
the Santa Cause- it's a punk rock christmas album was pretty nice. i can't a youtube playlist of it but it was pretty neat. there was also a vol. 2 that i never heard.
The absolute best Christmas album (jazz or otherwise) IMHO is Nat King Cole's The Christmas Song
Not quite what you're looking for, I think. But Nat King Cole's album "The Christmas Song" is traditional Christmas music without singing kids or bad pop stars elaborating way too much on simple tunes. (I'm looking at you, Whitney Houston)
On Amazon here.
This
Seconding the Low album. And the Cool Cool Christmas album.
If they love classical music, Handel's Messiah and Bach's Christmas Oratorio are great. The Messiah is a LOT more famous and easily recognizable, so if they don't know too much about classical music it might be a safer bet than the Bach.
A strange and little known personal favorite of mine is Sneak's Noyse: Christmas Now Is Drawing Near. It is a collection of OLD (medieval and renaissance) English folk carols done with period instruments and singing style.
If they like jazz, and if you can find it, they might like one of the Swingle Singers holiday albums. I grew up with these, they are great fun to listen to. Also, no holiday is complete without Vince Guaruldi Trio: Charlie Brown Christmas. So, so good!
Another strange and wonderful album I grew up with is Pete Seeger's Christmas album. You have to love the banjo for this one, though!
Hopefully some of these will make your parents happy :-) Good luck, and I bet I can come up with more if you like!
EDIT: we also have some great scattered tracks of various big band artists doing Christmas stuff, but it looks like most of it is out of print. If your folks like big band jazz, you might try looking for tracks from this album, or just hunt around for tracks by Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Glen Miller, etc.
(BTW -- Sorry about the Amazon links! Not sure where you get your music, they're just so you can see the album covers.)
Maybe This Christmas
Holiday classics Re-Grooved:
http://www.amazon.com/Six-Degrees-Collection-Christmas-Re-Grooved/dp/B0000DC3TL/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1292964017&sr=1-2
these are good
http://www.amazon.com/Six-Degrees-Collection-Christmas-Re-Grooved/dp/B0000DC3TL
there are some torrents about for 'evaluation purposes'