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AMERICAN ROUTES ON INSTAGRAM
HOLIDAY/WINTER SOLSTICE
It’s time to come in from the cold and listen to the warm treatment Duke Ellington brings to the Nutcracker, and the tragic musical tale of Frosty the Snowman. Then head North for some Celtic sounds from Cape Breton and an enduring seasonal love song from Tom Rush.
HOUR ONE
- Opening Bed: Let it Snow Marcus Roberts
A Merry Jazzmas, RCA - Baby It's Cold Outside Louis Jordan & Ella Fitzgerald
Let the Good Times Roll, Bear Family - I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm Billie Holiday
Cheek to Cheek, Verve - Gramma Natalie MacMaster
In My Hands, Rounder - Urge for Going Tom Rush
The Circle Game, Elektra - Sleigh Ride The Ventures
The Best of Cool Yule, Rhino - Frosty the Snowman Leon Redbone w/Dr. John
Christmas Island, RCA - Instrumental: Bounce of the Sugar Plum Fairies Don Byron
Bug Music, Nonesuch - Overture Duke Ellington
Three Suites, Columbia - Sugar Rum Cherry Duke Ellington
Three Suites, Columbia - Peanut Brittle Brigade Duke Ellington
Three Suites, Columbia - Don't Let Your Eyes Go Shopping for Your Heart Nat King Cole
The Best of the Nat King Cole Trio 1947-1950, Capitol - Christmas Present Blues Jimmy Reed
Merry Christmas, Baby, Paula - Instrumental: Sleigh Ride Rick Holstrom
Blues, Misteltoe and Santa's Little Helper, Black Top - Christmas is the Time to Say I Love You Billy Squier
Rock & Roll Christmas, Rhino - Santa Looked a Lot Like Daddy Buck Owens & the Buckaroos
Greatest Country Christmas Hits, Rhino - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Jimmy Smith
Christmas Cookin', Verve - Last Month of the Year Fairfield Four & the Nashville Bluegrass Band
Unleashed, Sugar Hill
HOUR two
- Open: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Jambalaya Cajun Band
Joyeux Noel, Swallow - Papa Noel Brenda Lee
The Best of Cool Yule, Rhino - Jambalaya Clifton Chenier
Out West, Arhoolie - Santa Claus is Coming to Town Charles Mingus
The Complete Debut Recordings, Debut - Boogie-Woogie Santa Claus Lionel Hampton and his Orchestra
Santa Claus Blues, Jass - Santa Claus, Santa Claus James Brown
The Best of Cool Yule, Rhino - Instrumental: Jangle Bells The Fumblers
Eddie G Private Christmas CD, - X-mas On The Isthmus Terry Allen
Salivation, Sugar Hill - Llanto Y Gallino Picao Universidad Autonoma de Chiriqui
Villancicos Folkloricos Panamenos El Nino Dios, Luz y Verdad, - It's Christmas Time Sun Ra
The Singles, Evidence - Merry, Merry Christmas Alton Ellis & the Lipsticks
Natty and Nice: A Reggae Christmas, Rhino - All I Want For Christmas Huey 'Piano' Smith & the Clowns
Twas The Night Before Christmas, Westside - The Merriest June Christy
Christmas Cocktails 2, Capitol - Instrumental: Skallelujah Joe Ferry
SKAndalous: I've Gotcha Covered Vol. 2, Shanachie - The Little Drummer Boy Johnny Cash
Billboard Country Hits, Rhino - The Little Drum Machine Boy Beck
Just Say Noel, Geffen - Lonesome Christmas Lowell Fulson
Merry Christmas, Baby, Paula - Christmas is A-Coming Lead Belly
Leadbelly Sings for Children, Folkways - Town of Bethlehem Sister Rosetta Tharp
Have Yourself a Jazzy Little Xmas, Verve - End Bed: Merry Christmas Baby Booker T & the MG's
Soul Christmas, Atlantic
