RIBS TPTD: “This Christmas” - A Baker’s Dozen…

December 22, 2009 by tgrundy · 5 Comments
Filed under: A Bakers Dozen, Christmas, Holiday, R&B, RIBS, Triple Play Thurs-Day, Xmas, jazz, podcasts/mixes, soul 

Alright, time for Round #2…

The second (of three) “Sounds of the Season” Xmas mixes we’re serving up for you here at Rhythms In Black Satin is called, “This Christmas” - A Baker’s Dozen.

This one is a little different, so let me explain what you will be listening to.

Last year someone asked me what my favorite Christmas song was and without hesitation (as I always do) I answered “Every Year, Every Christmas” by Luther. My second favorite though is the classic “Merry Christmas, Baby” originally done by Charles Brown. Like many of the classic Christmas tunes that have been around for years, there are many, many versions of this song from Blues to Rock and everything in between. Well, my curiosity got the better of me and I decided I would try to put together a mix of 13 (that’s where the “baker’s dozen” part of the title comes from) different versions of the song without it being so boring that you’d run from the room screaming! {smile} Surprisingly (or maybe not so surprisingly) it came out pretty good and a lot of folks really enjoyed it.

Well… since that turned out so well I thought I would go back and try it again with another Christmas favorite of mine. This time I chose Donny Hathaway’s 1970 classic “This Christmas” (number 3 on my personal list of all-time fav Xmas songs) as the subject of our baker’s dozen format.

OK, that’s the explanation. Now let’s get on with the music. It’s RIBS, baby! It’s Xmas RIBS! It’s…
RIBS TPTD: “This Christmas” - A Baker’s Dozen

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Playlist: (song – artist – album [time])

  1. This Christmas - Donny Hathaway - Ultimate Soul Christmas [3:32]
  2. This Christmas - Four Tops - Merry Christmas [4:32]
  3. This Christmas - Destiny’s Child - 8 Days Of Christmas [3:38]
  4. This Christmas (instrumental) - Gerald Albright - Making Spirits Bright: A Smooth Jazz Christmas [3:27]
  5. This Christmas (A cappella) - Boyz II Men - Winter/Reflections [3:45]
  6. This Christmas - Abbey Lincoln - Jazz For Joy [4:42]
  7. Dis-Christmiss (a.k.a. This Christmas) - Bootsy Collins - Christmas Is 4 Ever [3:27]
  8. This Christmas (instrumental) - Frank McComb - Mo Jazz Christmas [4:19]
  9. This Christmas - Vonda Shepard - Ally McBeal: A Very Ally Christmas [3:51]
  10. This Christmas (instrumental) - Spyro Gyra - A Night Before Christmas [5:49]
  11. This Christmas - The Whispers - Happy Holidays To You [4:19]
  12. This Christmas - The Temptations - Give Love At Christmas [4:19]
  13. This Christmas - Yutaka - A GRP Christmas [4:00]

Have you missed any of the RIBS mixes we’ve posted? If you have there is now an easy way to catch up on what we’ve been up to. Just go check out the new RIBS Archives Page to see a very easy to read listing of every post (and music mix) we’ve uploaded to the site.

Enjoy!

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