We continue with some "modern" (to me, anything past 1980!) renditions of "Jingle Bells" from a couple of jazz (or jazz-influenced) singer/pianists!
First is Diana Krall, who included a small combo version on her "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" EP from Impulse! in 1998:
That EP also included a great version of "Christmas Time Is Here":
That recording has been on my "modern" Christmas playlist since it first came out!
"Christmas Time Is Here" also appeared on Diana's 2005 "Christmas Songs" from Verve in the same recording, but the full-length album sported a new version of "Jingle Bells" featuring the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra. Here's the video:
A couple of fun versions!
Harry Connick, Jr. has released three Christmas albums, so you know "Jingle Bells" would be popping up somewhere!
It was first included a a bonus track on the special edition of 2003's Columbia album "Harry for the Holidays" available only at Target stores. I think the only way to hear that still is to get your mitts on the CD!
But another version of "Jingle Bells" surfaced on 2008's "What a Night!" album, also on Columbia:
Harry's Christmas albums are all good, but there's also a fun little nugget on one of his earliest albums. It's from 1989's ""Music From The Motion Picture 'When Harry Met Sally...'":
That album is really solid and was Harry's introduction to a lot of people!
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