Gary Shivers on Jazz; Christmas Season Part 3

... Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Glory to you. What is all that jollity? Hallelujah. Don't come up with that jollity. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. I believe that's Mr. T. Garden. Hey, what you doing up here, man? Last time I saw you, you were saying, very well to Harlem. Oh, I don't know why I was flying, but I ain't going to anymore. Well, you sure got back here at the right time? It's Christmas up here. What do you mean up here? It's Christmas

here the way. But they ain't no Christmas-like Christmas in Harlem? No. Every guy I'm strutting with it both. Through the streets covered right with snow. Have a smile that way you go. It's Christmas night in Harlem. All of hope, feeling mighty good. In that uptown neighborhood. Here and I'll be it understood is Christmas night in Harlem. Everyone is going to sit up until I have to freeze. Everyone will be all lit up like a Christmas tree. Come on now, everything's yours. Reach us with me, the mistletoe, with a kiss and a hidey hoe. It's Christmas night in Harlem. Hallelujah. Man, what did Santa Claus leave in your stocking? Well, let me see. There's an orange, has a stand a steamer. And man, look at that slide, trombone. And it pretty? Yeah, I bet you'd sound pretty too. Let me hear you do that for me one time. Mr. Mercer, I'm glad to be back in this best of a tee. Yes, you said it missed a tee.

It's Christmas night in Harlem when it's Christmas night in Harlem. Man, you cool as a pistol. Batman's coming, Batman's coming. You better watch out. You better not cry. Better not cry. I'm telling you why Santa Claus is coming town. He's making a list. He's checking it twice. Going to find out who's not in nice. Santa Claus is coming town.

He says you're when you're sleeping. He knows when you're awake. You better watch out. You better not cry. I'm telling you why Santa Claus is coming to town. I'm telling you why Santa Claus is coming. Hey, kids, look up. Don't cry. Watch yourself. I'm telling you why Santa Claus is coming

to town. He's got a list as long as you're on. He's never missed. The city of Santa Claus is coming to town. If little hell and Charlie don't mind their fees and queues. How sad to bed they wish they had when they hold more blows as few. Take my prize to first thing you know. You will approve your status quo. Keep your conduct steady. He may bring you heady. Hey, Santa. He's coming. Santa's coming to town. Dashing through the snow in a one-horse open sleigh. All the fields we go. Laughing all the way.

Now's on top tail ring. Making spirits bright. What fun it is to ride and sing a sleigh song tonight. Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way. Oh, what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh. Hey, jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way. Oh, what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh. There's nothing new about Jingle bells, in case you want to know. Here's the verse that your daddy sang when he was mommy's ball. A day or two ago I thought I'd

take a ride and soon Miss Fanny bright was seated by my side. The horse was lean and lame. This fortune seemed his luck. He got into a drifted bank and then we got a sock. What? Bells. Bells. All the way. I don't know who's playing in Bell, but I wish that sound there is. Hey! Bells. Bells. All the way. I won't listen to the very, very malabity we play. Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way. Oh, what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh. Talkin' about Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way. Oh, what fun what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh.

What started out as a group of songs in Bad Taste turned into a medley of Johnny Mercer performances. We started with Nat Cole's record, the little boy that Santa Claus forgot. Then Eddie Arnold introduced his new release of the early 50s. The Will Sandy come to Shantytown. Johnny Granary, the pianist, and Slam Stewart, the bassist, and singer in his fat's wallour mood, did Santa's secret. It's now in Savoy Jazz in the album, Mr. Santa's Boogie, with Santa's secret. Then we heard Johnny Mercer and Jack T. Garden with Christmas night and Harlem. It was a great hit for them when they recorded it with Paul Whiteman in 1934. The version we heard was from 1956 from Paul Whiteman's 50th anniversary album on Grand Award, a reunion of Johnny Mercer and Jack T. Garden

in 1956 and Christmas night in Harlem. And then we heard Capitol 78s by Johnny Mercer with Paul Weston's orchestra and the Pied Piper's and Joe Stafford, Santa Claus is coming to town and jingle bells. 19 minutes past three o'clock on WUNC. We're listening to music of the season. One of the vivliest pop songs of the season is by Hugh Martin and Ralph Bain. Have yourself a merry little Christmas, Judy Garland, introduced it in the movies. Frank Sinatra has recorded it several times for Columbia, for his classic album on Capitol. And this very unusual recording. It was made in 1963, recorded for the soundtrack of Carl Foreman's film The Victors. It was used in context in the film as the music for a Christmas day, what is the word, execution? A Christmas Day execution was accompanied by Frank Sinatra singing Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas. This special

version by Sinatra was released on the Cleopec's label in the soundtrack from The Victors. There is an equally rare edited version of this performance on a reprise single. This is the long edit from the Cole-Pec's soundtrack of The Victors. The 1963 performance of Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas by Frank Sinatra. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas. Let your heart be alive. Next year, all our troubles will be out of sight. All our troubles will be miles away. Once again, as in old and day, happy golden days of your faithful friends who were dear to us,

we'll be near to us once more. Some days soon we all will be together, if the page of love until then, we'll have to model through some of our troubles. A merry little Christmas night. Once again, as in old and day, happy golden days, of your faithful friends who were dear to us, we'll be near to us once more.

Some days soon we all will be together, if the page of love until then, we'll have to model through some of our troubles. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas by Frank Sinatra. It's not the glow you feel when snow appears.

It's not the Christmas card you've said for years. Not the joyful sound when sleigh bells ring. All of the merry songs children say the little gift you send on Christmas day.

We'll not bring back the friend you've turned away. So may I suggest the secret of Christmas is not the thing you do as a Christmas time. But the Christmas things you do are here through. Thank you.

This is Lewis Satsmo Armstrong talking to all the kids from all over the world at Christmas

this time, towards the night before Christmas, when all through the house, none of creature was starring, not even a mouse, the stockings were hung by the chimney with care and hopes that Saint Nicholas soon would be there. The children were nestled, all snowed in their beds, while visions of sugarplums danced in their heads, and mama and harkochief and iron my cap had just sell our brains for a long winter's nap.

When I were on the lawn there arose such a clutter, I spent for my bed to see what was the matter. Away through the window I flew like a flash, tore up in the shutters, and threw up the sash. The moon on the breast of the new fall and snow gave a luster of midday to objects below, when what to my wondering eyes should appear, but a miniature sleigh and eight tiny rain deer. With little driver so lively and quick, I knew in a moment it must be satanic. More rapid than eagles, his coasters they came, and he whistled and shouted and called him by name.

Now dasher, now dancer, now prancer and vixen, on comet, on cupid, on dander and blitzen, to the top of the porch, to the top of the wall, now dashery, dashery, as dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly, when they meet with an obstacle mount to the sky. The up to the house stopped, the coasters they flew, with the sleigh full of tars and Saint Nicholas team, and then in a twinkle I heard on the roof the prancer, the pawing of each little hoof, as I drew my head and was turning around, down the chimney as Saint

Nicholas came with a bone. He was dressed all in fur from his head to his foot, and his clothes were all tonness, with ashes and soot, a bundle of tars, he had flung on his back, and he looked like a peddler just opening his back, his eyes, how the twinkle, his dimples are merry, his cheeks were like roses, his nose, like a cherry, his jaw little mouth was drawn up like a bow, and the beard on his chin was as white as the snow. The stump of a pipe, he held tight in his teeth, and the smoket in cycle his head like a wreath. He had a broad face and

a little round belly that shook when he left, like a bowl of jelly. He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf, and I left when I saw him, in spite of myself, a wink of his eye and a twist of his head soon gave me to know that I had nothing to dread. He spoke not a word, but went straight to his wick, and filled all the stockings, then turned with a joy come. And lay in his finger side of his nose, and given a nod of the chimney he rose. He sprang to his sleigh, to his team, gave a whistle, and in where they

all flew, like the down arm of the soul, but I heard him exclaim, and he drove out of sight. Happy Christmas to all, and to all, a good night, a very good night, and that goes with that smoket, too. Thank you. There's a candle in the window, there's a legend we believe. Santa hears our plea, and that he wouldn't miss a Christmas tree. There's a stocking on the fireplace, there are

treasures to receive, and there's mistletoe where it's roomy o'er. Steel's a kiss on Christmas Eve, in the corner table, underneath a shining star, is the holy Christmas stable, every one is meant from afar. All this holiday contentment, all this love should never leave, would be doing right if we made each night, while I Christmas Eve, in the

corner on a table, underneath a shining star, is the holy Christmas stable, and three of us, would be doing right if we made each night, while I Christmas Eve, in the corner of a Christmas Eve, in the corner, in the corner, in the corner, in the corner, in the

corner, in the corner, in the corner, in the corner, out. God rest, he married that old man, that nothing you dismay.

Remember, Christ, our Savior was born on Christmas day to save us all from Satan's power when we were on a stray, old tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy, Oh tidings of comfort and joy, we're three kings of our winter, bearing gifts, we traverse a far field and found more and mountain following Yondestar.

Most I wonder, star of night, star with royal beauty bright westward leading, still proceeding, guide us to the perfect light. Born a king on Bethlehem plain, gold I bring to crown him again, king forever ceasing never over us all to reign, while star of wonder, star of night, star with royal beauty bright

westward leading, still proceeding, guide us to the perfect light. Shila Jordan and Harvey Schwartz base and God rest, she married gentlemen for 15 minutes before

four o'clock on WUNC. The music we've just heard began with very rare performance of have yourself a merry little Christmas, the Hugh Martin Ralph Blaine song, Frank Sinatra, did that performance for the soundtrack of the 1963 film The Victors and it was released on pole picks records in that group by your demand, we heard Louis Armstrong read the night before Christmas. The recording was one of the last he made before his death in 1971 just a few months before his death. It is also available again, it was published several years ago commercially in the album titled The Stash Christmas Album from Stash Records Jazz and Blues recordings of the season, including the Louis Armstrong reading of the night before Christmas on Stash Records. We also heard the world's greatest jazz band play Joy to the World with solos by Yank

Lawson and Billy Butterfield, Bud Freeman, tenor Vic Dickinson, Trombone, Ralph Sutton, piano, all the stars of the world's greatest jazz band enjoy to the world. The other performances we heard in that group are new releases and have been hard to find. We heard Ava Fitzgerald sing the Secret of Christmas that song Jimmy Van Housen and Sammy Kahn wrote for Ben Crosby to sing in 1960. This performance by Ava Fitzgerald was made that same year for her verb Christmas album but was never released. It's out for the first time this year in Verve's collection had yourself a jazzy little Christmas from which we also heard Billy Eckstein sing Christmas Eve and a Christmas medley by the Swingle Singers. Several years ago, Herb Wong, Dr. Herb Wong, produced some jazz recordings for the season for Pavo Alto Records, two albums, mistletoe magic and more mistletoe magic, swinging holiday jazz. Pavo Alto Records is long

gone in its jazz interest but Quicksilver Records in San Francisco has just reissued those albums, one of them on compact disc and they include performances by rare silk and McCoy Tiner and Bobby Norris, Chico Freeman, Sheila Jordan, Diane Reeves, Phil Woods, Richie Cole and Art Pepper. Many of those performances are from two albums, mistletoe magic and more mistletoe magic now on Quicksilver Records and that's where we got Sheila Jordan in Harvey Shorts in God Rushg, Mary Gentlemen. Here is music from an album new for the season from Columbia Records on compact disc. Columbia is a big band Christmas with this performance we haven't heard before by Art Lund and Peggy Lee with Benny Goodman. I love the winter weather so the two of us can get together. There's nothing sweeter

finer when it's nice and cold. I can hold my baby closer to me and collect the juices that I do may have the winter weather cause I got my love to keep me warm. I love the winter weather. I love the winter weather cause I got my love to keep me warm.

I love the winter weather so the two of us can get together. There's nothing sweeter finer when it's nice and cold. I can hold my baby closer to me and collect the juices that I do may I love the winter weather cause I got my love to keep me warm. Hello again everybody this is one Monroe already getting that old Christmas spirit we think

we got it into our new recording of the jolly old man of the bright red suit. So why don't we all settle back and listen to this brand new song which features the entire gang with me on the vocal. He keeps a page on everyone he knows who's missed he is but for those who are good to hold you around you should see the gifts he saved so if you want a pretty dark or a top double hop and spin

up or if you want a sewing set or a wagon to ride in make sure you're good as you can be and this lovely thing you will from the jolly old man in the bright red suit and the best is on his chin. He keeps a page on everyone. He knows who's missed the hay but for those who are good to hold you around you should see the gifts he saved so if you want a pretty dark or a top double hop and spin or if you want a sewing set or a wagon to ride in

make sure you're good as you can be and this lovely thing you will from the jolly old man in the bright red suit and the West is on his chin. The jolly old man in the bright red suit and the West is on his chin when the West screws on his chin, when the West screws on his chin when the With the whiskers on his team, with the whiskers on his team, with the whiskers on his team. Tashing through the snow, in a one-horse open sleigh, Or the fears we go, lefting all the way, bells unbop their ring, making spirits bright.

What fun it is to ride and sing the sleighing song tonight. Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle bells, Oh what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh, jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle bells, Jingle bell bells, jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle bell, jingle bells, And sing the slang song, just get a pop-till babe To then hit him to an open sleigh and crack, he'll take the lead Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way

Oh, what fun it is to ride a one-horse open sleigh Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way Oh, what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh Jingle bells, jingle all the way I'm sure that you forgive me if I don't and who's I guess I got the Christmas when there's no one on your list. You'll know the way I'm feeling when you love and lose I guess I got the

Christmas blues. When somebody wants you and somebody needs you. The Christmas is a joy of joys. But friends, when you're lonely, you find that it's only a thing for little girls, little boys. May all your days be married, your seasons full of cheer. But till it's January, I've just gone disappear. Oh, Santa may have brought you with some stars for your shoes. But Santa won't they brought me the blues. Those bratty package tents were covered. Christmas blues.

I'm ready, Dennis. Well, gosh, Mr. Benny, I'm sorry, but you see this first song doesn't have a violin part for you. It doesn't? Oh, well, Dennis, just call me when you need me. That's what I meant to play instead of jingle bells by Dennis Day. And I still wanted you to hear at the moment of Jack Benny and Dennis Day together from an album called Dennis Day. Christmas is for the family with course, with boys choir and orchestra and the brief guest appearance by Jack Benny. That was recorded in authentic, stereo sound on design records. And we heard Joe Stafford with Paul Westman's orchestra. One of her early Columbia 78s called Christmas Blues, a wonderful performance by Joe Stafford. Von Monroe introduced his jolly old man in the bright red suit.

And Benny Goodman and Peggy Lee and Art London, Art London, worked on winter weather on Columbia records in the 40s. It's now a minute before 4 o'clock on WUNC. As we continue our seasonal card to you with music by solo pianist Marcus Roberts. This is from Wynton Marsalis, new album Crescent City Christmas Card, solo pianist Marcus Roberts. It's for o'clock you're listening to public radio WUNC Chapel Hill.

You can hear Gary Shivers on jazz every Saturday afternoon from 1 until 4 o'clock listening to some of the finest recorded jazz ever. Weather for the triangle this afternoon sunny but breezy and cold with a high near 30 for tonight. Clear and cold low 10 to 15 degrees and for tomorrow partly cloudy and cold once again with a high once more in the lower 30s. 32 degrees is the present temperature in the triangle coming up at 5 o'clock. It's national and international news with national public radios all things considered live from Washington DC. Also in public radio WUNC we have Garrison Keeley's American radio company of the air at 6 o'clock with Marilyn Horne, one of the world's finest accomplished operatic singers. She will be Garrison Keeley's guest on this evening's program.

Back porch music at 8 o'clock with Delsomer Dan performing in the WUNC studio. He's doing seasonal music on this program. This will in Shamrock at 10 with Danny Karnahan and Robin Petry, San Francisco based musical couple they'll chat about and perform music from across the British Isles. And the American jazz radio festival tonight at 11 with the quartet sphere featuring pianist Kenny Barron, bassist Buster Williams, drummer Ben Rowley and the late tennis saxophonist Charles Rouss, all this programming for you here on your public radio station WUNC. Music continues right now with the latest recording from keyboardist Joel Casio. Music

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