For whatever reason, a number of fine jazz pianists have recorded Christmas albums for this holiday season. Here are five tracks from a few of the... Another Jazz Piano Christmas 2011 Another Jazz ...

Some Christmas records do more than soundtrack the season, they reset the whole mood the second the needle drops. The ’50s and ’60s were packed with those kinds of albums, and plenty of them still ...

It’s a hip record. Forget the seasonal-only listening, as The Vince Guaraldi Trio’s soundtrack to Charles Schultz’s “Peanuts” classic “A Charlie Brown Christmas” is and forever will be great listening ...

We aren’t really sure why Christmas music is so controversial. Maybe it is its unrelenting ubiquity from Thanksgiving through the end of the year. It could be some of the overplayed, hideous songs ...

Before Mariah Carey took possession of the holiday airwaves with “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” songs by the great American songwriters dominated the Christmas season. Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, ...

Lady GaGa has revealed that she is planning to record a jazz-inspired Christmas album later this year. The 'Judas' star, who is currently number one on the midweek chart with her second album Born ...

Every December, the world turns into a giant snow globe, holiday albums suddenly hold more power than politicians, setting moods, and creating memories. And the list below not just shaped the culture ...

Holiday playlists change every year, but a handful of Christmas records from the 1950s and 1960s still feel like the season’s default soundtrack. These albums mix lush orchestration, crooner warmth, ...