The Jim Cullum Jazz Band - 'Tis The Season...To Be Jammin'! (1984)

Cornetist Jim Cullum was a local jazz legend here in San Antonio and my father was a big fan. The Jim Cullum Jazz Band was a 7 piece group that leaned towards the Dixieland/hot jazz style, so what we've got here are 17 familiar Christmas tunes given the (mostly) Dixieland treatment. Hot jazz isn't my usual bag, but if it's yours, these are good performances of good arrangements.

Peak on the US Billboard Top 200 chart: Did not chart

Tracks:

The first 12 tracks were recorded in 1984; the remaining tracks were recorded in 2000 to augment this CD release. Personnel varied slightly, but Cullum and his chief arranger, pianist John Sheridan, were at both recording sessions.

Personal Memory Associated with this CD: None.