On the pop end, they offer a driving new interpretation of the classic "White Christmas" and an intriguingly slow revamping of the charming "Winter Wonderland". This, their first seasonal offering, is a bright, rhythmic approach to a choice collection of pop and novelty standouts. And, most important, they have done so with good, jazz-oriented taste. Organist Jimmy McGriff and his trio of accompanists, saxophonist Rudolph Johnson, rhythm guitarist Larry Frazier and drummer Willie "Saint" Jenkins, have happily supplied us with the best of the aforementioned elements necessary for appreciation at Christmastime.
However, it's well worth our time and effort if but one good new tune, delivered with good taste, rises above the multitude of mediocrity. Each year the gamut of religious inspirationals - to popular ballads - to kiddie novelties is run and, each year cries of overcommercialization and overabundance ring out. Each year artists supply us with -this special material which like them, is both old and new. It is a special brand of music that we employ each Yuletide to recover moments of fruition that have fleeted by. This of course, can apply to our tastes in music, which plays such an important role in the celebration of Christmas.
We who do, derive our lasting pleasure from either (or both) the quiet reverence of the holiday's original significance or the festive, joyful exuberance with which it is now greeted. During the Christmas season, when the snow sifts slowly over the land and the cold days are warmed by good feeling, we are afforded our best opportunity to pause, reflect and appreciate. For some, fond memories of children at play are as helpfully tranquilizing, in effect, as amassed fortunes are for others.įortunately, there are several holidays each year that are so overwhelming in meaning that we are forced to stop and do some deep thinking. The ability to retain the smallest of satisfactions can count heavily as a stabilizing factor, during later periods of frustration or sadness. So often, however, these gratifying experiences are either so swift or commonplace that we tend to overlook them and the important roles they play in our daily lives.
The feeling of enjoyment or delight is a pleasure in itself.
The real pleasures in life can be counted on the fingers of one hand. JIMMY McGRIFF - Christmas With McGriff: Collectables 5747 Rip validating: EAC ripped, correct, test and cope mode, accureatelly ripped, runknown Label: Distributed by Collectables Records COL 5747 Release Date: 1964 (Lp) (as Christmas With McGriff - Sue Records) Genre: Soul Jazz, Christmas, Hard Bop, Jazz-Funk
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