resonant: Ray Kowalski (Due South) (Default)
resonant ([personal profile] resonant) wrote2006-12-22 09:52 am
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Music post: Christmas jazz, Latin, and doo-wop

Because I do occasionally enjoy music composed after Queen Elizabeth was dead.



All 13 songs in one .zip, 49 MB.

Vince Guaraldi Trio, Linus and Lucy, from A Charlie Brown Christmas. Instrumental jazz.

Rockapella, Silver Bells, from Christmas. Doo-wop.

Benny Green, Silent Night, from Yule Struttin': A Blue Note Christmas. Slow and sweet. Piano.

Bobby Watson, Vauncing Chimes (Jingle Bells), from Yule Struttin'. Bright. Instrumental jazz.

Chick Corea, Greensleeves, album unknown. dark and lively. Piano jazz.

Duke Ellington, Sugar Rum Cherry, from Nutcracker Suite. The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, with hips. Jazz orchestra.

Ella Fitzgerald, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, from A Swingin' Christmas. Vocal and band.

George Winston, The Holly and the Ivy, from December. Solo piano.

Kevin Connolly, O Come, All Ye Faithful, from Snow Angels. Folk, two voices and guitar.

Nat King Cole, Deck the Hall, from The Christmas Song. Vocal and band.

Simon and Garfunkel, Comfort and Joy, album unknown. Duet.

Vocal Sampling, We Wish You A Merry Christmas/Rhumba Navideñe, from World Christmas. Nutty but fun. Latin, a capella.

Yomo Toro and the Boricua Allstars featuring Ruben Blades and Dave Valentin, Cascabel (Jingle Bells), from World Christmas. Danceable. Latin.

[identity profile] resonant8.livejournal.com 2006-12-23 04:50 pm (UTC)(link)
OK, are you right-clicking and choosing Download from the menu? Don't. Just click the link. (At least that's the way it works for me with a Mac/Safari combo.)

The § character is mine -- it's how I mark "working music" (i.e. instrumentals and words not in English) so that iTunes will sort it for me.

And your icons are classic!

[identity profile] amanuensis1.livejournal.com 2006-12-23 05:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, that explains the squiggle, at least--what the heck do you call that symbol?

No, I'm definitely just left-clicking, it claims it's an mp3 link when I hover over it, but I keep getting those recursive files as a download. I do note that the file is 3.6 MB, what one would expect--

--HEY! You know what I just did? I renamed the file from "fs07n4.sendspace.com" to "Linus and Lucy.mp3" and, whaddya know, that's all it took! Yay!! *snoopydances, appropriately*