Every musician, it seems, does a holiday album sooner or later, and visions of residuals dance in their heads. But given the flood of releases each year, it's hard to stand out, and the canon of Christmas favorites is already pretty crowded. How to make your mark? You could try to do one or two distinctive things well. Or, you could try a little bit of everything. Listen as Mike and Pat dissect three brand new holiday offerings and a historic issue by one of jazz's most popular performers. Band of Other Brothers – THIS YEAR AT CHRISTMAS; Joy Lapps - THE CARRIBEAN CHRISTMAS MIX TAPE; Matt Wilson Christmas Tree-O – TREE JAZZ – THE SHAPE OF CHRISTMAS TO COME ; George Shearing – CHRISTMAS WITH THE GEORGE SHEARING QUINTET.
