George Klein presents his first annual Christmas program on WEMU-FM, Ypsilanti in 1989 with an hour of 1950s & ‘60s Christmas jazz by Gene Ammons, Bobby Timmons, Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis & Shirley Scott, Charlie Parker, Bob Dorough, Roland Kirk, the Modern Jazz Quartet, Paul Bley, Jimmy Smith, Lionel Hampton, and Chico Hamilton.
The John Sinclair Foundation Presents
CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS
THE GROOVE YARD 194
George Klein, WEMU-FM, Ypsilanti, December 24, 1989 [22580]
Gene Ammons: Christmas Song
Bobby Timmons: White Christmas
Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis & Shirley Scott: Santa Claus is Coming to Town
Charlie Parke: White Christmas
Bob Dorough with Miles Davis: Blue Xmas
Roland Kirk: We Free Kings
MJQ: England’s Carol
Paul Bley: Santa Claus is Coming to Town
Jimmy Smith: God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Lionel Hampton: White Christmas
Chico Hamilton: Winter Wonderland
Charlie Parker: They Can’t Take That Away from Me
A JOINT PRODUCTION
Hosted by George Klein for Radio Free Amsterdam
Produced & recorded by George Klein in Ypsilanti MI
Post-production, editing & annotation by John Sinclair
Executive Producer: Steve Pratt
© 1989, 2022 George Klein. Used with permission.