There was a special treat that happened every December 25th. Herb Wong would play the most creative jazz interpretations of Christmas music ever recorded. This took place every year until KJAZ went away in 1994. Later, Herb began doing his Christmas show on KCSM. This one was his 50th and unfortunately his last. He prerecorded this in February 2014, and passed away a few weeks later in April. |
December 25, 2014
Featured Guest: Chris Cortez
The recording captured 3:00:39 of this morning's show from 9:00am - 12:00noon.
Artist | Track | Album |
Singers Unlimited | Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas | Christmas |
Claude Thornhill | Snowfall | Best of the Big Bands |
Jimmy Rowles | Winter Weather | Weather in a Jazz Vane |
George Shearing | Snowfall | Christmas |
Ahmad Jamal | Snowfall | Traditional Jazz Christmas |
Tony Bennett | Snowfall | Snowfall |
Dave Brubeck | Farewell Jingle Bells | Christmas |
Dave Brubeck Quartet | Santa Claus Is Coming To Town | Jingle Bell Jazz |
Bobby Timmons | Winter Wonderland | The Christmas Collection |
Billie Holiday | Stormy Blues | Yule Be Miserable |
Eddie Lockjaw Davis | Santa Claus Is Coming To Town | The Christmas Collection |
Octobop | Line for Santa | West Coast Christmas |
Wynton Marsalis | Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas | Christmas Jazz Jam |
Joe Williams | Silver Bells | That Holiday Feelin' |
Oscar Peterson | Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas | Christmas |
Count Basie | Good Morning Blues | Yule Be Miserable |
Nat King Cole | Toys for Tots | Cole, Christmas, and Kids |
Ray Charles | What Child Is This | The Spirit of Christmas |
Manhattan Transfer | Happy Holidays/the Holiday Season Medley | The Christmas Album |
Charlie Parker | White Christmas | Mr. Santa's Boogie |
Bill Evans | Santa Claus Is Coming To Town | Have Yourself a Jazzy Little Christmas |
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Gene Ammons | Swingin'For Christmas | Traditional Jazz Christmas |
Miles Davis / Bob Dorough | Blue Xmas | Jingle Bell Jazz |
Fats Waller | Swingin'the Jingle Bells | Swingin'Christmas Party |
Lambert, Hendricks and Ross | Deck Us All With Boston Charlie | Jingle Bell Jazz |
Louis Armstrong | Zat You Santa Claus? | Yule Be Miserable |
Richie Cole | Sleigh Ride | Mistletoe Magic |
Mel Torme | Christmas | Christmas Break |
Ramsey Lewis | Christmas Blues | Traditional Jazz Christmas |
Dexter Gordon | The Christmas Song | The Christmas Collection |
Bobby Rodriguez | Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas | A Latin Jazz Christmas |
Pete Rugolo | Jingle Bells Mambo | Adventures in Jazz |
Frank Sinatra | The Christmas Waltz | A Jolly Christmas |
Dianne Reeves | This Time of the Year | Christmas Time Is Here |
Dave Brubeck/Gerry Mulligan | Santa Claus Is Coming To Town | Relaxing Jazz for the Holidays |
The Four Freshmen | Freshmas | Freshmas! |
June Christy | Ring A Merry Bell | This Time of Year |
Stan Kenton | Angels, We Have Heard On High | A Merry Christmas |
Maynard Ferguson | Christmas for Moderns | Live At Peacock Lane |
Duke Ellington | Jingle Bells | Jingle Bell Jazz |
Ella Fitzgerald | Jingle Bells | A Swinging Christmas |
Tex Beneke | And the Bells Rang | Christmas Serenade |
Tony Bennett | I'll Be Home For Christmas | A Swinging Christmas |
Les Brown | We Wish You the Merriest | We Wish You the Merriest |
KCSM is located at the College of San Mateo. Although it operates with about 11,000 watts transmission power, reception can be challenging, especially in the South Bay. However, those who can achieve clear reception are able to tune in a very-high quality digital signal, as KCSM broadcasts in HD Radio. Thankfully with streaming media, over-the-air reception is no longer a limiting factor to listening. The Internet has definitely changed the nature of broadcasting; in this case, for the better.
KCSM is one of the very small number of 24-hour a day jazz radio stations remaining in North America. KCSM is also the trusted owner of the KJAZ library, the third largest recorded jazz collection in the world. Only the Library of Congress and Rutgers University can claim a more complete documented collection of recorded jazz.