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We start with a set of Christmas classics as performed by some of my favorite jazz musicians. Next up is a set from the new 2021 remake of West Side Story, with the great soundtrack from Leonard Bernstein. That is followed by two Hartford graduates. Jimmy Greene pays tribute to his daughter Ana on the 9th anniversary of the Sandy Hook shootings which took her life. Brandee Younger scores a grammy nomination with Black is Beautiful. We finish with a jazz standard from the late great Chick Corea.

Playlist Artist ~ Name ~ Album Chris Potter ~ O Come All Ye Faithful ~ A Concord Jazz Christmas 2 Marian McPartland ~ God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen  ~ A Concord Jazz Christmas Pancho Sanchez ~ Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas ~ Latin Jazz Christmas Ellis Marsalis ~ This Is Christmas ~ A Jazzy Wonderland Leonard Bernstein ~ Prologue ~ West Side Story Ansel Elgort & Mike Faist ~ Cool ~ West Side Story Leonard Bernstein ~ The Dance at the Gym: Mambo ~ West Side Story Jimmy Greene ~ Ana's Way (feat. Kurt Elling) ~ Beautiful Life Brandee Younger ~ Beautiful Is Black ~ Somewhere Different Chick Corea Akoustic Band ~ On Green Dolphin Street ~ LIVE