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¡Viva la resistencia! Cafe Central, Madrid
By Leo Sidran | ProfileDecember 26, 2025
The old saying "wherever you go, there you are" is one of those deceptively simple adages that never lets you down. And yet, the longer I've lived with it, the more I've come to believe that there are certain times and places when a person is just a little more where they are.
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Ralph "Bigfoot" Hamilton: The Lost Legend Behind Two Guitar Pioneers
By Kyle Simpler | Groove OrbitDecember 26, 2025
Nowadays, every move we make is recorded in some way, and wherever a person goes, whatever they do or say is often captured. Of course, this has not always been the case, and in fact, many details concerning historical events frequently rely on...
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Vince Guaraldi’s Christmas Sauce: Adding Spice to Charlie Brown Vanilla
By Arthur R George | History of JazzDecember 21, 2025
It's not simply that pianist Vince Guaraldi slipped jazz past the unsuspecting in composing A Charlie Brown Christmas, the evergreen "Peanuts" animation and soundtrack that has become inescapably part of the holiday.
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Have A Holly, Jazzy Christmas
By Kurt Ellenberger | Jazz in Long FormDecember 21, 2025
In my music history classes, particularly in November and December, students have
often asked me about the relationship between jazz and Christmas: "Why are so many
popular Christmas songs so jazzy?" It is a good question—indeed, many of the most
popular secular Christmas music does have a jazz flavor, while a few are actually jazz.
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The Ten Best Jazz Christmas Albums Of All Time
By Peter J. Hoetjes | Top Ten ListDecember 20, 2025
As temperatures drop and days grow short, Winter is once again upon us. For those looking to listen to the sounds of the season without resorting to December's relentless slew of glossy, generic cash-grabs, jazz can be a breath of fresh, wintry air.
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