Jimmy McGriff - Christmas With
Found this CD over at Amazon in their used section! A few years ago, I used to moderate the " Strange Records Collecting " group over at Yahoo. If you happen to click on the link, you'll find this original album cover on its home page. For some strange reason, I wasn't able to pull it down after Christmas 2003 so it remained! I first became aware of Jimmy McGriff on the 1996 Capitol Records release of " Christmas Cocktails " in which his renditions of "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" and "White Christmas" were fused together as one track. He then appeared on the 1997 followup " Christmas Cocktails II ". This time, his version of "Jingle Bells" was paired up with Caiola & Ortolani's "Sleigh Ride" and made for a fun track. So when a FULL copy of this album came around, I jumped at the chance to hear the whole album! This album contains only eight tracks (just eight tracks? - disappointing at ...