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The Best Christmas Jazz Albums

The holiday season is a time of joy, celebration—and of course, music! What better way to get into the festive spirit than with some jazz-infused Christmas tunes?

Jazz and Christmas music have been intertwined for decades, with many jazz musicians putting their own spin on classic holiday songs. From the legendary Vince Guaraldi Trio’s iconic A Charlie Brown Christmas to the sultry vocals of Diana Krall’s Christmas Songs, there are plenty of jazz Christmas albums to fill your home with the perfect ambiance.

In this blog post, we’ve compiled a list of the 10 Best Christmas Jazz Albums that are sure to bring some cheer and warmth to your holiday season. So, sit back, relax, and let these timeless Christmas jazz albums transport you to a winter wonderland, filled with jazz-infused holiday cheer!

What Is the Best-Selling Jazz Album of All Time?

Jazz music has produced many amazing albums that have stood the test of time, but which jazz album has sold the most copies? And which one was the first to sell a half-million or a million copies?

To answer these questions, we will explore the following points:

The 10 Best Cool-Jazz Albums

Cool jazz is a genre of modern jazz that emerged in the late 1940s. It can be seen as a Californian adaptation of the frantic New York bebop. It has slower rhythms and less complex arrangements. It conveys a relaxed, sophisticated, or “cool” sound, hence the name “cool jazz.”

1959 – The Best Year In Jazz History

1959 was without a doubt the best year in jazz history. Even if we were to add “so far” to the end of that statement, it still wouldn’t make sense, as the revolution to come will be grounded in the roots of 1959 anyway—or it will get a new name, other than “jazz.”

John Coltrane, Paul Chambers, Don Cherry, Charlie Haden, Blue Mitchell, and Lee Morgan were just amazing. These names alone should give you an idea of how important the records of 1959 were when you think that they are not even the leading musicians of the following releases. These albums were made for eternity, and their creators even more so.

The 3 Greatest Jazz Albums Of All Time

Making a list called “The Three Greatest Jazz Albums of All Time” can raise the question, “Why three? Why not five, 10, or 50?”

It is because these three records are so good, so evidently beautiful, and are forever the foundation of jazz as we know it. If we were to add two, seven, or 47 albums for a more in-depth list (which we will soon do in another post), we would underemphasize how important the three following records were, are, and will be for many decades and maybe centuries to come.