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Mandatory Merriment

By Patrick Burnette | Jazz Bastard
December 22, 2022
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It's that holiday season once again, and Santa Mike insists we cover a slate of season-appropriate releases. Are they jazz appropriate as well? Not really, but two are jazz adjacent and one at least features an ex-Messenger, so there's that. There's also, er, Swamp Dogg. Pop matters travels from Sufjan Stephens to late eighties England to the soothing, ambient sounds of the Zamboni, nature's Andreas Vollenweider. Bobby Timmons: Holiday Soul; Swamp Dogg: An Awful Christmas and a Lousy New Year; Squirrel Nut Zippers: Christmas Caravan; Herb Alpert and Tijuana Brass: Christmas Album.

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