Snowfalls, sleigh rides, visits from Santa and more holiday happenings abound on Night Lights' annual jazz tribute to the season. Highlights this year include:
- Wes Montgomery and his brothers strolling through fellow Hoosier Claude Thornhill's "Snowfall"
- Musical season's greetings from singers Ella Fitzgerald and Shirley Horn
- Pianist Paul Bley announcing the imminent arrival of a certain Mr. Claus
- The Buselli-Wallarab Jazz Orchestra serenading the season with a most familiar tune
- A Kentonian Christmas set, with music from singer June Christy, arranger Pete Rugolo, and Stan Kenton himself
- Excerpts from Duke Ellington's The Nutcracker suite
- Pianists Duke Pearson and Eddie Higgins suggesting a holiday dance and sleigh-ride
For more cool Christmas jazz, check out Paul Horn playing "We Three Kings of Orient Are" (tip of the red Santa hat to Like... Dreamsville):