Great version of Moonlight in Vermont which will become a Christmas standard once you hear it

Great solo piano. My favorite track: Sleigh Ride

Good enough to listen to year round

A couple of terrific medleys and one of the best version of Joy To The World I've heard

Great tracks by Elias, Baker, Reeve, Gordon and Count Basie

Souful and warm vocals. My favorite: Angels We Have Heard on High

Some different takes on Guaraldi's contribution to the Christmas season -- Fur Elise is done with a real nice Latin rhythm

Great Christmas version of Glowworm -- not to mention other great tracks

Great tracks by Redmon, Franks, and Mehldau

Popular style piano with some embellishments

Some real solid jazz. My favorites include songs by Tyner, Ellington, Marsalis, and Brubeck

Terrific vocals

Not jazz but a wonderful album for Parrot Heads -- the best track: Ho Ho Ho and a Bottle of Rhum

Very nice piano with bass and drums.

My favorite on this: the last track, Angels We Have Heard On High

A great collection from outstanding musicians.

For Christmas songs, I will occasionally venture into the smoother side of jazz, but I never go far. Russ's Holiday album is one of the best of that genre. For me, it's stronger than the holiday albums by Fourplay, Yellowjackets, Rangell, Boney James or Grover Washington.

A terrific album by a jazz master

A number of the tracks of this album show up on the Justin Time collections. Jones's numbers are, for me, the best of the Justin Time samplers.

When I first created this list, there was a cap on the number of items so I listed only David Benoit's most recent Christmas album. Here's his older one, as enjoyable as his later production.