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Christian McBride's Christmas Jazz Playlist
Trumpeter Wynton Marsalis' version of "We Three Kings" goes on Christian McBride's holiday playlist.
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Maybe you are one of those people who could listen to the umpteenth version of "Baby, It's Cold Outside." A jazz bassist and host of Jazz Night In America, Christian McBride has a soft spot for the holiday music time forgot.
"I'm at a point where I like to find the most obscure Christmas music I can find," McBride says. "I mean, I was hoping that Sun Ra had done a Christmas album, because I would play that in the house. I probably would get kicked out of the house, but I would play that."
McBride recently spoke with All Things Considered host Audie Cornish about some of his favorite picks, jazz and otherwise.
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