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Welcome, friends and music lovers, to

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this week's edition of In the

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Groove, Jazz and Beyond, a special

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Christmas episode, I guess you'd say.

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I'm not one for playing a lot

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of Christmas music. Rarely

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listen to it at home, but

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for years I've been playing these

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two pieces in celebration

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of Christmas. So we're going to begin

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with Chris Potter and his version

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of O Come, O Ye Faithful,

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followed by Marianne McPartland's God

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Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, and

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then something new from Samara Joy.

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She released an album this year

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entitled A Joyful Holiday, and we

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are going to hear her version

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of the Christmas song. But

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let's begin with Chris

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Potter on solo tenor saxophone

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and his rendition of O

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Come, O Ye Faithful. Thanks

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for watching. Thank

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you. Thank

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you. Thank

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you. Thank

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you. you

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you you

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you Just

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now it's misting

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on innocent eyes

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That fast

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looking at your nose Your

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tight hands being

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so low up Maybe

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you'll sleep like

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a scamper I

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tether me in

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a kiss with oranges

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and gold Still

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make the season bright Now

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it comes with hope

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If you

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do,'ll continue

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to bleed

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May you decide How

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to hide He's bringing

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light May

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you decide And

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every mother's child He's

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gone as well To

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see if reindeer Really

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know How

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to fly And

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so I'm

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offering this

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simple free

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to kids

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from one side of

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you. Although

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it's been said many

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times, many ways,

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Merry Christmas,

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Merry Christmas,

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Merry Christmas

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to you.

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Such a beautiful and mature voice for

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someone who is only 24 years of

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age with such range, and

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I really like her vocalizing on

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the lower end. It reminds me

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so much of Sarah

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Vaughan, and I'm speaking of Samara

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Joy from her Christmas

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EP. We heard the

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Mel Torme composition, The

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Christmas Song, and

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before that we heard a couple tracks

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from a nice compilation

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of Christmas music from Concord

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Jazz. This is a Concord

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Jazz Christmas in

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volume one and two. We

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heard God Reschee Merry Gentlemen

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by the pianist Marianne McPartland,

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and we started out the show with O'Connor.

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All Ye Faithful done on

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Solo Tenor Saxophone by Chris Potter.

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I hope you enjoyed that.

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Next up I'm going to continue on with

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a theme that has been

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on my last two podcasts and

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that's some of

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the great releases from 2023

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and I played most

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of what my favorite releases are.

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I wanted to add a couple more to that. We're

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going to hear from Darcy

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James Argue's Secret Society. This

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showed up on so many Best

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of Lists that I

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had to include it in my

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podcast today. This is

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from his latest release, Dynamic

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Maximum Tension. We're going

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to hear a track titled,

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Ferromagnetic. Ferromagnetic

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Tension by Chris

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Potter. Ferromagnetic

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Tension by Chris Potter. Ferromagnetic

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Tension by Chris Potter. You You

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Okay. Thank you. Thank

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you. Thank

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you. Thank you. Thank

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you. Thank

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you. Thank

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Some great music in that last set

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and all of it from San Diego

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jazz artists the last

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thing you heard from David Whitman

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and his 2023

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release ode to Joe before that

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we heard from David Borgo from

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his album Patika we

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heard a caba and we started

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out that set with Gilbert Castellanos

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He is the center of the

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jazz scene here in San Diego

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His album is entitled esperim

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a and El Cielo and we

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heard home is Africa That'll about

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do it for today's show My

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name is Ken Laster. You are listening

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Alright, we're gonna finish up today's

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show with another San Diego favorite

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His name is Peter Sprigg A

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great guitarist. He Put out an

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album this year entitled. the

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old wives' one peter sprayed plays

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coal train we're going to hear

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the track was one i think

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it fits in a beautifully with

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a christmas theme of the enjoy

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it and i hope you all

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have a very happy holiday season

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