JP’s Annual Holiday Album Tribute – Merry Christmas Charlie Brown!

A habit has developed here, in which we highlight a classic holiday album as we approach that most wonderful time of year. One such album that has become a staple at the JP household is from the 1965 CBS Television special, “A Charlie Brown Christmas”. It may be unique among Christmas music collections in the

Wherein A Musical Question Is Asked In Different Ways: How High The Moon?

It seems that most jazz standards can trace their lineage back to a well-known recording of a Tin Pan Alley song from the 1920’s. Others began with a well-known recording of an original work by a particular “name” musician. Today we examine a less-common occurrence – a jazz standard that began as a forgettable song