1) Music: “Tannanbaum” (up and under -= @ :50)
2) Bradley:
     RED, GREEN AND SANTA MAY BE THE SIGNS OF THE HOLIDAYS IN SOME PLACES, BUT IN THE BIRTHPLACE OF SWING, IT'S RED BEANS AND "PAPA NOEL." NEW ORLEANS IS A TOWN OF CELEBRATIONS AND EVEN IN THIS SEASON, MUSIC IS THE HEARTBEAT OF THE FESTIVITIES.
4) Bradley:
     WHEN DECEMBER COMES AROUND, AS BONFIRES CRACKLE ON THE LEVEE, THE CRESCENT CITY SOUND TENDS TO COLOR THE MUSIC OF THE SEASON, JUST A BIT.
     BUT DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT -- BILL CHARLAP, TONY BENNET, ROBERTA GUMBLE AND WYNTON MARSALIS' NONET ARE JUST AHEAD WITH THE PROOF OF THAT PUDDING -- A "RED HOT HOLIDAY STOMP " -- FROM JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER. I'M ED BRADLEY.

5) Music cross to stage applause x to stage
7) Music: Santa Claus is coming to town. (2:36)

8) Bradley:
      TONY BENNETT KICKING OFF A RED HOT HOLIDAY STOMP. "SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN."
     WYNTON MARSALIS WAS TRUMPET, AND BILL CHARLAP ON PIANO.
     IN THE PARISHES OF LOUISIANA, THE STORY OF THE TENTH CENTURY BOHEMIAN KING WHO PROMOTED CHRISTIANITY AND DIED AT THE HANDS OF PAGANS, IS A FAMILIAR THEME.THERE IS EVEN A SHORT OPERA ABOUT IT.
     GIVING THE WELL KNOWN TUNE A LITTLE NEW ORLEANS SWING IS ALMOST A TRADITION ITSELF. "GOOD KING WENCESLAS."
9) Music: "Good King Wenceslas" (6:18)
10) Bradley:
     PIANIST BILL CHARLAP, TROMBONIST WYCLIFFE GORDON, AND SAXOPHONISTS WES ANDERSON, AND VICTOR GOINES.
"GOOD KING WENCESLAS" WARMING UP OUR JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER HOLIDAY STOMP. IN THIS NEXT TUNE THE BAND ISSUES A PLEA FOR CONDITIONS RARELY SEEN IN THE CRESCENT CITY:
     
11) Music: "Let it Snow" (4:34)

12) Bradley:

“LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW." WYNTON MARSALIS AND FRIENDS. BRINGING YOU A RED HOT HOLIDAY STOMP.

13) Vox: Wynton Marsalis
“It´s time to get sanctified. We have the Right Reverend Wycliffe Gordon, and he's done a wonderful arrangement on "Go Tell it on the Mountain." Over the hill and everywhere. Tell it.”

14) Music: "Go Tell It On The Mountain" (6:27)

15) Bradley:
     "GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN," AN ARRANGEMENT BY TROMBONIST WYCLIFFE GORDON. NEXT AS WE PROGRESS UP THE RED HOT SCALE ON OUR JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER HOLIDAY STOMP WE'LL EXPLORE THE CONNECTION BETWEEN CHRISTMAS, A FAVORITE NEW ORLEANS TUNE AND THE LIBATION OF THE EARLY JAZZMAN.

16)Vox: Wynton

“Now, this is a favorite Christmas beverage. Back in // the inception of jazz, Christmas time, people would ah, get together and ey'd (snap) eggnog, coffee, the traditional things, water... But it was a certain sect of musicians from uptown who would be seen with canteens. Then the canteen was very popular because of the civil war and stuff…(laughs) a lot of people don´t know this!
And the drink that they would have in this was called Muscatel. What was the French pronunciation of that Muscatel Don? You come from Creole people.

Don: “La Muscatel.” (off mike)

Laughs --

Wynton: Right, some people called it La Muscatel. So, they recorded this tune, and it was actually called Muscat Ramble. But they called it Muskrat. But nobody cares about Muskrat. You can´t even put that in a stew and raise a good gravy. (laughter) This is Muscat Ramble by Kid Ory, a person who also loved Christmas.”

17) Music: "Muskrat Ramble" (2:16)

18) Music: "Jingle Bells" (4:56)

19) Bradley:

       JAMES PIERPONT COPYRIGHTED THE SONG "ONE HORSE OPEN SLEIGH," IN 1857 - A TITLE LATER CHANGED TO "JINGLE BELLS.", AND BEFORE THAT KID ORY´S MUSCAT -- OR "MUSKRAT" RAMBLE. WYNTON MARSALIS AND FRIENDS BRINGING YOU A RED HOT HOLIDAY STOMP.
20) Music: Sheik of Araby (under) (1:39)

21) Bradley: (Mid break announce)
     FOR MORE ABOUT HOLIDAY TRADITIONS IN NEW ORLEANS, CHECK OUT OUR JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER WEBSITE -- J A L C DOT ORG SLASH RADIO , WHERE YOU CAN SEE PICTURES OF OUR NEW HOME -- THE ‘HOUSE OF SWING´ LOOKING OUT OVER CENTRAL PARK . YOU ALSO HEAR THIS PROGRAM AND OTHERS FROM OUR ARCHIVES, CHECK OUR BROADCAST SCHEDULE AND EVEN SIGN UP FOR ADVANCE EMAILS ABOUT OUR UPCOMING SHOWS.
     WITH JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER'S RED HOT HOLIDAY STOMP, I´M ED BRADLEY.
     
22) Midbreak: 60 (Sheik of Araby) (1:57)

Music xfades to stage - WM :

23) Vox - from stage audio
: Wynton Marsalis:

     "Now, we´re going to play a nice wonderful piece. It´s very soothing. Soothing sentiments…kind of the way we first conceived it was we would be like // elves, but the wrong kind of elves and the soprano would be like an angel, and she would be singing a straight lovely lyric / and we would be whooooo, moaning in the background -- like ohhh .//
     It´s entitled "Silent Night," and we´re going to have Miss Roberta Gumble come out and sing it with us."

24) Music: "Silent Night" (5:22)

25) Music: "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (4:56)

26) Bradley:
"RUDOLPH -- THE RED-NOSED REINDEER" WITH A LATIN TINGE, AND BEFORE THAT A SULTRY, CRESCENT CITY, ”SILENT NIGHT" WITH SOPRANO ROBERTA GUMBLE.
27) Vox: Wynton Marsalis:
"This next piece was composed by Jelly Roll Morton…around Christmas time. He labored over it for quite some time…and he found that it didn´t really have Christmas type of sound to it, but it was groovin´ so he called it the "New Orleans Bump." And every time around Christmas, when he was at home people would come over for some gumbo from New Orleans, and some Eggnog…That´s a bad combination. It´s really not that good…But it would go down just right when they started playing this Christmas tune, the "New Orleans Bump."

28) Music: "New Orleans Bump" (5:22)

29) Bradley:

     JELLY ROLL MORTON´S “NEW ORLEANS BUMP.” WYCLIFFE GORDON, ON TROMBONE. VICTOR GOINES, TENOR SAXOPHONE WES ANDERSON ON ALTO AT ALICE TULLY HALL.
     Marsalis: Thank you very much. That was Wycliffe "Pinecone" Gordon, that was Victor Goines and it was "Warmdaddy" Wes Anderson.
     
     Aplse continues/ ends under OUR RED HOT HOLIDAY STOMP CONCLUDES WITH AN ARRANGEMENT INSPIRED BY THE STREET CORNER BRASS CHOIRS OF THE SALVATION ARMY. “O TANNENBAUM.”

30) Music: "O Tannenbaum" (7:29)

31) Bradley:
     WYNTON MARSALIS AND FRIENDS WITH A JAZZY CONTEMPORARY VERSION OF A TUNE THAT DATES BACK AT LEAST TO THE 16TH CENTURY -- "OH TANNENBAUM." CLOSING OUT THIS "RED HOT HOLIDAY STOMP" A HOLIDAY SPECIAL FROM JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER.
     THE BAND FEATURED WYCLIFFE GORDON - TROMBONE AND TUBA. JOE TEMPERLEY, BARITONE SAX. WESS ANDERSON ON ALTO VICTOR GOINES, ON TENOR BILL CHARLAP PLAYED PIANO. DON VAPPIE, GUITAR AND BANJO,. REGINALD VEAL, BASS, HERLIN RILEY ON DRUMS AND PERCUSSION, WITH WYNTON MARSALIS PLAYING TRUMPET.
     WE'LL ALSO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO OFFER A HOLIDAY GREETING FROM ALL OF US AT JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER. WHATEVER YOU'RE CELEBRATING THIS MONTH WE HOPE YOU WILL DO IT WITH SWING.
     
31) Bradley: (continues)

     JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER RADIO IS PRODUCED BY MURRAY STREET. OUR WRITER AND ASSOCIATE PRODUCER -- DAVID GOREN. SENIOR PRODUCER IS STEVE RATHE. SAUNDRA PALMER GRASSI RECORDED THE CONCERT.WITH AVATAR STUDIOS. THANKS TO THE CREW AT ALICE TULLY HALL. THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER IS WYNTON MARSALIS. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IS DEREK GORDON. I´M ED BRADLEY.