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A swinging new entry to the Christmas Jazz pantheon

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Nate Chinen
Dec 23, 2024
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Matt Wilson’s Christmas Tree-O, pictured at Jazz Alley in Seattle. (Jim Leavitt)

Among the many delightful collisions on Tree Jazz: The Shape of Christmas to Come, a long-overdue sophomore album by Matt Wilson’s Christmas Tree-O, one stands out to me as especially inspired. Teeing up a brisk “Rocker” — composed by the young Gerry Mulligan, and separately…

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