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A1	God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman Written-By – Trad.*	4:19
A2	Jingle Bells Written-By – Trad.*	3:10
A3	We Three Kings (Of The Orient Are) Written-By – Trad.*	3:40
A4	The Christmas Song Written-By – Mel Torme*, Robert Wells	4:30
B1	White Christmas Written-By – Irving Berlin	2:45
B2	Santa Claus Is Coming To Town Written-By – Gillespie*, Coots*	5:20
B3	Silent Night Written-By – Trad.*	4:00
B4	God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman Written-By – Trad.*	6:00

Companies, etc.

• Published By – Avant Garde Music
• Published By – Edmy Music
• Published By – Edwin H. Morris & Co.
• Published By – Irving Berlin Music Corp.
• Published By – Leo Feist, Inc.

Credits

• Arranged By – Al Cohn (tracks: A3), Billy Byers (tracks: A1, A4, B1, B3), Jimmy Smith (tracks: A2, B2, B4)
• Bass – Art Davis (tracks: A1, A3 to B1, B3)
• Bass Trombone – Paul Faulise (tracks: A1, A3 to B1, B3), Tommy Mitchell* (tracks: A1, A3 to B1, B3)
• Conductor – Billy Byers (tracks: A1, A3 to B1, B3)
• Design [Artwork By] – Acy R Lehman*
• Drums – Bill Hart* (tracks: A2, B2, B4), Grady Tate (tracks: A1, A3 to B1, B3)
• Engineer – Rudy Van Gelder
• Engineer [Director Of Engineering] – Val Valentin
• Flugelhorn – Joe Newman (tracks: A1, A3 to B1, B3)
• French Horn – Don Corrado* (tracks: A1, A3 to B1, B3), Earl Chapin (tracks: A1, A3 to B1, B3), Jim Buffington (tracks: A1, A3 to B1, B3), Morris Secon (tracks: A1, A3 to B1, B3)
• Guitar – Kenny Burrell (tracks: A1, A3 to B1, B3), Quentin Warren (tracks: A2, B2, B4)
• Harp – Margaret Ross (tracks: A1, A3 to B1, B3)
• Organ, Leader – Jimmy Smith
• Percussion – George Devens (tracks: A1, A3 to B1, B3)
• Photography By – Howell Conent*
• Producer – Creed Taylor
• Trombone – Chauncey Welsh* (tracks: A1, A3 to B1, B3), Jimmy Cleveland (tracks: A1, A3 to B1, B3)
• Trumpet – Bernie Glow (tracks: A1, A3 to B1, B3), Danny Stiles (tracks: A1, A3 to B1, B3), Ernie Royal (tracks: A1, A3 to B1, B3), Joe Wilder (tracks: A1, A3 to B1, B3)
• Tuba – Harvey Phillips (tracks: A1, A3 to B1, B3)

Notes

1966 Reissue of Verve 8604 "Christmas '64"

Trio recording [A2, B2, B4]: April 20, 1964 at Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, N.J.
Orchestral recording: September 29, 1964 at Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, N.J.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout: V6-8666 MGS-408
• Matrix / Runout: V6-8666 MGS 409
• Rights Society: BMI
• Rights Society: ASCAP

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
V-8604	The Incredible Jimmy Smith*	Christmas '64 ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Verve Records	V-8604	US	1964
5345968	Jimmy Smith	Christmas Cookin' ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Verve Records	5345968	Europe	2013
VLP 9231	Jimmy Smith	Christmas Cookin' ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Verve Records	VLP 9231	UK	1965
314 513 711-2	Jimmy Smith	Christmas Cookin' ‎(CD, Album, Club, RE)	Verve Records	314 513 711-2	US	1992
SVLP 9231	The Incredible Jimmy Smith*	Christmas '64 ‎(LP, Album)	Verve Records	SVLP 9231	UK	1964