God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (big band)

~ Recording by Jimmy Smith

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.1God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen4:20Jimmy SmithChristmas ’64Jimmy SmithAlbum
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)V/V6 8604
1.13God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen4:20Jimmy SmithHave Yourself a Jazzy Little ChristmasVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1989-07-26
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)840 501-2
1.3God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen4:19Jimmy SmithSwinging ChristmasVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE1992-11-03
Verve Music Group (now known as Verve Label Group; not for release label use!)515 759-2
1.1God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen4:20Jimmy SmithChristmas Cookin’Jimmy SmithAlbum
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)V/V6 8666
1.1God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen4:20Jimmy SmithChristmas ’64Jimmy SmithAlbum
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)V6-8604
1.5God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen4:21Jimmy SmithEasy Christmas NowVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Bureau BBB05
3.7God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen4:18Jimmy SmithTrue ChristmasVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • NL2007-08-27
Universal Music B.V. (not for release label use! NL subsidiary of UMG)
1.7God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen4:20Jimmy SmithVerve Unmixed ChristmasVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2008-01-01
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)
1.7God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman4:21Jimmy SmithVerve//Unmixed ChristmasVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2008-09-23
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)B0011982-02
1.7God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman4:21Jimmy SmithVerve//Unmixed ChristmasVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2008-11-11
Verve Music Group (now known as Verve Label Group; not for release label use!)0602517835573
1.1God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen4:19Jimmy SmithChristmas Cookin’ (24-bit 192kHz remastered)Jimmy SmithAlbum
  • XW2021-03-26
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)

Relationships

engineer:Rudy van Gelder
bass trombone:Paul Faulise (American jazz trombone player, based in New Jersey, USA.) (on 1964-09-29)
Thomas Mitchell (US jazz trombonist) (on 1964-09-29)
double bass [bass]:Art Davis (US jazz double bassist) (on 1964-09-29)
drums (drum set):Grady Tate (on 1964-09-29)
flugelhorn:Joe Newman (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1964-09-29)
French horn:Earl Chapin (on 1964-09-29)
Don Corrado (on 1964-09-29)
Jim Buffington (US jazz, studio and classical hornist) (on 1964-09-29)
Morris Secon (on 1964-09-29)
guitar:Kenny Burrell (on 1964-09-29)
harp:Margret Ross (on 1964-09-29)
organ:Jimmy Smith (US jazz organist) (on 1964-09-29)
percussion:George Devens (on 1964-09-29)
trombone:Jimmy Cleveland (US jazz trombonist) (on 1964-09-29)
Chauncey Welsch (on 1964-09-29)
trumpet:Bernie Glow (on 1964-09-29)
Ernie Royal (on 1964-09-29)
Danny Stiles (trumpet) (on 1964-09-29)
Joe Wilder (on 1964-09-29)
tuba:Harvey Philips (on 1964-09-29)
conductor:Billy Byers
arranger:Billy Byers
recording of:God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (traditional, no arrangement credits here) (on 1964-09-29: instrumental)

Related works

God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (traditional, no arrangement credits here)

lyricist and composer:[traditional] (special purpose artist)
referred to in medleys:A Majestic Christmas Theme
Jingle Bells Medley (Psalty’s Christmas Calamity)
Medley
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen / We Three Kings (order: 1)
Christmas Collage (order: 2)
Christmas Day (medley by Gustav Holst) (order: 2)
Mix 4 (The Best Xmas Party Ever!) (order: 2)
A Christmas Festival (order: 3)
Megamix 4 (It Must Be Christmas) (order: 4)
Mix Four (Greatest Ever Christmas Party Megamix) (order: 4)
Noëls pour cordes (Christmas Carols for Strings) (order: 6)
later parody versions:It’s a Fanboy Christmas
The Restroom Door Said, "Gentlemen"
later translated versions:God zegene de kinderen
Guds frid i gode vise män
later versions:God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (arr. Ian Anderson)
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (Nox Arcana arrangement)
Merry Gentlemen's Bounce
Sulphur Ahoy
is the basis for:A Star to Follow
Don’t Be Afraid (God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen)
Gog Rest Ye Merry Prospitians (Homestuck)
Handel’s Torch
Hark! The Merry Gentleman, op. 90
Men of Goodwill: Variations on a Christmas Carol
Paraphrase on ‘God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen’
PDX-mas Carol
Take a Break Guys
Variations on "God rest ye merry, Gentlemen"
Where Is the Comma in “God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen” Supposed to Go? (RamsesThePigeon’s song based on “God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen”)
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arrangements:Christmas Sweet: God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
Deadly Gentlemen
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (Trans‐Siberian Orchestra arrangement)
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (arr. Aly and AJ)
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (arr. Scott Kritzer)
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (Ralph Carmichael instrumental arrangement)
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (arr. Les Penning and Robert Reed)
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (arr. Dave Stephens (Welsh guitarist))
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (arr. Moya Brennan)
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (Nadja version)
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (Carla Bley arrangement)
God rest ye merry, gentlemen (arr. Sirett)
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (Mannheim Steamroller arrangement)
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (arr. Willcocks)
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (Mariah Carey arrangement)
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (arr. Geoffrey Keating)
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (Willan arrangement)
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (arr. John Høybye)
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (arr. Berry & Howard)
Rondo alla Natale
music quoted in:Candles and Merry Gentlemen (Homestuck)
Carolmanthetime (Homestuck)
Ghost of Marley