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1	God Rest Ye, Merry Gentleman Written-By – Trad.*	4:17
2	Jingle Bells Written-By – Trad.*	3:11
3	We Three Kings (Of Orient Are) Written-By – Trad.*	3:43
4	The Christmas Song Written-By – Mel Torme*, Robert Wells	4:31
5	White Christmas Written-By – Irving Berlin	2:49
6	Santa Claus Is Coming To Town Written-By – Gillespie*, Coots*	5:24
7	Silent Night Written-By – Trad.*	4:02
8	God Rest Ye, Merry Gentleman Written-By – Trad.*	6:07

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

Credits

• Arranged By – Al Cohn (tracks: 3), Billy Byers (tracks: 1, 4, 5, 7), Jimmy Smith (tracks: 2, 6, 8)
• Bass – Art Davis (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 5, 7)
• Bass Trombone – Paul Faulise (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 5, 7), Tommy Mitchell* (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 5, 7)
• Conductor – Billy Byers (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 5, 7)
• Design [Artwork By] – Acy R Lehman*
• Drums – Bill Hart* (tracks: 2, 6, 8), Grady Tate (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 5, 7)
• Engineer – Rudy Van Gelder
• Engineer [Director Of Engineering] – Val Valentin
• Flugelhorn – Joe Newman (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 5, 7)
• French Horn – Don Corrado* (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 5, 7), Earl Chapin (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 5, 7), Jim Buffington (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 5, 7), Morris Secon (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 5, 7)
• Guitar – Kenny Burrell (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 5, 7), Quentin Warren (tracks: 2, 6, 8)
• Harp – Margaret Ross (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 5, 7)
• Organ, Leader – Jimmy Smith
• Percussion – George Devens (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 5, 7)
• Photography By – Howell Conent*
• Producer – Creed Taylor
• Trombone – Chauncey Welsh* (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 5, 7), Jimmy Cleveland (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 5, 7)
• Trumpet – Bernie Glow (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 5, 7), Danny Stiles (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 5, 7), Ernie Royal (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 5, 7), Joe Wilder (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 5, 7)
• Tuba – Harvey Phillips (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 5, 7)

Notes

Re-issue of Verve LP V6-8604.

Trio recording [2, 6, 8]: 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

• Barcode: 602498627761

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
V6-8666	Jimmy Smith	Christmas Cookin' ‎(LP, Album)	Verve Records	V6-8666	US	1966