Music for the Holidays

NOTE: Names of ADVANCE ticket buyers will be on a list at the door for check-in! TICKETS AT THE DOOR WILL BE $30.00 + FEES .... MUSIC FOR THE HOLIDAYS – Welcome the New Year! Sunday, December 6, 2026, 4:30 p.m. In the PCA Classic Jazz Club, with table seating & refreshments! Watch What Happens (jazz, Latin, 1964) Holiday Medley (easy swing) Frosty the Snowman (1950) Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1949) It Could Happen To You (jazz, swing, 1944) Holiday Medley (traditional, ballad) O Tannenbaum (O Christmas Tree) (1824) (traditional) Christmas Song (Chestnuts roasting on an open fire) (1946) (ballad) We Wish You a Merry Christmas (16th cent.)(traditional) "Pop" Medley (rumba) Fools Rush In (1940) Fly Me To The Moon (1954) Blues for Michael Morgan, late Music Director of the Oakland Symphony, (jazz blues, swing). 5th Anniversary of World Premiere in December 2021 Intermission I Wish You Love (jazz, Latin, 1946) Holiday Medley (easy swing) White Christmas (1940) Winter Wonderland (1934) Like Someone In Love (jazz, swing, 1944) "Pop" Medley (rumba) This Time The Dream’s On Me (1941) 'Til There Was You (1950) Holiday Medley (easy swing) Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town (1934) Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (1943) Jingle Bells (1857) Blues para La Clínica (Latin jazz blues, 2022) 4th Anniversary of World Premiere in December '22 The whole story: In an effort to preserve the tradition of the classic jazz and pop piano trio, the In the Tradition piano trio presents this year-long series of monthly celebrations to add to the programs of Piedmont Center for the Arts. CDs available as thank-you gifts for donations! We are Bill, Mark, and Albert, a jazz and pop piano trio dedicated to preserving the tradition of the classic jazz piano trio: the music of the Oscar Peterson Trio, the Red Garland Trio, the Wynton Kelly Trio, the Gene Harris Trio, etc. This musical format developed during the modern jazz era of the 1940s and 1950s. It flourished in Oakland and the East Bay du