While setting up for the record we caught Chris and his quartet goofing around with a jangled version of Jingle Bells. Some fun info: It was written by James Lord Pierpont around 1850 and published under the title "One Horse Open Sleigh" in the autumn of 1857. It was originally intended for the Thanksgiving season...
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from Stride10Nine Records: A Philadelphia Christmas,
released August 10, 2023
Written by James Lord Pierpont and kind of arranged by Chris Stevens, Nick Salcido, Marlon Lewis and Phillip Collier
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