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Love the holidays but hate the cheesy music that goes with it? We curated a festive Spotify playlist that’ll class up your Christmas dinner. Starting off with Mark Murphy’s classic, My Favorite Things”¦ Happy Christmas to you and yours! xx

1. Mark Murphy ”“ My Favorite Things
2. The Jazz Crusaders ”“ New Time Shuffle
3. Dee Dee Bridgewater ”“ All Of Me
4. James Brown ”“ Sunny
5. Rodriguez ”“ Can’t Get Away – Bonus Track
6. Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan ”“ Close The Door
7. Mark Murphy ”“ Why Don’t You Do Right
8. Nick Waterhouse ”“ Well It’s Fine
9. George Benson ”“ Sideman
10. John Coltrane ”“ Giant Steps
11. D’Angelo ”“ Betray My Heart
12. Jose James ”“ Trouble
13. Ruth Brown ”“ I Don’t Know
14. Charmaine Burnette ”“ Am I the Same Girl
15. Aretha Franklin ”“ One Step Ahead – Remastered
16. Minnie Riperton ”“ Baby, This Love I Have
17. Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan ”“ What Am I Missing?
18. Myron & E ”“ On Broadway
19. The Gap Band ”“ Outstanding – Original 12″ Mix
20. The Five Corners Quintet ”“ Three Corners – Nicola Conte’s Sahib Samba Version
21. The Internet ”“ Dontcha
22. Jungle ”“ Drops
23. The Crusaders ”“ Street Life – Single Edit
24. Slave ”“ Just A Touch of Love
25. Terri Walker ”“ Feel Right
26. Jungle ”“ Time
27. Sbtrkt ”“ Everybody Knows

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Michael is Melting Butter’s NYC-based music contributor. He’s a music-obsessed guy who spends much of his time digging for the freshest, undiscovered musical talent and rediscovering old gems from the past. His eclectic musical influences are rooted in his hometown London ”“ Gilles Peterson, Benji B, Patrick Forge & Norman Jay – but also span the world to the likes of J Dilla, Lefto, Stones Throw Records, Theo Parrish, DJ Kon and DJ Spinna. Follow Michael on SoundCloud.Listen to Michael’s monthly playlists here.

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