Selected by the New York Times, as one of the top 20 best holiday listens for 2013, Tim Warfield's Jazzy Christmas, vividly showcases a collection of imaginative arrangements that feature traditional holiday songs, realized from an improvisational perspective. The music features mostly familiar material, with many of the arrangements often being quirky, but all clearly unique. The recording hosts a stellar lineup that includes, trumpeter Terell Stafford, vibraphonist Stefon Harris, pianists Cyrus Chestnut and Neil Podgurski, bassist Rodney Whitaker, drummer Clarence Penn, percussionist Daniel Sadownick, and vocalists Joanna Pascale and Jamie Davis.