Jazz To The World and World Christmas
In 1995, the jazz-oriented Jazz to the World was released by Blue Note Records. The following year, World Christmas, which focused on diverse artists from around the globe, was released by Blue Note subsidiary Metro Blue Records. Although they are not part of the main A Very Special Christmas series, the proceeds from these albums also benefit Special Olympics.
Jazz to the World
- "Winter Wonderland" – Herb Alpert/Jeff Lorber
- "Baby, It's Cold Outside" – Lou Rawls/Dianne Reeves
- "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear" – Fourplay
- "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" – Diana Krall
- "O Tannenbaum" – Stanley Clarke/George Duke/Everette Harp
- "Let It Snow" – Michael Franks/Carla Bley/Steve Swallow
- "The Christmas Waltz" – The Brecker Brothers/Steve Kahn
- "The Little Drummer Boy" – Cassandra Wilson
- "I'll Be Home for Christmas" – Herbie Hancock/Eliane Elias
- "O come, O come, Emmanuel" – John McLaughlin
- "Christmas Blues" – Holly Cole
- "Angels We Have Heard on High" – Steps Ahead
- "The Christmas Song" – Anita Baker
- "What Child Is This?" – Chick Corea
- "Winter Wonderland" – Dave Koz
- "Il Est Ne, Le Divin Enfant" – Dr. John
World Christmas
- "Angels We Have Heard on High/Les Anges Dans Nos Compagnes" – Papa Wemba/Mino Cinelu
- "We Three Kings" – Bob Berg/Jim Beard/Zakir Hussain/Mark Ledford
- "Go Tell It on the Mountain" – John Scofield/The Wild Magnolias
- "O Holy Night" (Zan Vevede) – Angélique Kidjo
- "Michaux Veillait/Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" – The Caribbean Jazz Project
- "Natal" – Cesária Évora
- "Ave Maria" – Deep Forest/Louka Kanza
- "We Wish You a Merry Christmas/Rumba Navidene" – Vocal Sampling
- "Boas Festas" – Gilberto Gil/Caetano Veloso/Eliane Elias
- "Cascabel/Jingle Bells" – Yomo Toro and the Boricua All Stars
- "The Twelve Days of Christmas" – Mino Cinelu/Dianne Reeves
- "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" – Joshua Redman/Marcus Miller/Lalah Hathaway
- "Navidad" – Gipsy Kings
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