Freedom Thursday Christmas Session: Jazz Roots, Soul Classics & Blues Tradition

This Freedom Thursday broadcast celebrated the holiday season with a mix of jazz, R&B, and soul. The first hour featured Christmas classics, creating a warm atmosphere. The second hour transitioned to blues, highlighting emotional storytelling and cultural roots. The session emphasized the significance of these genres, particularly during a reflective time.

This Freedom Thursday was built around feeling, tradition, and the deeper side of the holiday season. We opened the show with jazz tones that set a warm and reflective mood, easing into Christmas through musicianship rather than hype. Artists like Khruangbin, Norah Jones, Gregory Porter, and Samara Joy framed the opening hour with elegance and restraint.

As the first hour unfolded, the music moved into more familiar holiday territory through R&B and soul. Alicia Keys, Chaka Khan, Whitney Houston, TLC, Luther Vandross, Sounds of Blackness, Prince, and Marvin Gaye carried the emotional weight of the season, blending love, reflection, and classic Black Christmas energy.

In the second hour, the show circled back to jazz before digging deeper into blues, gospel, and old school soul. Clarence Carter, Pearl Bailey, Charles Brown, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Sonny Boy Williamson II, and Huey Piano Smith brought raw honesty and history to the mix. The session closed grounded in tradition, spirit, and storytelling.

This was not a novelty Christmas show. It was a cultural one. Jazz, soul, R&B, blues, and gospel woven together to reflect the true warmth of the season.

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A Chicago Native, I grew up on the North Side in Chicago’s iconic Lincoln Park. Empowered with a host of diverse experiences that I expressed through my work, I began climbing the corporate ladder through sales and quickly learned my passion for marketing would evolve into my own consulting, event planning, & catering business!! I love Traveling, especially if it’s outside of the U.S. Bike Riding, video games, music, and all new technology, YES I’m a gadget boy! I write from my sight and my experiences!!