Lost Wax Method has put together a lovely sonic Advent Calendar which features delightful, rediscovered, seasonal music every day ’til Christmas. This includes more of Jimmy Smith.
See also:
The Three Greatest Recordings of Handel’s Messiah, By Don Lundell
The 20 Greatest Christmas Albums of All Time, By Don Lundell
Morten Lauridsen’s O Magnum Mysterium Sung By the Robert Shaw Chamber Singers, by Peter Dysart