New Orleans Musicians Playing O Holy Night on NBC TelevisionI don't know how long it will be available, but a sweet brass and woodwind rendition (with what sounds like some synth strings during parts, but I could be wrong) done by New Orleans musicians who have been helped by the Tipitina's Foundation for an NBC television program is currently available from NBC's web site. Right click on the MP3 web link to save the file to your computer. Here's the link to the file on NBC's web site:I downloaded a copy, then grabbed a screen shot on my computer of the musicians playing (the video is on NBC's web site as well as on YouTube somewhere) to use as album cover art. Then I added the artist information to the MP3 file in iTunes. (Too bad NBC didn't add the metadata to the file before making it available... I'm not complaining! In fact I'm very grateful for freely available quality music.)

Check it out before NBC moves the file or removes it or it otherwise goes away.

Thanks, NBC, Troy "Trombone" Andrews (on lead trumpet), Kirk Joseph (sousaphone), Roderick Paulin (saxophone), Frederick Shepherd (saxophone), Stephen Walker (trombone), Mervin "Kid Merv" Campbell (trumpet), Bob French (drums), and anyone else involved, for a Christmas music treat! I hope the Tipitina's Foundation's rebuilding of post-Katrina New Orleans music culture keeps up (especially with sweet sounds like this)!