As the shift in contemporary jazz continues from the album to the single and the CD to the digital download one surprising beneficiary of the trend is the ‘smooth jazz Christmas single’. In fact 2012 has seen a record number of festive releases and the latest to find its way to Smooth Jazz Therapy is ‘Have A Funky Christmas’ by Rob Parissi that is available now from iTunes.
It is an ‘out and out’ party tune from this founder member of the group Wild Cherry and the writer of the band’s one and only hit ‘Play That Funky Music’.
In fact Wild Cherry were the ultimate one hit wonders but the success that the song enjoyed opened doors for Parissi to go on to work with Bobby Caldwell and to co-write several tunes that in the eighties became hits on both sides of the Atlantic.