Airs Tuesday, December 26, 2017, at 10 p.m. From West Virginia Public Broadcasting and the producers of "Mountain Stage w/ Larry Groce"- pianist Bob Thompson's "Joy to the World" celebrates the season with jazz arrangements of holiday favorites new and old, featuring special guest vocalist Meredith Dean Augustin. You'll hear Augustin put her special touch on "The Christmas Song," "Winter Wonderland," and Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah,"among others.
Audiences will also enjoy instrumental takes of "It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas," "The Holly and The Ivy," and "Caroling, Caroling" performed by Bob Thompson and his band, with Ryan Kennedy on guitar, John Inghram on bass, Timothy Courts on drums, and Doug Payne on saxophone.