Today is Thanksgiving in the U.S., and if you're like me, you will likely find yourself in front of a fireplace either before or after dinner. Whether you're on a sofa alone or with someone else, or you're sitting with headphones on and reading, I have a gift that will wrap you in tranquility as you watch logs aflame, snapping and hissing.
Here are five of my favorite fireplace albums for the holiday weekend, without ad interruptions. Happy Thanksgiving, and safe travels:
Here's Johnny Hartman's And I Thought About You (1959)...
Here's Grant Green's I Want to Hold Your Hand (1966)...
Here's George Shearing's White Satin (1960), with arrangements by Billy May...
Here's Bobby Hackett Plays Tony Bennett's Greatest Hits (1966)...
And here's Paul Desmond and Jim Hall's Bossa Antigua (1965)...