A Very Ping Pong Christmas: Funky Treats From Santa's Bag, Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra (Ubiquity)

I've not come across Shawn Lee before, but he's apparently a prolific bandleader doing this kind of 70s-funky instrumental jamming, and this is the approach applied to a dozen Christmas tunes (well, 10 if you don't count "My Favorite Things" and "What a Wonderful World," which I consider debatable) for 2007. Highlights include "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" done with the guitar figure from "House of the Rising Sun," "O Little Town of Bethlehem" with the melody played on wah-wah guitar, "Little Drummer Boy" with an electric sitar lead part, and a heavily syncopated "Jingle Bells." It's just mellow enough to use as background music, but these songs can also serve as pace-changers on your mix discs.