Jazzier

For those like Joseph seeking an artistic challenge, the jam often delves into technical and jazzier sounds as professionals drop in to perform.

But Jack Kapp (manager of Brunswick and later Decca ) talked Crosby into dropping many of his jazzier mannerisms, in favor of a straight-ahead clear vocal style.

One of the jazzier songs on the record, "Tell Me a Bedtime Story", was later re-worked as a more electronic sounding song for the Quincy Jones album, Sounds.