Kamasi Washington and Leon Bridges have joined forces for ‘Trying To Get There’ – a new festive single made for Apple TV’s Snoopy Presents: 12 Days Of Snoopy.
The Christmas special is inspired by the beloved Peanuts comic strip by Charles M. Schulz and produced by Peanuts and WildBrain. It is set to debut on Apple TV on Friday (November 13).
In the latest under the acclaimed Snoopy Presents banner, the episode sees Snoopy land on Santa’s naughty list, and have just 12 days until Christmas to prove that he isn’t such a bad beagle.
The score is composed by Jeff Morrow, and it also comes with a full soundtrack album too, which has already been previewed by John Legend’s contribution ‘Get Ready’.
Today (Wednesday November 11), another taster of the album comes in the form of the jazz-tinged ‘Trying To Get There’ from Kamasi Washington and Leon Bridges.
The track blends the powerful saxophone of Washington alongside the soulful vocals of Bridges, and comes together to make a festive, big-band jazz sound.
It comes as music has always been an essential part of the Peanuts universe, and the new album sees that timeless jazz sound paired with an assortment of contemporary artists. Others featured on the album include Laufey, who puts her own spin on ‘Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas’.
Check out ‘Trying To Get There’ above, and the full tracklist for the album below. Visit here to pre-order the album.
The ‘Snoopy Presents: 12 Days Of Snoopy’ tracklist is:
‘Get Ready’ – John Legend*
‘Countdown to Christmas’
‘No Presents’
‘Twelve Day Bootcamp’
‘Twelfth Day of Christmas’
‘Day Two Troubles’
‘Trying To Get There (featuring Leon Bridges)’ – Kamasi Washington**
‘Snoopy Claus’
‘It’s the Happiest Time of the Year’
‘Angels We Have Heard on High’
‘Christmas Time is Here’
‘Winning Ticket’
‘Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas’ – Laufey*
‘We Wish You a Merry Christmas’
*Denotes album vocal songs
In other Kamasi Washington news, the LA jazz multi-instrumentalist dropped his latest album ‘Fearless Movement’ in 2024, which was given a glowing four-star review from NME and praised the artist as still being “a titan of the jazz scene”.
‘Fearless Movement’ feels like more of a personal piece than ‘Heaven and Earth’, leaning more towards humanism than the spiritualism that has so enraptured Washington in the past,” it read. “The key to his appeal, though, remains unchanged; he makes music that’s apparently limitless in scope and yet joyously immediate, even to the casual jazz listener.”
Other Christmas songs arriving this year so far have included Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘Take Me Home (4 Christmas)’, as well as releases from Elton John and CMAT, Kate Nash and Sam Fender. Also marking the festive season is Self Esteem, who is recording the theme song for Channel 4‘s Mog’s Bad Thing festive special.
