Joey Alexander lands in a contented Christmas mood on A Joey Alexander Christmas (Motéma) featuring the teenage pianist’s version of ‘O Come All Ye Faithful’ alongside an Aretha Franklin-inspired gospel favourite in ‘What a Friend We Have in Jesus.’

The highlight, however, and mercifully from the point of view of non-Yuletide play not Christmassy at all, is a lingeringly evocative remastered duo version of ‘My Favorite Things’ featuring the 15-year-old in duo with the great Brad Mehldau Trio bassist Larry Grenadier, a performance drawn from Alexander’s debut a few years ago in a stirring rendition of the Rodgers and Hammerstein show tune synonymous with John Coltrane. 

A solo piano, hitherto unreleased, 2016 treatment of the Coltrane producer Bob Thiele’s song made famous by Louis Armstrong ‘What a Wonderful World’ completes the selections on the digital-only EP.