Snaildartha: The Story of Jerry the Christmas Snail

Snaildartha: The Story of Jerry the Christmas Snail - A Soul Jazz Extravaganza
Studio album by The Snaildartha 6
Released	11 January 2004
Genre	Jazz, spoken word, holiday
Label	Innova Recordings
Producer	Chris Strouth

Snaildartha: The Story of Jerry the Christmas Snail - A Soul Jazz Extravaganza is a jazz and spoken-word holiday album. It is composed and produced by Chris Strouth, and performed by the Snaildartha 6 combo, which includes saxophonist George Cartwright of the jazz group Curlew and storyteller and comic Matt Fugate, who wrote the text with Chris Strouth. It was released by Minneapolis record label Innova Recordings. The album retells the story of Buddha through the life of a small snail, Jerry the Christmas Snail, who achieves enlightenment after meeting and having adventures with other Christmas-themed animals on a pilgrimage to the North Pole, eventually meeting and bonding with Santa Claus.[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Since 2004, the album has been included in Jon Solomon's daylong marathon of Christmas music on Princeton, New Jersey radio station WPRB-FM, and has become routinely the highest-streamed portion of the broadcast.[3]

Track listing

All songs composed by Chris Strouth and performed by Snaildartha featuring Matt Fugate. Text written by Matt Fugate and Chris Strouth.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Rhapsody in Snail"	1:05
2.	"A Snail Is Born"	4:22
3.	"Interlude in Snail"	2:08
4.	"The Te of Bob"	2:05
5.	"Snail Night, Holy Night"	1:50
6.	"Gift of the Menagerie"	2:26
7.	"Snails Pacing"	1:51
8.	"A Pilgrims Progress"	1:51
9.	"Frostbitten Paws"	2:00
10.	"Waiting For Claus"	2:12
11.	"A Childs Christmas in Snails"	1:27
12.	"Breakfast With Santa"	3:02
13.	"Escargot a Go Go"	1:03
14.	"Santa's Little Helper"	3:12
15.	"Snail on the Keys"	1:24
16.	"Claus and Effect"	2:46
17.	"On the Half Shell"	1:27
18.	"Discovering the Snail Within"	4:39
19.	"Happy Glitter Trails"	3:26

Credits

As told by: Matt Fugate
Sax: George Cartwright
Drums: Terry Haanen
Organ: Scott LeGere
Mixed by: Brian Jacoby
Mastered by: Bob DeMaa
Produced and directed by: Chris Strouth

References

"Snaildartha: Snaildartha: The Story of Jerry the Christmas Snail - A Soul Jazz Extravaganza" at AllMusic. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
"The Snaildartha 6: Snaildarth". Innova Recordings. Retrieved 2014-08-31.
Solomon, Jon (2018-12-13). "How did the story of a snail seeking enlightenment become a cherished Xmas tradition?". City Pages. Minneapolis-St. Paul. Retrieved 2018-12-13.

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[1] "Snaildartha: Snaildartha: The Story of Jerry the Christmas Snail - A Soul Jazz Extravaganza" at AllMusic. Retrieved 31 August 2014.

[2] "The Snaildartha 6: Snaildarth". Innova Recordings. Retrieved 2014-08-31.

[3] Solomon, Jon (2018-12-13). "How did the story of a snail seeking enlightenment become a cherished Xmas tradition?". City Pages. Minneapolis-St. Paul. Retrieved 2018-12-13.