'Jingle Bell Swing'

The Wall Street Journal once asserted, “If Louis Armstrong and Doris Day could somehow be the same person, they’d be Bria Skonberg.” A tall task, indeed — but one listen to the Canadian-born musician’s work, and the comparison jives. Acclaimed for her smoky vocals and trumpeting prowess, Skonberg returns with her quintet to Middlebury College’s Mahaney Arts Center after a lauded sold-out show nearly 10 years ago. Her holiday concert, “Jingle Bell Swing,” dazzles listeners with sizzling jazz and cool vibes, and features Skonberg’s renditions of seasonal superhits — including a Spotify-famous cover of Mariah Carey’s earworm “All I Want for Christmas Is You.”