December Makes Me Feel This Way
1997 studio album by Dave Koz
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December Makes Me Feel This Way is the fourth studio album by saxophone player Dave Koz . Koz's first holiday album was released by Capitol Records on September 23, 1997. Koz provided vocals on album title track "December Makes Me Feel This Way." The album peaked at #2 on Billboard' s Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart.
Track listing
Title Writer(s) 1. "Sleigh Ride " Leroy Anderson 3:20 2. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas " Ralph Blane , Hugh Martin 3:18 3. "Winter Wonderland " Felix Bernard , Richard B. Smith 2:56 4. "White Christmas " Irving Berlin 3:17 5. "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town " J. Fred Coots , Haven Gillespie 2:54 6. "The Christmas Song " Mel Tormé , Robert Wells 3:01 7. "I'll Be Home for Christmas " Walter Kent , Kim Gannon 4:08 8. "Little Drummer Boy " Katherine K. Davis , Henry Onorati, Harry Simeone 3:40 9. "December Makes Me Feel This Way" (featuring Victoria Shaw ) Dave Koz , Jud Friedman, Allan Rich3:22 10. "Silver Bells " Jay Livingston , Ray Evans 3:50 11. "Eight Candles (A Song for Hanukkah)" Koz, Phil Parlapiano 3:31 12. "O Tannenbaum " Public Domain 3:49 13. "Auld Lang Syne " Public Domain 6:55
Personnel
Dave Koz – alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, keyboards, acoustic piano, vocals (9)
Phil Parlapiano – keyboards, acoustic piano, Wurlitzer electric piano , Hammond B3 organ , pump organ , Mellotron , celesta , accordion , acoustic guitar, mandolin
Doug Pettibone – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass guitar
Bruce Watson – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, slide guitar , lap steel guitar , mandolin, harmonica
Jeff Koz – nylon guitar (5)
David Piltch – acoustic bass
Stephen Théard – drums, percussion, bells, trash cans
Lisa Haley – fiddle (11)
Victoria Shaw – backing vocals
Phil Hartman – narrator
Production
Bruce Lundvall – executive producer
Dave Koz – producer, arrangements
Thom Panunzio – producer, engineer, mixing
David Bryant – assistant engineer
Nick Els – assistant engineer
Bob Salcedo – assistant engineer
John Aguto – mix assistant
Steve Hall – mastering
Valerie Pack – production coordinator
Jeffrey Fey – art direction, design
Tommy Steele – art direction
Robert Zuckerman – photography
Vision Management – management
Studios
Recorded at Groove Masters (Santa Monica, California), House of Blues Studio (Encino, California) and Studio Seven (Hollywood, California).
Mixed at Groove Masters
Mastered at Future Disc (Hollywood, California).
Charts
Chart (1997)
Position
Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz Albums[ 2]
2
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