December Makes Me Feel This Way

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 himself provides vocal on album title track "December Makes Me Feel This Way." The album peaked at number 2 on Billboard's Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart.

December Makes Me Feel This Way
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 23, 1997
GenreSmooth jazz, Christmas
Length48:07
LabelCapitol
ProducerThom Panunzio, Dave Koz
Dave Koz chronology
Off the Beaten Path
(1996)
December Makes Me Feel This Way
(1997)
The Dance
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Sleigh Ride"Leroy Anderson3:20
2."Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin3:18
3."Winter Wonderland"Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith2:56
4."White Christmas"Irving Berlin3:17
5."Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie2:54
6."The Christmas Song"Mel Tormé, Robert Wells3:01
7."I'll Be Home for Christmas"Walter Kent, Kim Gannon4:08
8."Little Drummer Boy"Katherine K. Davis, Henry Onorati, Harry Simeone3:40
9."December Makes Me Feel This Way" (featuring Victoria Shaw)Dave Koz, Jud Friedman, Allan Rich3:22
10."Silver Bells"Jay Livingston, Ray Evans3:50
11."Eight Candles (A Song for Hanukkah)"Koz, Phil Parlapiano3:31
12."O Tannenbaum"Public Domain3:49
13."Auld Lang Syne"Public Domain6:55

Personnel

  • Dave Koz - Saxophones, Keyboards, Piano, Vocals
  • Lisa Haley - Fiddle (on track 11)
  • Phil Hartman - Narrator
  • Jeff Koz - Nylon Guitar (on track 5)
  • Phil Parlapiano - Keyboards, B-3 Organ, Pump Organ, Mellotron, celeste, Wurlitzer, Accordion, Mandolins, Piano, Guitar
  • Doug Pettibone - Guitars
  • David Piltch - Acoustic Bass
  • Victoria Shaw - Background Vocal
  • Stephen Théard - Drums, Percussion
  • Bruce Watson - Guitars, Harmonica, Mandolins

Charts

Chart (1997) Position
Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz Albums[2] 2

References

  1. Ankeny, Jason. Dave Koz: December Makes Me Feel This Way > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved September 14, 2011.
  2. "December Makes Me Feel This Way - Dave Koz > Charts & Awards". allmusic. Retrieved September 14, 2011.
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