December Makes Me Feel This Way
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{{Infobox album
| name = December Makes Me Feel This Way
| type = Studio
| artist = Dave Koz
| cover = December.Makes.Me.Feel.This.Way.Dave.Koz.jpg
| alt =
| released = September 23, 1997
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Smooth jazz, Christmas
| length = {{Duration|m=48|s=07}}
| label = Capitol
| producer = Thom Panunzio, Dave Koz
| prev_title = Off the Beaten Path
| prev_year = 1996
| next_title = The Dance
| next_year = 1999
}}
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = Allmusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{AllMusic |class=album |id=r311208 |tab=review| label=Dave Koz: December Makes Me Feel This Way > Review |first=Jason |last=Ankeny |accessdate=September 14, 2011}}
}}
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
{{Track listing
| title1 = Sleigh Ride
| writer1 = Leroy Anderson
| length1 = 3:20
| title2 = Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
| writer2 = Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin
| length2 = 3:18
| title3 = Winter Wonderland
| writer3 = Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith
| length3 = 2:56
| title4 = White Christmas
| writer4 = Irving Berlin
| length4 = 3:17
| title5 = Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
| writer5 = J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie
| length5 = 2:54
| title6 = The Christmas Song
| writer6 = Mel Tormé, Robert Wells
| length6 = 3:01
| title7 = I'll Be Home for Christmas
| writer7 = Walter Kent, Kim Gannon
| length7 = 4:08
| title8 = Little Drummer Boy
| writer8 = Katherine K. Davis, Henry Onorati, Harry Simeone
| length8 = 3:40
| title9 = December Makes Me Feel This Way
| note9 = featuring Victoria Shaw
| writer9 = Dave Koz, Jud Friedman, Allan Rich
| length9 = 3:22
| title10 = Silver Bells
| writer10 = Jay Livingston, Ray Evans
| length10 = 3:50
| title11 = Eight Candles (A Song for Hanukkah)
| writer11 = Koz, Phil Parlapiano
| length11 = 3:31
| title12 = O Tannenbaum
| writer12 = Public Domain
| length12 = 3:49
| title13 = Auld Lang Syne
| writer13 = Public Domain
| length13 = 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
| class="wikitable"
! Chart (1997) ! Position |
| Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz Albums{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/december-makes-me-feel-this-way-r311208/charts-awards |title=December Makes Me Feel This Way - Dave Koz > Charts & Awards |publisher=allmusic |accessdate=September 14, 2011}}
| style="text-align:center" | 2 |
References
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Category:Capitol Records Christmas albums
Category:1990s instrumental albums
Category:1997 Christmas albums