December Makes Me Feel This Way

December Makes Me Feel This Way
Studio album by Dave Koz
Released	September 23, 1997
Genre	Smooth jazz
Length	48:07
Label	Capitol
Producer	Thom 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
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

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 Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
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 Rich	3:22
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 - Saxophones, Keyboards, Piano, Vocal
• 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. http://www.allmusic.com/album/december-makes-me-feel-this-way-r311208/charts-awards. Retrieved September 14, 2011.