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

Trivia

Koz's Frist Holliday album.

References

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

Dave Koz

Main albums	Dave Koz Lucky Man Off the Beaten Path The Dance Saxophonic At the Movies Hello Tomorrow Summer Horns

Holiday albums	December Makes Me Feel This Way A Smooth Jazz Christmas Memories of a Winter's Night Ultimate Christmas

Live Albums	Live at the Blue Note Tokyo

Singles	"Castle of Dreams" "Nothing But the Radio On" "Endless Summer Nights" "Emily" "You Make Me Smile" "Faces of the Heart" "Lucky Man" "Together Again" "Careless Whisper" "It Might Be You" "White Christmas"

Videography	Off the Beaten Path: Live from Trinidad

Compilations	Greatest Hits

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