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A Night Before Christmas

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Length
  
52:20

A Night Before Christmas (2008)
  
Down the Wire (2009)

Label
  
Heads Up International

Released
  
September 23, 2008 (2008-09-23)

Genre
  
Smooth jazz Christmas music

A Night Before Christmas is the thirtieth album (and first Christmas album) by Spyro Gyra, recorded and released in 2008.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "O Tannenbaum" (Traditional) - 6:01
  2. "It Won't Feel Like Christmas" (Jay Beckenstein, Terry Fox) - 3:46
  3. "Winter Wonderland" (Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith) - 3:18
  4. "Christmas Time Is Here" (Lee Mendelson, Vince Guaraldi) - 5:47
  5. "Baby It's Cold Outside" (Frank Loesser) - 4:42
  6. "Carol of the Bells" (Traditional) - 4:36
  7. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane) - 4:56
  8. "The First Noel" (Traditional) - 4:36
  9. "Silent Night" (Traditional) - 5:04
  10. "This Christmas" (Donny Hathaway, Nadine McKinnor) - 5:49
  11. "The Christmas Song" (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells) - 4:38

Personnel

  • Jay Beckenstein: saxophones
  • Tom Schuman: piano
  • Julio Fernandez: guitars
  • Scott Ambush: bass, mainly upright bass
  • Bonny Bonnaparte: drums, vocals on "Baby It's Cold Outside" and "The Christmas Song"

    • Additional musicians

  • Christine Ebersole: vocal on "It Won't Feel Like Christmas"
  • Janis Siegel: vocal on "Baby It's Cold Outside"
  • Dave Samuels: vibraphone on "Carol of the Bells" and "Winter Wonderland"

    • References

    A Night Before Christmas Wikipedia
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