Artist: Dave Koz
Title: Memories of a Winter's Night
Year Of Release: 2007
Label: Capitol Records[509995-05961-26]
Genre: Jazz, Smooth Jazz, Christmas
Quality: FLAC (image + .cue,log,scans) | MP3/320 kbps
Total Time: 45:17
Total Size: 296 MB(+3%) | 108 MB(+3%)
Tracklist01 - Deck the Halls
02 - Santa Claus is Coming to Town
03 - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
04 - White Christmas
05 - Winter Wonderland
06 - Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
07 - Please Come Home For Christmas
08 - Memories of a Winter's Night (A Song for Hanukkah)
09 - Little Drummer Boy
10 - Silver Bells
11 - Boogie Woogie Santa Claus
12 - O Tannenbaum
personnel : Dave Koz - Saxophones, Piano
Alex Al - Bass
David Benoit - Piano
Rick Braun - Trumpet
Gerry Brown - Drums
Bridgette Bryant - Background Vocal
Brian Culbertson - Piano, Keyboards, Percussion, Trombone
Jim Culbertson - Trumpet
Paul Jackson, Jr. - Guitar
Brian Kilgore - Percussion
Jeff Koz - Nylon String Guitar
Nick Lane - Trombone
Kimberley Locke - Vocal
Tony Maiden - Guitar, Vocal
Eddie Miller - Wurlitzer, B-3 Organ
Ester Nicholson - Background Vocal
Ray Parker, Jr. - Guitar
Phil Parlapiano - Keyboards, Guitar
Fernando Perdomo - Bass
Doug Pettibone - Guitars
David Piltch - Acoustic Bass
Brenda Russell - Vocal
Bill Sharpe - Bass
Sandy Simmons - Background Vocal
Brian Simpson - Keyboards, Piano
Kelly Sweet - Vocal
Michael Thompson - Guitar
Stevo Théard - Drums
Bruce Watson - Guitars
Gigi Worth - Background Vocal
Donn Wyatt - Piano, Keyboards
From trends visible in the 2000s, smooth jazz fans couldn't get enough of three things: all-star cruises, all-star summer tours, and big holiday tour extravaganzas. In 2006, the only year since 1997 that genre superstar Dave Koz didn't traverse the country for Christmas, there were three other tours out there. As if to say, "I'm back, now deck those halls," he celebrated the "Dave Koz and Friends" Smooth Jazz Christmas tenth anniversary in 2007 with not only another great touring show but his third Christmas CD in ten years. For fans who missed 1997's underrated December Makes Me Feel This Way and 2001's Smooth Jazz Christmas, Memories of a Winter's Night is a good way to catch up with the best of those discs and hang out by the fire with some exciting new tracks (seven in all). There are three songs from December, two from Smooth Jazz Christmas (including the high-spirited, big-band flavored Brenda Russell led jam "Boogie Woogie Santa Claus"), and a nice mix of classics Koz hadn't previously tackled, from "Deck the Halls" to a jamming blues version of "Winter Wonderland." The real highlights, however, are the new tracks by young vocalists Kelly Sweet (an ethereal voiced singer who toured with Koz in 2007), who creates a lovely chill take on "White Christmas," and former American Idol finalist Kimberley Locke, who rocks steady on "Please Come Home for Christmas." Koz pays homage to his own tradition with the beautiful, lyrical Hanukkah-inspired title track.~Jonathan Widran
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