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A Night Before Christmas

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

Janis Siegel of the Manhattan Transfer sings on "Baby, It's Cold Outside".[1] The album peaked at No. 14 on the holiday album chart at Billboard magazine.[2]

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 – saxophone
  • Tom Schuman – piano
  • Scott Ambush: bass guitar, double bass
  • Julio Fernandez guitar
  • Bonny Bonnaparte: drums, vocals on "Baby It's Cold Outside" and "The Christmas Song"

Additional musicians

References

  1. ^ Keresman, Mark. "A Night Before Christma". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Spyro Gyra – Chart history". Billboard. Retrieved 14 April 2017.