December Makes Me Feel This Way
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 provided vocals on album title track "December Makes Me Feel This Way." The album peaked at #2 on Billboard's Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart.
Personnel
- Dave Koz – alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, keyboards, acoustic piano, vocals
- Phil Parlapiano – keyboards, acoustic piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, Hammond B3 organ, pump organ, Mellotron, celesta, accordion, acoustic guitar, mandolin
- Doug Pettibone – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass guitar
- Bruce Watson – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, slide guitar, lap steel guitar, mandolin, harmonica
- Jeff Koz – nylon guitar
- David Piltch – acoustic bass
- Stephen Théard – drums, percussion, bells, trash cans
- Lisa Haley – fiddle
- Victoria Shaw – backing vocals
- Phil Hartman – narrator
Production
- Bruce Lundvall – executive producer
- Dave Koz – producer, arrangements
- Thom Panunzio – producer, engineer, mixing
- David Bryant – assistant engineer
- Nick Els – assistant engineer
- Bob Salcedo – assistant engineer
- John Aguto – mix assistant
- Steve Hall – mastering at Future Disc
- Valerie Pack – production coordinator
- Jeffrey Fey – art direction, design
- Tommy Steele – art direction
- Robert Zuckerman – photography
- Vision Management – management