Dave Koz - Memories of a Winter Night (2007)

1. Deck The Halls
2. Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town
3. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Instrumental)
4. White Christmas
5. Winter Wonderland (Fast)
6. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
7. Please Come Home For Christmas
8. Memories Of A Winter's Night
9. Little Drummer Boy (2001 Version)
10. Silver Bells
11. Boogie Woogie Santa Claus
12. O Tannenbaum (O Christmas Tree)

Musicians:

    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, Rovi

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