A Night Before Christmas

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

A Night Before Christmas
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 23, 2008 (2008-09-23)
StudioCove City Sound Studios (Glen Cove, New York); Eastside Sound Studios (New York City, New York); Twin Pines Studio (Pomona, New York); Hararinille Studios (Weehawken, New Jersey).
GenreJazz, Christmas
Length53:20
LabelHeads Up
ProducerJay Beckenstein
Spyro Gyra chronology
Good to Go-Go
(2008)
A Night Before Christmas
(2008)
Down the Wire
(2009)

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

Track listing

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No.TitleLength
1."O Tannenbaum" (Traditional)6:01
2."It Won't Feel Like Christmas" (Jay Beckenstein, Terry Cox)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" (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin))4:56
8."The First Noel" (Traditional)4:36
9."Silent Night" (Traditional)5:04
10."This Christmas" (Donny Hathaway)5:49
11."The Christmas Song" (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells)4:38[1]

Personnel

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Spyro Gyra

Additional musicians

Production

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  • Dave Love – executive producer
  • Jay Beckenstein – producer
  • Spyro Gyra – arrangements
  • Kieran Paradis – engineer
  • Jeff Shreiner – engineer
  • Robert Harari – additional engineer
  • Mark Urselli – additional engineer
  • Doug Oberkircher – mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York, NY)
  • Natalie Singer – product manager
  • Robert Hoffman – art direction, design
  • Getty Images/Stockbyte – illustration
  • Phil Brennan – management

References

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