Christmas with Houston Person and Friends
1994 studio album by Houston Person
Christmas with Houston Person and Friends | ||||
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Studio album by Houston Person | ||||
Released | 1994 | |||
Recorded | July 22 & 29 and August 10, 1994 | |||
Studio | M & I Recording Studios, New York City | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 60:48 | |||
Label | Muse MCD 5530 | |||
Producer | Houston Person | |||
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Christmas with Houston Person and Friends (also released as Santa Baby) is an album of Christmas music by saxophonist Houston Person that was released by Muse in 1994.[1][2][3]
Reception
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In his review on AllMusic, Scott Yanow stated "Tenor-saxophonist Houston Person's Christmas album finds him jamming both newer songs and a few old classics. His warm tenor is featured with three different groups ... This well-rounded holiday album even sounds good in July".[4]
Track listing
- "Santa Baby" (Joan Javits, Philip Springer) – 6:30
- "Our First Christmas" (James Harris III, Terry Lewis) – 4:16
- "A Christmas Love Song" (Johnny Mandel, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman) – 5:25
- "Blue Christmas" (Bill Hayes, Jay Johnson) – 6:51
- "It's Christmas Time Baby" – 4:23
- "Medley: I'll Be Home for Christmas/You're All I Want for Christmas" (Walter Kent, Kim Gannon/Seger Ellis) – 2:45
- "Jingle Bells" (James Pierpont) – 4:46
- "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" (Traditional) – 4:27
- "Merry Christmas Baby" (Lou Baxter, Johnny Moore) – 9:20
- "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?" (Frank Loesser) – 8:10
- "Happy Hanukah My Friend" (Justin Wilde, Doug Konecky) – 3:55
Personnel
- Houston Person – tenor saxophone
- Randy Johnston – guitar (tracks 4, 8, 9 & 10)
- Melvin Sparks – guitar, vocals (track 5)
- Benny Green (tracks 1, 5 & 7), Stan Hope (track 6), Mike Renzi (tracks 2, 3 & 11) – piano
- Cameron Brown (tracks 1, 5 & 7), Jay Leonhart (tracks 2, 3 & 11), Peter Martin Weiss (tracks 4, 8, 9 & 10) – bass
- Winard Harper (tracks 1, 5 & 7), Chip White (tracks 4, 8, 9 & 10) – drums
- Grady Tate – drums, vocals (tracks 2, 3 & 11)
- Della Griffin (track 7), Etta Jones (track 1) – vocals
References
- ^ "Muse Records Listing". jazzdiscography.com. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
- ^ "Jazzlists: album details". jazzlists.com. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
- ^ Payne, Douglas (June 27, 2009). "A Houston Person Discography". Sound Insights. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
- ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Houston Person: Christmas with Houston Person and Friends – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved January 8, 2019.
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
or co-leader
- Underground Soul! (1966)
- Chocomotive (1967)
- Trust in Me (1967)
- Blue Odyssey (1968)
- Soul Dance! (1968)
- Goodness! (1969)
- Person to Person! (1970)
- Truth! (1970)
- Houston Express (1971)
- Broken Windows, Empty Hallways (1972)
- Sweet Buns & Barbeque (1972)
- The Real Thing (1973)
- The Big Horn (1976)
- Stolen Sweets (1976)
- Wild Flower (1977)
- The Nearness of You (1977)
- Suspicions (1980)
- Very Personal (1980)
- Heavy Juice (1982)
- Always on My Mind (1985)
- The Talk of the Town (1987)
- Basics (1987)
- The Party (1989)
- Something in Common (and Ron Carter, 1989)
- Just Friends (and Buddy Tate, 1990)
- Now's the Time (and Ron Carter, 1990)
- Why Not! (1990)
- The Lion and His Pride (1991)
- Christmas with Houston Person and Friends (1994)
- Horn to Horn (with Teddy Edwards, 1994)
- Close Encounters (with Teddy Edwards, 1996)
- Person-ified (1996)
- The Opening Round (1997)
- My Romance (1998)
- Soft Lights (1999)
- Together at Christmas (with Etta Jones, 2000)
- The Way We Were: Live in Concert (with Etta Jones, 2000 [2011])
- In a Sentimental Mood (2000)
- Dialogues (and Ron Carter, 2000)
- Blue Velvet (2001)
- Sentimental Journey (2002)
- Social Call (2003)
- To Etta with Love (2004)
- You Taught My Heart to Sing (and Bill Charlap, 2004)
- All Soul (2005)
- Just Between Friends (2005)
- Thinking of You (2007)
- Mellow (2009
- Moment to Moment (2010)
- Nice 'n' Easy (2011)
- So Nice (2011)
- Naturally (2012)
- The Melody Lingers On (2014)
- Chemistry (and Ron Carter, 2015)
- Something Personal (2015)
- Rain or Shine (2017)
- Remember Love (and Ron Carter, 2018)