Remembering Christmas

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Remembering Christmas
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Studio album by
Released1996
Recorded1996
Studio29th Street Studio (Torrance CA) and Ocean Way Recording (Hollywood, CA).
Genre Jazz
Length50:14
Label GRP
Producer David Benoit
David Benoit chronology
The Best of David Benoit 1987-1995
(1995)
Remembering Christmas
(1996)
American Landscape
(1997)

Remembering Christmas is an album by American pianist David Benoit released by GRP Records in 1996. The album reached #15 on Billboard's Contemporary Jazz chart. [1]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Skating" (Vince Guaraldi, Lee Mendelson) - 4:40
  2. "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (John Frederick Coots, Haven Gillespie) - 4:47
  3. "Angels We Have Heard on High" (Traditional) - 4:32
  4. "Christmas Time Is Here" (Vince Guaraldi, Lee Mendelson) - 4:09
  5. "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" (Johann Sebastian Bach) - 3:07
  6. "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" (Charles Wesley, Felix Mendelssohn) - 4:28
  7. "Do You Hear What I Hear" (Gloria Shayne Baker, Noel Regney) - 4:36
  8. "Christmas Is Coming" (Vince Guaraldi) - 3:53
  9. "Silent Night" (Franz Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr) - 4:02
  10. "Remembering Christmas" (David Benoit) - 4:35
  11. "The First Noel" (Traditional) - 4:16
  12. "The Christmas Song" (Mel Torme, Robert Wells) - 3:10

Personnel

Production

Charts

Chart (1996)Peak
position
Billboard Jazz Albums [2] 15

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References

  1. Inc, Nielsen Business Media (1996-12-07). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.
  2. "David Benoit US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2013-03-09.