Remembering Christmas

Remembering Christmas
Studio album by David Benoit
Released	1996
Recorded	1996
Studio	29th Street Studio (Torrance CA) and Ocean Way Recording (Hollywood, CA).
Genre	Jazz
Length	50:14
Label	GRP Records
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 in 1996, and recorded for the GRP label. The album reached #15 on Billboard's Contemporary Jazz chart.

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

• David Benoit – acoustic piano, keyboards, arrangements
• Dave Brubeck – acoustic piano
• Earl Klugh – guitar
• Robert Benoit – guitar
• John Pattitucci – bass
• Ernest Tibbs III – bass
• Harvey Mason – drums
• Tony Morales – drums
• Gary Novak – drums
• Brad Dutz – percussion
• Michael Franks – vocals

Production

• David Benoit – producer
• Clark Germain – engineer, mixing
• Tom Mark – assistant engineer
• Eddie Miller – assistant engineer
• Luis Jose Rodriguez – assistant engineer
• Ken Ross – assistant engineer
• Elliot Schiener – mixing
• Bernie Grundman – mastering at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, CA).
• Ken Gruberman – music preparation
• Diana Mich Newell – project coordinator
• Jason Claiborne – graphic design
• Hollis King – art direction
• Tracy Lamonica – photography

Charts

Chart (1996)	Peak position
Billboard Jazz Albums	15

External links

• David Benoit-Remembering Christmas at AllMusic