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Breath of Heaven: A Holiday Collection is a Christmas compilation album by Grover Washington Jr. , mostly on soprano saxophone , released in 1997 and nominated for a Grammy in 1998. Dawn Andrews contributes vocals and cello. Billy Childs contributes piano.
Track listing
"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas " (Ralph Blane , Hugh Martin ) – 4:56
"Breath of Heaven (Mary's Song)" (Chris Eaton, Amy Grant ) – 6:59
"The Love in His Infant Eyes" (Donald Robinson, Grover Washington Jr.) – 4:27
"Away in a Manger " – 5:56
"I Wonder as I Wander " – 5:23
"Christmas Time Is Here " (Vince Guaraldi , Lee Mendelssohn) – 5:04
"The Magi's Song/A Child Is Born" (Joe Locke/Thad Jones )– 4:56
"Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring " (Johann Sebastian Bach ) – 4:22
"The Christmas Song " (Mel Tormé , Robert Wells) – 4:33
"The Christmas Waltz" (Sammy Cahn , Jule Styne ) – 4:47
"Christmas Day Chant" – 3:41
"Breath of Heaven (Mary's Song, Instrumental Version)" (Eaton, Grant) – 5:18
Personnel
Dawn Andrews – Cello, Vocals
Todd Barkan – Producer
Pablo Batista – Percussion, Conga
Hiram Bullock – Acoustic & Electric Guitar, Arranger, Keyboards
Alice Butts – Design
Billy Childs – Piano, Arranger, Keyboards
David Ellis – Illustrations
Lisa Fischer – Vocals
Sven Granert – Production Assistant, Assistant Producer
Adam Holzman – Synthesizer
Bashiri Johnson – Percussion
Kiku – Art Direction
Will Lee – Bass
Victor Lewis – Drums
Joe Locke – Arranger, Chimes, Keyboards, Marimba, Vibraphone
Donald Robinson – Piano, Arranger, Keyboards, Producer
Norman Jean Roy – Photography
Maureen Sickler – Assistant Engineer
Paul Silverthorne – Production Coordination
Richard Lee Steacker – Guitar
Rudy Van Gelder – Engineer
Gerald Veasley – Bass
Christine Washington – Production Coordination
Grover Washington Jr. – Arranger, Alto, Soprano & Tenor Saxophone
Steven Wolf – Drums
References