December (Chris Botti album)
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December is the fifth studio album by trumpet player Chris Botti
Chris Botti
Christopher Stephen "Chris" Botti , is an American trumpeter and composer. In 2007, Botti was nominated for two Grammy Awards including Best Pop Instrumental Album. On December 4, 2009, he was nominated for three more Grammy Awards including Best Pop Instrumental Album and Best Long Form Music Video...

. It was released by Columbia Records
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...

 on October 22, 2002. Botti himself provided vocal on "Perfect Day" and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas".

Track listing

Personnel

  • Chris Botti
    Chris Botti
    Christopher Stephen "Chris" Botti , is an American trumpeter and composer. In 2007, Botti was nominated for two Grammy Awards including Best Pop Instrumental Album. On December 4, 2009, he was nominated for three more Grammy Awards including Best Pop Instrumental Album and Best Long Form Music Video...

     - Trumpet, Vocal
  • David Carpenter
    David Carpenter
    David Carpenter may refer to:*David Carpenter, early Texas settler and namesake of Carpenters Bayou*David Aaron Carpenter, violist, *David Carpenter , British historian*David Carpenter , Canadian novelist...

     - Bass
  • Susan Chatman - Violin
  • Billy Childs - Fender Rhodes, Piano
  • Joel Derouin - Violin
  • Peter Erskine
    Peter Erskine
    Peter Erskine is an American jazz drummer and composer. He has enjoyed a long and successful career as a session drummer, recording and touring with many famous jazz and rock artists, including Steely Dan and Weather Report...

     - Drums, Percussion
  • Brandon Fields
    Brandon Fields
    Brandon David Fields is an American football punter for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Dolphins in the seventh round in the 2007 NFL Draft. He played college football at Michigan State.-Early years:Fields attended St. John's Jesuit High School in Toledo,...

     - Tenor Saxophone
  • Shane Fontayne
    Shane Fontayne
    Shane Fontayne is the professional name of English rock guitarist Mick Barakan. Active since the 1970s, he was the guitarist for Bruce Springsteen during the 1992-1993 "Other Band" Tour, as Springsteen had disbanded his own E Street Band three years earlier...

     - Guitar
  • Jimmy Haslip
    Jimmy Haslip
    Jimmy Haslip is an American electric bass player and record producer best known as a founding and current member of the pioneering fusion group Yellowjackets...

     - Bass
  • Gina Kronstadt - Violin

  • Richard Marx
    Richard Marx
    Richard Noel Marx is an American adult contemporary and pop/rock singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. He had a string of hit singles in the late 1980s and 1990s, including "Endless Summer Nights", "Right Here Waiting", "Now and Forever", and "Hazard"...

     - Background Vocal
  • Jon Ossman - Bass
  • Heitor Pereira
    Heitor Pereira
    Heitor Teixeira Pereira , or Heitor TP, is a Brazilian musician, who played with Simply Red and several famous musicians, like Elton John, Rod Stewart, k.d...

     - Guitar
  • Andrew Picken - Viola
  • Bob Sheppard
    Bob Sheppard
    Robert Leo "Bob" Sheppard was the long-time public address announcer for numerous New York area college and professional sports teams, in particular the MLB New York Yankees , and the NFL New York Giants .Sheppard announced more than 4,500 Yankees baseball games over a period of 56 years,...

     - Alto Flute, Tenor Saxophone
  • Mary Anne Steinberger - Cello
  • C. J. Vanston
    C. J. Vanston
    C. J. Vanston is an American film composer, record producer, songwriter, and keyboardist, based in Hollywood, California. He was born in Denver, Colorado, the son of Bonnie L...

     - Synthesizer, Hammond Organ
  • Anthony Wilson
    Anthony Wilson
    Anthony Wilson is a jazz guitarist and composer. He is the son of bandleader Gerald Wilson.- Education and career :Born in Los Angeles on May 9, 1968, Wilson received his degree in music composition from Bennington College. He counts Duke Ellington, Gil Evans, Wes Montgomery, and T-Bone Walker...

    - Guitar
  • John Wittenberg - Violin


Charts

Album
Year Chart Position
2002 Top Contemporary Jazz Albums 7
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