''December'' is the fifth studio album by trumpet player

Chris Botti Christopher Stephen Botti ( ; born October 12, 1962) is an award-winning American trumpeter and composer. In 2013, Botti won the Grammy Award in the Best Pop Instrumental Album category, for the album ''Impressions''. He was also nominated in ...

. It was released by

Columbia Records Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music, Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the North American division of Japanese Conglomerate (company), conglomerate Sony. It was founded on Janua ...

on October 22, 2002. Botti himself provided vocal on "Perfect Day".

Track listing

Personnel

– trumpet (1-13), arrangements (1, 3, 4, 5, 9, 11, 12, 13), string arrangements (1) *

Billy Childs William Edward Childs (born March 8, 1957) is an award-winning American composer, jazz pianist, arranger and conductor from Los Angeles, California, United States. Early life When he was sixteen he attended the Community School of the Performing ...

–

Fender Rhodes The Rhodes piano (also known as the Fender Rhodes piano) is an electric piano invented by Harold Rhodes, which became popular in the 1970s. Like a conventional piano, the Rhodes generates sound with keys and hammers, but instead of strings, th ...

(1, 11, 13), acoustic piano (3, 4, 5, 9, 12), arrangements (4, 5, 12) *

C. J. Vanston Cj (Jeffrey) Vanston is an American film composer, record producer, songwriter, and keyboardist, based in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, Hollywood, California. He was born in Denver, Colorado, the son of Bonnie L. Smith and Paul L. Vanston. ...

– acoustic piano (3, 13), synthesizers (4, 5, 11, 12), organ (3), string arrangements (4),

Hammond organ The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert and first manufactured in 1935. Multiple models have been produced, most of which use sliding drawbars to vary sounds. Until 1975, Hammond organs generated s ...

(9) *

Randy Waldman Randy Waldman (born September 8, 1955, Chicago, Illinois, United States) is an American pianist, arranger, composer, and conductor. In 2019, Waldman's arrangement of the " Spider-Man Theme" on his ''Superheroes'' album garnered the Grammy Award f ...

– acoustic piano (7, 8) * Anthony Wilson – guitar (1, 3, 7, 9) *

Shane Fontayne Michael Barakan (born 29 April 1954, in London, England), known as Shane Fontayne, is an English rock guitarist. Active since the 1970s, he was the guitarist for Bruce Springsteen during the 1992–1993 "Other Band" Tour, as Springsteen had di ...

– guitar (6, 11, 13), arrangements (6) * James Harrah – guitar (8) *

Dave Carpenter Dave Carpenter (November 4, 1959 – June 24, 2008) was an American bass player. During his early professional career he played with jazz musicians Buddy Rich, Maynard Ferguson and Woody Herman. During the late 1990s he was a touring member of t ...

– bass (1, 3, 5, 12) * Jon Ossman – bass (6, 11, 13) *

Christian McBride Christian McBride (born May 31, 1972) is an American jazz bassist, composer and arranger. He has appeared on more than 300 recordings as a sideman, and is an eight-time Grammy Award winner. McBride has performed and recorded with a number of j ...

– bass (7) *

Brian Bromberg Brian Bromberg (born December 5, 1960) is an American jazz bassist and record producer who performs on both electric and acoustic instruments. Biography Bromberg was born on December 5, 1960, in Tucson, Arizona. His father and brother, David, ...

– bass (8) *

Jimmy Haslip James Robert Haslip (born December 31, 1951) is an American bass guitarist who was a founding member of the jazz fusion group the Yellowjackets, which he left in 2012. He was also an early user of the five-string electric bass. Early life and ...

– bass (9) *

Peter Erskine Peter Erskine (born June 5, 1954) is an American jazz drummer who was a member of the jazz fusion groups Weather Report and Steps Ahead. Early life and education Erskine was born in Somers Point, New Jersey, U.S. He began playing the drum ...

– drums (1, 5, 9, 12), percussion (5, 9) *

Vinnie Colaiuta Vincent Peter Colaiuta (born February 5, 1956) is an American drummer who has worked as a session musician in many genres. He was inducted into the ''Modern Drummer'' Hall of Fame in 1996 and the ''Classic Drummer'' Hall of Fame in 2014. Colai ...

– drums (7, 8, 11, 13) *

Bob Sheppard Robert Leo Sheppard (October 20, 1910 – July 11, 2010) was the long-time public address announcer for numerous New York area college and professional sports teams, in particular the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (1951–2007), a ...

– alto flute (1), tenor saxophone (9) *

Brandon Fields Brandon David Fields (born May 21, 1984) is a former American football punter who played nine seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for Michigan State University, and earned consensus All-American honors. He ...

– tenor saxophone (11) * Mary Anne Steinberger – cello (1, 4) * Andrew Picken – viola (1, 4) * Susan Chatman – violin (1, 4) * Joel Derouin – violin (1, 4) * Gina Kronstadt – violin (1, 4), concertmaster (1, 4) * John Wittenberg – violin (1, 4) *

The London Session Orchestra The London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) is one of five permanent symphony orchestras based in London. It was founded by the conductors Sir Thomas Beecham and Malcolm Sargent in 1932 as a rival to the existing London Symphony and BBC Symphony ...

– orchestra (2, 10) * Jeremy Lubbock – arrangements (2, 7, 10) * Gil Goldstein – arrangements (8) * JoAnn Tominaga – contractor (8) * Richard H. Bullock – bassoon (8) * Andrew Radford – bassoon (8) * Don Markese – clarinet (8) * Stephen Kujala – flute (8) * Dick Mitchell – flute (8) * Robert Shulgold – flute (8) * Justin Hagerman – flugelhorn (8) * Yvonne Moriarty – flugelhorn (8) * Brian O'Connor – flugelhorn (8) * Kurt Snyder – flugelhorn (8) * Nick Lane – trombone (8) * John Van Houten – tuba (8) *

Orchestra of St John's The Orchestra of St John's is an orchestra in the United Kingdom, founded in 1967 by John Lubbock. Originally called the Orchestra of St John's Smith Square, it was named after St John's, Smith Square in central London. The Orchestra has worked w ...

– choir (2) * John Lubbock – choir conductor (2) *

Eric Benét Eric Benét Jordan (born October 15, 1967) is an American R&B/neo soul singer-songwriter and actor, who has received a total of four Grammy nominations to date for his musical work. Biography Early life Benét was born on October 15, 1966 ...

– vocals (7)

Production

* Bobby Colomby – producer, management * Nathaniel Kunkel – engineer, mixing (1, 3, 5, 6, 9, 11, 12, 13) * Christopher Roberts – additional engineer * Joe Brown, Jr. – second engineer * Charlie Paakkari – second engineer * Haydn Bendell – recording (2, 10), mixing (2, 10) *

Al Schmitt Albert Harry Schmitt (April 17, 1930 – April 26, 2021) was an American recording engineer and record producer. He won twenty Grammy Awards for his work with Henry Mancini, Steely Dan, George Benson, Toto, Natalie Cole, Quincy Jones, and other ...

– recording (7, 8), mixing (7, 8) * Steve Hall – mastering at Future Disc (North Hollywood, California). * Mary Maurer – art direction * Kevo Sassouni – design * Davis Factor – photography * Marc Silag – management

Charts

References

{{Chris Botti 2002 Christmas albums Chris Botti albums Instrumental albums Christmas albums by American artists Jazz Christmas albums Columbia Records Christmas albums Albums produced by Bobby Colomby Albums recorded at AIR Studios Albums recorded at Capitol Studios