Remembering Christmas

Remembering Christmas
Studio album by David Benoit
Released	1996
Recorded	1996
Studio	29th Street Studio (Torrance, California) Ocean Way Recording (Hollywood, California) The Hit Factory (New York City, New York) Make Believe Ballroom (West Shokan, New York)
Genre	Jazz
Length	50:14
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.

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
• Dave Brubeck – acoustic piano (6)
• Earl Klugh – guitar (1)
• Pat Kelley – guitar
• Ernest Tibbs – guitar
• Bob Benoit – guitar (12)
• John Pattitucci – bass
• Tony Morales – drums (1-3, 5-12)
• Harvey Mason – drums (4)
• Brad Dutz – percussion
• Michael Franks – lead vocals (4)

Production

• David Benoit – producer, arrangements
• Clark Germain – engineer (1-3, 5-12), mixing (1-3, 5-12)
• Tom Mack – engineer (4)
• Elliot Scheiner – remixing (4)
• Eddie Miller – assistant engineer (1-3, 5-12)
• Luis Jose Rodriguez – assistant engineer (1-3, 5-12)
• Ken Ross – assistant engineer (1-3, 5-12)
• Bernie Grundman – mastering at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, California)
• 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