# December (Kenny Loggins album)

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December is the tenth studio and first Christmas album by American singer-songwriter Kenny Loggins. Released in 1998, it contains several Christmas music standards, such as "White Christmas" and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," along with several other lesser-known holiday songs (such as "Walking In The Air" from the television special "The Snowman"), as well as a few Loggins originals. Musicians include Peter Kater also the co-producer, Russ Kunkel, veteran Loggins and Messina reed player Jon Clarke, David Crosby and Graham Nash.

## Track listing

* "Walking in the Air" (Howard Blake) – 5:23
* "The Christmas Song" (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells) – 4:34
* "The Bells of Christmas" (Kenny Loggins, Steve Wood) – 5:58
* "Coventry Carol" (Traditional) – 3:08
* "Christmas Time Is Here" (Vince Guaraldi, Lee Mendelson) – 5:03
* "Angels in the Snow" (Loggins, Julia Loggins, Wood) – 5:07
* "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) – 3:53
* "Some Children See Him" (Alfred Burt, Wihla Hutson) – 4:58
* "On Christmas Morning" (David Foster, Loggins) – 4:11
* "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) – 5:18
* "December" (Peter Kater, Loggins) – 5:38

## Personnel

* Kenny Loggins – vocals, guitars
* Jai Winding – keyboards, synthesizers
* Raymond Cham – keyboard programming
* Marc Mann – additional programming
* Peter Kater – acoustic piano (11)
* Dean Parks – guitars
* Larry Klein – bass (1, 3, 4, 6, 9)
* Larry Tuttle – string bass (1, 8)
* Jimmy Johnson – bass (2, 7, 10)
* Russ Kunkel – drums (3, 6, 9)
* Peter Asher – percussion (1, 3, 5, 6, 9-11)
* Michael Fisher – percussion (4, 11)
* Norton Buffalo – harmonica (5, 10)
* Jon Clarke – oboe (1, 3, 6), English horn (3), flute (6, 9, 11), recorder (6, 9, 11)
* Joseph Meyer – French horn (3, 9)
* Kazu Matsui – shakuhachi (4)
* Everette Harp – tenor saxophone (7), EWI controller (8)
* Stephanie Fife, Rogin Lorentz and Novi Novog – string trio (1, 3, 11)
* David Rubenstein – string and woodwind arrangements, conductor
* Jamie Bower – recitation (1)
* Kate Price – backing vocals (2, 8, 10, 11), hammered dulcimer (4)
* Beth Wood – backing vocals (3), BGV arrangements (3)
* Steve Wood – backing vocals (3), BGV arrangements (3)
* David Crosby – backing vocals (4)
* Graham Nash – backing vocals (4)
* Valerie Carter – backing vocals (5)
* Kate Markowitz – backing vocals (5)
* Children's Choir (5) – Hillary Brooks, Amy Gleason, Jonathon Hall, Brandon Pollard, Ian Redford and Laurie Schillinger
* Luana Jackson – choir director (5)
* Mervyn Warren – backing vocals (6), BGV arrangements (6)
Musicians (Instrumental Interludes)
* Peter Kater – acoustic piano, synthesizers
* Geoffrey Gordon – percussion
* R. Carlos Nakai – Native American flute
* David Darling – cello

## Production

* Kenny Loggins – producer
* Peter Asher – producer
* Peter Kater – producer (instrumental interludes), recording engineer (instrumental interludes)
* Ivy Skoff – production coordination
* Nathaniel Kunkel – recording engineer
* Ted Blaisdell – additional engineer
* Bob Loftus – additional engineer
* Tony Shepperd – additional engineer
* Rob Brill – assistant engineer
* Mike Gillies – assistant engineer, digital editing
* John Nelson – assistant engineer
* Sean O'Dwyer – assistant engineer
* George Massenburg – mixing
* Paul DeCarli – digital editing
* Doug Sax – mastering at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, CA)
* David Coleman – art direction, design
* Patrick Sagouspe – digital artwork
* Jeremiah Sullivan – photography
* Boyd Harris – photo assistance
* Bil Zelman – photo assistance
* Jeff Schock – management