December (Kenny Loggins album)

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

1. "Walking in the Air" (Howard Blake) – 5:23
2. "The Christmas Song" (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells) – 4:34
3. "The Bells of Christmas" (Kenny Loggins, Steve Wood) – 5:58
4. "Coventry Carol" (Traditional) – 3:08
5. "Christmas Time Is Here" (Vince Guaraldi, Lee Mendelson) – 5:03
6. "Angels in the Snow" (Loggins, Julia Loggins, Wood) – 5:07
7. "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) – 3:53
8. "Some Children See Him" (Alfred Burt, Wihla Hutson) – 4:58
9. "On Christmas Morning" (David Foster, Loggins) – 4:11
10. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) – 5:18
11. "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)
• 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, California)
• Ivy Skoff – production coordination
• David Coleman – art direction, design
• Patrick Sagouspe – digital artwork
• Jeremiah Sullivan – photography
• Boyd Harris – photo assistance
• Bil Zelman – photo assistance
• Jeff Schock – management