Songs of the Season (Peter White album)

Song of the Season is a studio album by guitarist Peter White, released in 1997 by Columbia Records. The album reached No. 13 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart.

Overview

Kenny Lattimore and Dee Harvey performed backing vocals on "River" and "Silent Night" respectively.

Critical reception

Wanda Van Horn of Allmusic noted, "This collection of Christmas music done contemporary jazz/fusion style offers traditional hits ("The First Noel," "O Tannenbaum," "White Christmas," "Jingle Bells") to provide the perfect background music for holiday parties."

Track listing

Personnel

• Peter White – guitars, arrangements (2, 3, 5–9)
• Gregg Karukas – keyboards (1, 4), programming (1, 4), synth solo (1), arrangements (1, 4), acoustic piano (8)
• Paul Brown – arrangements (1–4, 6, 8), programming (3, 6, 9)
• Dave Torkanowsky – keyboards (3)
• Freddie Ravel – acoustic piano (9), electric piano (9), synthesizers (9), Moog bass (9), arrangements (9)
• Larry Kimpel – bass (3, 6)
• Brian Bromberg – bass (8)
• Peter Erskine – drums (8)
• Lenny Castro – percussion (1, 3, 6, 9)
• Kirk Whalum – tenor saxophone (3)
• Jerry Folsom – French horn solo (5)
• Rick Braun – flugelhorn (6)
• Dave Camp – flute (7)
• Jerry Hey – orchestration and conductor (2, 5)
• Bill Brown – orchestration and conductor (10)
• Ralph Morrison – concertmaster (2, 5, 10), violin solo (10)
• Kenny Lattimore – vocals (4)
• Dee Harvey – vocals (9)

Production

• Paul Brown – producer, mixing, recording (1–7, 9, 10)
• Dave Rideau – recording (8)
• Danny Vicari – orchestra recording (2, 5, 10)
• Brett Swain – orchestra recording assistant (2, 5, 10)
• Charles Nasser – assistant mix engineer
• Lee Herschberg – digital editing
• Tim Timmermans – additional editing
• Stephen Marcussen – mastering at Precision Mastering (Hollywood, California)
• Lexy Shroyer – project coordinator
• Christine Wilson – design, photo imaging
• Lori Stoll – photography
• Steve Chapman – management

References