''A Night Before Christmas'' is the thirtieth album (and first Christmas album) by

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, recorded and released in 2008.

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sings on "

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". The album peaked at No. 14 on the Holiday Albums chart at ''Billboard'' magazine.

Track listing

Personnel

Spyro Gyra * Jay Beckenstein – saxophones * Tom Schuman – acoustic piano * Julio Fernández – guitars * Scott Ambush – bass * Bonny Bonnaparte – drums, vocals (5, 11) Additional musicians * Dave Samuels –

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(3, 6) *

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– vocals (2) *

– vocals (5)

Production

* Dave Love – executive producer * Jay Beckenstein – producer * Spyro Gyra – arrangements * Kieran Paradis – engineer * Jeff Shreiner – engineer * Robert Harari – additional engineer * Mark Urselli – additional engineer * Doug Oberkircher – mixing *

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– mastering at Sterling Sound (New York, NY) * Natalie Singer – product manager * Robert Hoffman – art direction, design * Getty Images/Stockbyte – illustration * Phil Brennan – management

References

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