Label : HRT Recording Company, Inc.
01 - Winter Wonderland (Felix Bernard & Dick Smith)02 - Go Tell It On The Mountain (Traditional, Arr. of Trad. Song by James Taylor & Dave Grusin)
03 - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (J. Fred Coots & Haven Gillespie)
04 - Jingle Bells (Traditional, Arr. of Trad. Song by James Taylor)
05 - Baby, It's Cold Outside (Frank Loesser)
06 - River** (Joni Mitchell)
07 - Here Comes The Sun*** (George Harrison)
08 - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas**** (H. Martin & R. Blane)
09 - Some Children See Him (Wihla Hutson & Alfred Burt)
10 - Mon Beau Sapin* (Traditional, Arr. of Trad. Song by Dave Grusin & Larry Goldings)
11 - The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On And Open Fire) (Mel Tormé & Robert Wells)
12 - Who Comes This Night (Dave Grusin & Sally Stevens)
13 - In The Bleak Midwinter (Traditional, Arr. of Trad. Song by James Taylor & Dave Grusin)
14 - Auld Lang Syne (Traditional, Lyrical Adaptation : Charles H. Witham - Arr. of Trad. Song by James Taylor)
Produced & Arranged by Dave Grusin
*Produced & Conducted by Dave Grusin
**Produced by James Taylor & Charlie Paakkari
**Produced by Dave O'Donnell
***Produced by Russ Titelman & Recorded by Dave O'Donnell
Recorded & Mixed at Capitol Studios, Hollywood by Don Murray, Assisted by Charlie Paakkari, Mar-Apr '04 except "Here Here Comes The Sun", "River", "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" & Mon Beau Sapin" as noted
Mastered by Doug Sax with Sangwook Nam at The Mastering Lab, Ojai, CA & by Matthew Agoglia at Masterdisk
01 - Winter Wonderland
Featuring Chris Botti : Trumpet
John Pizzarelli : Guitar
Dave Carpenter : Bass
Dave Grusin : Piano
Vinnie Colaiuta : Drums
Woodwinds*
Strings**
Vocal Group***
02 - Go Tell It On The Mountain
James Taylor : Guitar
Michael Landau : Guitar
George Doering : Guitar
Jimmy Johnson : Bass
Dave Grusin : Piano
Vinnie Colaiuta : Drums
Larry Goldings : Melodica
Luis Conte : Percussion
Strings**
Vocal Group***
03 - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
George Doering : Guitar
Dave Carpenter : Bass
Dave Grusin : Piano
Vinnie Colaiuta : Drums
Luis Conte : Percussion
04 - Jingle Bells
James Taylor : Guitar
Michael Landau : Guitar
George Doering : Guitar
Jimmy Johnson : Bass
Dave Grusin : Piano
Larry Goldings : Organ
Vinnie Colaiuta : Drums
Luis Conte : Percussion
05 - Baby, It's Cold Outside
Featuring Natalie Cole
John Pizzarelli : Guitar
James Taylor : Guitar
Dave Carpenter : Bass
Dave Grusin : Piano
Vinnie Colaiuta : Drums
Luis Conte : Percussion
Strings**
06 - River
James Taylor : Guitar
Larry Goldings : Piano
Dave Carpenter : Bass
Recorded & Mixed by Charlie Paakkari
Assistant Engineer : Mike Glimes
07 - Here Comes The Sun
Arranged by James Taylor
Cello Arrangement by Charles Floyd
Featuring Yo-Yo Ma : Cello
James Taylor : Guitar
Vocal Group****
Recorded & Mixed by Dave O'Donnell
Additional Engineering by Eddie Jackson
Recorded March 7, 2008 at The Barn, Washington, MA
08 - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Larry Goldings : Piano
John Pizzarelli : Guitar
Jimmy Johnson : Bass
Steve Gadd : Drums
Clifford Carter : Synthesizer
09 - Some Children See Him
Dave Grusin : Piano
Strings**
10 - Mon Beau Sapin
James Taylor : Guitar
Larry Goldings : Piano, Accordion & Glockenspiel
Jimmy Johnson : Bass
Steve Gadd : Drums
Strings**
Recorded & Mixed by Dave O'Donnell at Studio At The Palms, Las Vegas & The Barn, Washington, MA
Assisted by Rob Katz
Additional Recording at Capitol Studios
Engineered by Al Schmitt
Assisted by Steve Genewick
11 - The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On And Open Fire)
Featuring Toots Thielemans : Harmonica
John Pizzarelli : Guitar
Dave Carpenter : Bass
Dave Grusin : Piano & Celesta
Luis Conte : Percussion
Strings**
Vocal Group***
12 - Who Comes This Night
George Doering : Guitar
Dave Carpenter : Bass
Dave Grusin : Piano & Celesta
Luis Conte : Percussion
Strings**
Vocal Group***
13 - In The Bleak Midwinter
Michael Landau : Guitar
George Doering : Guitar
Jimmy Johnson : Bass
Dave Grusin : Piano
Vinnie Colaiuta : Drums
Larry Goldings : Melodica & Harmonium
Strings**
14 - Auld Lang Syne
James Taylor : Guitar
John Pizzarelli : Guitar
Dave Carpenter : Bass
Dave Grusin : Piano
Vinnie Colaiuta : Drums
Michael Landau : Guitar
Larry Goldings : Harmonium & Melodica
All Vocals by James Taylor
*Woodwinds :
Dan Higgins : Flute
Phil Ayling : Oboe & English Horn
Gary Gray : Clarinet
Bill Liston : Clarinet
Ralph Williams : Bass Clarinet
**Strings : Ralph Morrison (Concertmaster)
Violins : Jacqueline Brand, Bruce Dukov, Jule Gigante, Alan Grunfeld, Clayton Haslop, Tamara Hatwan, Natalie Leggett, Claudia Parducci, Sara Parkins, Katia Popov, Josefina Vergara, Margaret Wooten & Kenneth Yerke
Violas : Karen Elaine Bakunin, Brian Dembow, Marlow Fisher, Roland Kato, Victoria Miskolczy & Robert Brophy
Celli : Stephen Erdody, Paula Hochhalter & Cecilia Tsan
Bass : Ed Meares
***Vocal Group : David Lasley, Kate Markowitz & Arnold McCuller
****Vocal Group : David Lasley, Kate Markowitz, Arnold McCuller, Caroline Taylor & Andrea Zonn