George Winston - December

Tracklist

A1	Thanksgiving	4:40
A2	Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head	2:40
A3	Joy	3:13
A4	Prelude	1:16
A5	Carol Of The Bells	3:56
Night	(5:47)
A6a	Part One: Snow	2:00
A6b	Part Two: Midnight	1:56
A6c	Part Three: Minstrels	2:00
B1	Variations On The Kanon By Johann Pachelbel	5:21
B2	The Holly And The Ivy	4:52
B3	Some Children See Him	3:43
B4	Peace	4:02

Credits

• Engineer – Karen Kirsch, Steven Miller
• Mastered By – Jack Hunt
• Piano – George Winston
• Producer – George Winston, William Ackerman

Notes

Track A1 inspired by friends and places of Miles City, Montana.

Track A2 an Appalachian carol of the late Eighteen Hundreds. Collected by the eminent folklorist John Jacob Niles.

Track A3 inspired by an arrangement by guitarist David Qualey.

Track A4 inspired by Vince Guaraldi.

Track A5 a Nineteenth Century Ukrainian carol.

Track A6
Part One: Snow 1:51
Part Two: Midnight 1:56
Part Three: Minstrels 2:00
Minstrels was inspired by St. Basil's Hymn, a traditional Greek children's New Year's carol based upon a rendition by Malcolm Dalgish, from his album Thunderhead, on Flying Fish Records.

Track B1 composed circa 1699, the Kanon was originally an organ piece.

Track B2 an Eighteenth Century English carol based upon an earlier French carol.

Track B3 composed in 1951 by Jazz trumpeter Alfred S. Burt [1921 - 1954]. Some Children See Him was one of fifteen carols written as gifts for friends. The piece was originally a song with lyrics by Wilha Hutson expressing the unconditional love present within children.

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
WH-1025	George Winston	December ‎(LP, Album)	Windham Hill Records	WH-1025	US	1982
C28Y5002	George Winston	December ‎(LP, Album)	Windham Hill Records	C28Y5002	Japan	1982
371 025-2	George Winston	December ‎(CD, Album)	Windham Hill Records	371 025-2	Germany	1984
WHP-28005	George Winston	December ‎(LP, Album)	Windham Hill Records	WHP-28005	Japan	1982
C-1025	George Winston	December ‎(LP, Album)	Windham Hill Records	C-1025	US	1982

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