Christmas with Houston Person and Friends

Christmas with Houston Person and Friends (also released as Santa Baby) is an album of Christmas music by saxophonist Houston Person that was released by Muse in 1994.^[1][2][3]

Christmas with Houston Person and Friends
Studio album by Houston Person
Released	1994
Recorded	July 22 & 29 and August 10, 1994
Studio	M & I Recording Studios, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	60:48
Label	Muse MCD 5530
Producer	Houston Person
Houston Person chronology
The Lion and His Pride (1994) Christmas with Houston Person and Friends (1994) Horn to Horn (1996)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]

In his review on AllMusic, Scott Yanow stated "Tenor-saxophonist Houston Person's Christmas album finds him jamming both newer songs and a few old classics. His warm tenor is featured with three different groups ... This well-rounded holiday album even sounds good in July".^[4]

Track listing

1. "Santa Baby" (Joan Javits, Philip Springer) – 6:30
2. "Our First Christmas" (James Harris III, Terry Lewis) – 4:16
3. "A Christmas Love Song" (Johnny Mandel, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman) – 5:25
4. "Blue Christmas" (Bill Hayes, Jay Johnson) – 6:51
5. "It's Christmas Time Baby" – 4:23
6. "Medley: I'll Be Home for Christmas/You're All I Want for Christmas" (Walter Kent, Kim Gannon/Seger Ellis) – 2:45
7. "Jingle Bells" (James Pierpont) – 4:46
8. "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" (Traditional) – 4:27
9. "Merry Christmas Baby" (Lou Baxter, Johnny Moore) – 9:20
10. "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?" (Frank Loesser) – 8:10
11. "Happy Hanukah My Friend" (Justin Wilde, Doug Konecky) – 3:55

Personnel

• Houston Person – tenor saxophone
• Randy Johnston – guitar (tracks 4, 8, 9 & 10)
• Melvin Sparks – guitar, vocals (track 5)
• Benny Green (tracks 1, 5 & 7), Stan Hope (track 6), Mike Renzi (tracks 2, 3 & 11) – piano
• Cameron Brown (tracks 1, 5 & 7), Jay Leonhart (tracks 2, 3 & 11), Peter Martin Weiss (tracks 4, 8, 9 & 10) – bass
• Winard Harper (tracks 1, 5 & 7), Chip White (tracks 4, 8, 9 & 10) – drums
• Grady Tate – drums, vocals (tracks 2, 3 & 11)
• Della Griffin (track 7), Etta Jones (track 1) – vocals