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.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic

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".

Track listing

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

References

"Muse Records Listing". jazzdiscography.com. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
"Jazzlists: album details". jazzlists.com. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
Payne, Douglas (June 27, 2009). "A Houston Person Discography". Sound Insights. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
^ Yanow, Scott. Houston Person: Christmas with Houston Person and Friends – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved January 8, 2019.

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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
As leader or co-leader	Underground Soul! (1966) Chocomotive (1967) Trust in Me (1967) Blue Odyssey (1968) Soul Dance! (1968) Goodness! (1969) Person to Person! (1970) Truth! (1970) Houston Express (1971) Broken Windows, Empty Hallways (1972) Sweet Buns & Barbeque (1972) The Real Thing (1973) The Big Horn (1976) Stolen Sweets (1976) Wild Flower (1977) The Nearness of You (1977) Suspicions (1980) Very Personal (1980) Heavy Juice (1982) Always on My Mind (1985) The Talk of the Town (1987) Basics (1987) The Party (1989) Something in Common (and Ron Carter, 1989) Just Friends (and Buddy Tate, 1990) Now's the Time (and Ron Carter, 1990) Why Not! (1990) The Lion and His Pride (1991) Christmas with Houston Person and Friends (1994) Horn to Horn (with Teddy Edwards, 1994) Close Encounters (with Teddy Edwards, 1996) Person-ified (1996) The Opening Round (1997) My Romance (1998) Soft Lights (1999) Together at Christmas (with Etta Jones, 2000) The Way We Were: Live in Concert (with Etta Jones, 2000 ) In a Sentimental Mood (2000) Dialogues (and Ron Carter, 2000) Blue Velvet (2001) Sentimental Journey (2002) Social Call (2003) To Etta with Love (2004) You Taught My Heart to Sing (and Bill Charlap, 2004) All Soul (2005) Just Between Friends (2005) Thinking of You (2007) Mellow (2009 Moment to Moment (2010) Nice 'n' Easy (2011) So Nice (2011) Naturally (2012) The Melody Lingers On (2014) Chemistry (and Ron Carter, 2015) Something Personal (2015) Rain or Shine (2017) Remember Love (and Ron Carter, 2018)

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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.

As leader
or co-leader

Underground Soul! (1966)
Chocomotive (1967)
Trust in Me (1967)
Blue Odyssey (1968)
Soul Dance! (1968)
Goodness! (1969)
Person to Person! (1970)
Truth! (1970)
Houston Express (1971)
Broken Windows, Empty Hallways (1972)
Sweet Buns & Barbeque (1972)
The Real Thing (1973)
The Big Horn (1976)
Stolen Sweets (1976)
Wild Flower (1977)
The Nearness of You (1977)
Suspicions (1980)
Very Personal (1980)
Heavy Juice (1982)
Always on My Mind (1985)
The Talk of the Town (1987)
Basics (1987)
The Party (1989)
Something in Common (and Ron Carter, 1989)
Just Friends (and Buddy Tate, 1990)
Now's the Time (and Ron Carter, 1990)
Why Not! (1990)
The Lion and His Pride (1991)
Christmas with Houston Person and Friends (1994)
Horn to Horn (with Teddy Edwards, 1994)
Close Encounters (with Teddy Edwards, 1996)
Person-ified (1996)
The Opening Round (1997)
My Romance (1998)
Soft Lights (1999)
Together at Christmas (with Etta Jones, 2000)
The Way We Were: Live in Concert (with Etta Jones, 2000 )
In a Sentimental Mood (2000)
Dialogues (and Ron Carter, 2000)
Blue Velvet (2001)
Sentimental Journey (2002)
Social Call (2003)
To Etta with Love (2004)
You Taught My Heart to Sing (and Bill Charlap, 2004)
All Soul (2005)
Just Between Friends (2005)
Thinking of You (2007)
Mellow (2009
Moment to Moment (2010)
Nice 'n' Easy (2011)
So Nice (2011)
Naturally (2012)
The Melody Lingers On (2014)
Chemistry (and Ron Carter, 2015)
Something Personal (2015)
Rain or Shine (2017)
Remember Love (and Ron Carter, 2018)

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