Wishes: A Holiday Album

Wishes: A Holiday Album
Studio album by Kenny G
Released	October 22, 2002
Genre	Smooth jazz Christmas
Length	38:36
Label	Arista
Producer	Kenny G Dave Foxx L.A. Reid Louie Simon
Kenny G chronology
Paradise (2002) Wishes: A Holiday Album (2002) Ultimate Kenny G (2003)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	D[2]

Wishes: A Holiday Album is the twelfth studio album and third Christmas album by saxophonist Kenny G. It was released on October 22, 2002 by Arista Records, and peaked at number 1 on the Contemporary Jazz chart, number 2 on the Contemporary Jazz Albums chart, number 29 on the Billboard 200, number 34 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and number 64 on the Internet Albums chart.^[3] It was the second best-selling Christmas album in the US for 2002 with sales of 501,000 copies for the year.^[4]

Track listing[]

1. "Deck the Halls / The Twelve Days of Christmas" (Traditional) - 3:01
2. "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing / O Come All Ye Faithful" (Felix Mendelssohn/Charles Wesley/John Francis Wade/Frederic Oakeley) - 4:37
3. "Joy to the World" (Lowell Mason/Isaac Watts) - 2:29
4. "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" (Traditional) - 4:34
5. "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer / Frosty the Snowman" (Johnny Marks/Steve Nelson/Jack Rollins) - 5:21
6. "Wishes" (Walter Afanasieff/Kenny G) - 3:59
7. "Do You Hear What I Hear?" (Noel Regney/Gloria Shayne) - 3:08
8. "Cantique de Noel (O Holy Night)" (Adolphe Adam) - 4:27
9. "Jesus, Joy of Man's Desiring" (Johann Sebastian Bach) - 2:07
10. "Auld Lang Syne (Freedom Mix)" (Robert Burns/Traditional) - 4:53

Personnel[]

• Kenny G – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, arrangements
• Walter Afanasieff – keyboards, synthesizers, programming, drum programming, arrangements
• Greg Phillinganes – keyboards
• Randy Waldman – acoustic piano
• Dave "The Blade" Foxx – synthesizers, drum programming, arrangements
• Greg Bieck – digital programming, drum programming
• Ramón Stagnaro – nylon guitar
• Nathan East – bass
• Vinnie Colaiuta – drums
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion
• Jorge Calandrelli – orchestral arrangements and conductor
• Harvey R. Cohen – horn arrangements, orchestral arrangements
• William Ross – orchestral arrangements and conductor
• Matthew Delapolla – scoring consultant
• Debbie Datz-Pyle – orchestra contractor
• Patti Zimmitti – orchestra contractor

Singles[]

Information taken from this source.^[5]

References[]

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