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Produced By: Phalcon7 (for Morning Crew Music, Inc.)
Executive Producer: Louise C. West
Engineer: Jonathan Floyd
Mixed By: Fil Brown
Gary Taylor: Vocals, Keyboards
Luke Smith: Acoustic Piano, Keyboards
Reggie Hamilton: Bass
Trevor Lawrence Jr.: Drums
Written By: Gary Taylor
Mastered at: Skip Saylor
Design [Cover]: David Campbell (for Covaun.com)
Published By: Morning Crew Music, Inc. BMI
Song Running Time 3:42
Music Journalist, Steven Ivory
If Nat “King” Cole’s rendition of “The Christmas Song” and instrumentalist Vince Guaraldi’s Charlie Brown classic “Christmastime Is Here” had a baby, singer/songwriter Gary Taylor’s “Christmas That I Know” would be the result.
The comparisons, however, are all about sentiment. Musically, “Christmas That I Know,” written, produced, and performed by Taylor, is quintessential G.T.: a soulful, jazz-glazed ballad that tugs at the heart while recalling a kinder time.
July 2023
Gary Taylor’s “Christmas That I Know.”
The man who created modern soul music performed by Anita Baker, the Whispers, Jennifer Holliday, and Lalah Hathaway, among others, captures the spirit of the season with an instant holiday classic that harks back to a kinder time, for all time. Composed, produced, and performed by the inimitable Gary Taylor.
July 2023
Melting hearts like a snowman in July: “Christmas That I Know,” Gary Taylor’s new holiday classic, already feels like a comfy, time-honored chestnut from kinder times, for all time. Composed, produced, and performed by Gary Taylor.
July 2023
“Christmas That I know” is the new holiday classic from the inimitable singer/songwriter Gary Taylor. The man who gave us modern soul classics by Anita Baker, the Whispers, and Lalah Hathaway, reclaims the pre-pandemic spirit of the season with a jazz-tinged ballad that harks back to a kinder time, for all time.
Christmas That I Know