{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album| | name = December Poems | type = Album | artist = Gary Peacock | cover = December Poems.jpg | alt = | released = 1979 | recorded = December 1977 | venue = | studio = Talent, Oslo, Norway | genre = Jazz | length = 42:36 | label = ECM 1119 | producer = Manfred Eicher | chronology = Gary Peacock | prev_title = Tales of Another | prev_year = 1977 | next_title = Shift in the Wind | next_year = 1980 }}
'''''December Poems''''' is a solo album by American jazz bassist Gary Peacock, recorded in December 1977 and released on the ECM label in 1979; Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek makes a guest appearance for two duets.<ref>{{cite web|title=Gary Peacock Catalog|url=https://www.jazzdisco.org/gary-peacock/catalog/|publisher=jazzdisco.org|accessdate=23 March 2018}}</ref><ref name="ECM discography">[http://www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/1100/1119.php? ECM discography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120916122229/http://www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/1100/1119.php |date=2012-09-16 }} accessed August 29, 2011</ref>
==Reception== {{Music ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/> | rev2 = ''DownBeat'' | rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name=DB>{{Cite magazine |last=Lange |first=Art |date=March 1980 |title=Gary Peacock: ''December Poems'' |magazine=DownBeat |page=46 |volume=47 |issue=3}}</ref> | rev4 = ''The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide'' | rev4Score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name=RSJRG>{{Cite book |editor-last=Swenson |editor-first=J. | author-link = | year = 1985 | title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone | location = USA | isbn = 0-394-72643-X | pages = 160 }}</ref> | rev3 = ''The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings'' | rev3score = {{Rating|3|4}}<ref name="Penguin">{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=1137}}</ref> | rev5 = ''Tom Hull – on the Web'' | rev5Score = B+ ({{Rating-Christgau|hm1}})<ref>{{cite web|last=Hull|first=Tom|author-link=Tom Hull (critic)|date=September 8, 2020|url=http://tomhull.com/ocston/blog/archives/2881-Music-Week.html|title=Music Week|website=Tom Hull – on the Web|accessdate=September 9, 2020}}</ref> }} The AllMusic review by David R. Adler stated: "Despite the sparse and somewhat cold feeling of the record, Peacock's virtuosity and sterling tone are well-served in a solo format."<ref name="Allmusic">Adler, D. R. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/december-poems-r145300 AllMusic Review] accessed August 29, 2011</ref>
''DownBeat'' reviewer Art Lange wrote, "''December Poems'' is a gem of an album".<ref name=DB/>
==Track listing== :''All compositions by Gary Peacock'' # "Snow Dance" - 7:24 # "Winterlude" - 6:02 # "A Northern Tale" - 6:18 # "December Greenwings" - 7:44 # "Flower Crystals" - 5:09 # "Celebrations" - 9:49
==Personnel== * Gary Peacock – bass * Jan Garbarek (tracks 2 & 4) – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
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