# December Poems

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{{Infobox album|
| name         = December Poems
| type         = Album
| artist       = [Gary Peacock](/source/Gary_Peacock)
| cover        = December Poems.jpg
| alt          = 
| released     = 1979
| recorded     = December 1977
| venue        = 
| studio       = Talent, [Oslo, Norway](/source/Oslo%2C_Norway)
| genre        = [Jazz](/source/Jazz)
| length       = 42:36
| label        = [ECM](/source/ECM_Records) 1119
| producer     = [Manfred Eicher](/source/Manfred_Eicher)
| chronology   = [Gary Peacock](/source/Gary_Peacock)
| prev_title   = [Tales of Another](/source/Tales_of_Another)
| prev_year    = 1977
| next_title   = [Shift in the Wind](/source/Shift_in_the_Wind)
| next_year    = 1980
}}

'''''December Poems''''' is a solo album by American jazz bassist [Gary Peacock](/source/Gary_Peacock), recorded in December 1977 and released on the [ECM](/source/ECM_Records) label in 1979; Norwegian saxophonist [Jan Garbarek](/source/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](/source/AllMusic)
| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/>
| rev2 = ''[DownBeat](/source/DownBeat)''
| rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name=DB>{{Cite magazine |last=Lange |first=Art |date=March 1980 |title=Gary Peacock: ''December Poems'' |magazine=[DownBeat](/source/DownBeat) |page=46 |volume=47 |issue=3}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide](/source/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](/source/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](/source/The_Penguin_Guide_to_Jazz) |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=[Penguin](/source/Penguin_Books) |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=1137}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[Tom Hull – on the Web](/source/Tom_Hull_%E2%80%93_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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Gary_Peacock) – [bass](/source/double_bass)
* [Jan Garbarek](/source/Jan_Garbarek) (tracks 2 & 4) – [tenor saxophone](/source/tenor_saxophone), [soprano saxophone](/source/soprano_saxophone)

==References==
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Category:ECM Records albums
Category:Gary Peacock albums
Category:1979 albums
Category:Albums produced by Manfred Eicher

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