Holiday Soul is an album of Christmas music by the American jazz pianist Bobby Timmons, recorded in 1964 and released on the Prestige label.[1]
| Holiday Soul | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1964 | |||
| Recorded | November 24, 1964 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ | |||
| Genre | Jazz, Christmas | |||
| Label | Prestige | |||
| Producer | Ozzie Cadena | |||
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Reception edit
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| DownBeat | [3] |
The AllMusic review awarded the album 3 stars.[2] DownBeat commented that Timmons played the Christmas material "without seeming the least bit self-conscious about his soul-jazz and blues tendencies".[3] The All About Jazz reviewer also commented that the pianist retained his normal playing style despite the material.[4] Critic Marc Myers selected it for his Vintage Holiday Album Hall of Fame in 2015.[5]
Track listing edit
- "Deck the Halls" (Traditional) – 3:10
- "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) – 7:00
- "The Christmas Song" (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells) – 5:15
- "Auld Lang Syne" (Robert Burns, Traditional) – 4:35
- "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) – 6:00
- "Winter Wonderland" (Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith) – 5:30
- "We Three Kings" (John Henry Hopkins, Jr.) – 5:00
- "You're All I Want for Christmas" (Seger Ellis, Glen Moore) – 5:00
- Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on November 24, 1964.
Personnel edit
References edit
- ^ Bobby Timmons discography accessed February 11, 2011
- ^ a b Allmusic Review accessed February 11, 2011
- ^ a b Hadley, Frank-John (December 2016). "Yuletide Joy". DownBeat. Vol. 83, no. 12. p. 84.
- ^ Hovan, C. Andrew (August 16, 2004). "Don Patterson/Bobby Timmons: Holiday Soul". All About Jazz.
- ^ Myers, Marc (December 8, 2015). "Timmons/Patterson: Holiday Soul". JazzWax.