Holiday Soul
Studio album by
Released1964
RecordedNovember 24, 1964
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreJazz, Christmas
LabelPrestige
ProducerOzzie Cadena
Bobby Timmons chronology
Workin' Out!
(1964)
Holiday Soul
(1964)
Chicken & Dumplin's
(1965)

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]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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

  1. "Deck the Halls" (Traditional) – 3:10
  2. "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) – 7:00
  3. "The Christmas Song" (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells) – 5:15
  4. "Auld Lang Syne" (Robert Burns, Traditional) – 4:35
  5. "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) – 6:00
  6. "Winter Wonderland" (Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith) – 5:30
  7. "We Three Kings" (John Henry Hopkins, Jr.) – 5:00
  8. "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

References

  1. Bobby Timmons discography accessed February 11, 2011
  2. 1 2 Allmusic Review accessed February 11, 2011
  3. 1 2 Hadley, Frank-John (December 2016). "Yuletide Joy". DownBeat. Vol. 83, no. 12. p. 84.
  4. Hovan, C. Andrew (August 16, 2004). "Don Patterson/Bobby Timmons: Holiday Soul". All About Jazz.
  5. Myers, Marc (December 8, 2015). "Timmons/Patterson: Holiday Soul". JazzWax.
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