Holiday_Soul_(Bobby_Timmons_album)
Holiday Soul (Bobby Timmons album)
1964 studio album by Bobby Timmons
This article is about the album by Bobby Timmons. For the album by Don Patterson, see Holiday Soul (Don Patterson album).
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]
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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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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]
- "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.
- Bobby Timmons discography accessed February 11, 2011
- Allmusic Review accessed February 11, 2011
- 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.