Holiday Soul (Bobby Timmons album)
1964 studio album by Bobby Timmons
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
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
"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
References
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader With Art Blakey andthe Jazz Messengers With others
10 to 4 at the 5 Spot (Pepper Adams , 1958)
The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Francisco (1959)
Them Dirty Blues (Cannonball Adderley , 1960)
Work Song (Nat Adderley , 1960)
Chet Baker & Crew (1956)
Chet Baker Big Band (1956)
Blue Lights (Kenny Burrell , 1958)
On View at the Five Spot Cafe (Kenny Burrell, 1959)
More Party Time (Arnett Cobb , 1960)
Movin' Right Along (Arnett Cobb, 1960)
'Round About Midnight at the Cafe Bohemia (Kenny Dorham , 1956)
Matador (Kenny Dorham, 1962)
Brass Shout (Art Farmer , 1959)
The Opener (Curtis Fuller , 1957)
Benny Golson and the Philadelphians (1958)
The Big Soul-Band (Johnny Griffin , 1960)
The Soul Society (Sam Jones , 1960)
Nice and Easy (Johnny Lytle , 1962)
Hank (Hank Mobley , 1957)
The Cooker (Lee Morgan , 1957)
Lee-Way (Lee Morgan, 1960)
Comin' On! (Dizzy Reece , 1960)
Personal Appearance (Sonny Stitt , 1957)
The Young Lions (1960)