Holiday Soul (Bobby Timmons album) explained

Holiday Soul
Type:	Album
Artist:	Bobby Timmons
Cover:	Holiday Soul.jpg
Released:	1964
Recorded:	November 24, 1964
Studio:	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre:	Jazz, Christmas
Label:	Prestige
Producer:	Ozzie Cadena
Chronology:	Bobby Timmons
Prev Title:	Workin' Out!
Prev Year:	1964
Next Title:	Chicken & Dumplin's
Next Year:	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

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

Notes and References

http://www.jazzdisco.org/bobby-timmons/catalog/#prestige-pr-7414 Bobby Timmons discography
http://www.allmusic.com/album/holiday-soul-r148901 Allmusic Review
Hadley . Frank-John . December 2016 . Yuletide Joy . . 83 . 12 . 84 .
Web site: Hovan . C. Andrew . August 16, 2004 . Don Patterson/Bobby Timmons: Holiday Soul . .
Web site: Myers . Marc . December 8, 2015 . Timmons/Patterson: Holiday Soul . JazzWax .