Have Yourself a Soulful Little Christmas
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Studio album by Kenny Burrell | ||||
Released | 1966 | |||
Recorded | October 1966 Tel Mar Studios, Chicago |
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Genre | Jazz | |||
Label | Cadet LPS 798 |
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Producer | Esmond Edwards | |||
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Have Yourself a Soulful Little Christmas is an album of Christmas music by guitarist Kenny Burrell recorded in 1966 and released on the Cadet label.[1]
Reception
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Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars in a review by Michael G. Nastos that stated "With pensive, meditative, precise playing, it's a must-have and features a definitive jazz hit version of "Little Drummer Boy".[2]
Track listing
- "The Little Drummer Boy" (Katherine Davis, Henry Onorati, Harry Simeone) - 3:37
- "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) - 3:27
- "My Favorite Things" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) - 3:34
- "Away in a Manger" (Traditional) - 3:06
- "Mary's Little Boy Chile" (Jester Hairston) - 2:34
- "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) - 3:10
- "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" (Traditional) - 3:51
- "The Christmas Song" (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells) - 3:05
- "Children Go Where I Send Thee" (Traditional) - 3:08
- "Silent Night" (Franz Gruber, Joseph Mohr) - 2:41
- "The Twelve Days of Christmas" (Traditional) - 2:17
- "Merry Christmas Baby" (Lou Baxter, Johnny Moore) - 3:22
Personnel
- Kenny Burrell - guitar
- Orchestra arranged and conducted by Richard Evans
References
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- ↑ All About Jazz Kenny Burrell discography accessed August 3, 2012
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Nastos, M. G. Allmusic Review, accessed August 3, 2012