Holiday Soul (Don Patterson album)

Holiday Soul is an album of Christmas music by organist Don Patterson recorded in 1964 and released on the Prestige label.[1]

This article is about the album by Don Patterson. For the album by Bobby Timmons, see Holiday Soul (Bobby Timmons album).
Holiday Soul
Studio album by
Don Patterson
Released1964
RecordedNovember 25, 1964
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
GenreJazz, Christmas
Length37:35
LabelPrestige
PR 7415
ProducerOzzie Cadena
Don Patterson chronology
Patterson's People
(1964)		 Holiday Soul
(1964)		 Satisfaction!
(1965)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

Allmusic writer Kurt Edwards awarded the album 3 stars stating "The group put their own warm spin on winter classics, staying true to the melodies while giving themselves room to stretch out a bit. It adds up to a hopeful, fun record, perfect for any holiday party, no matter your affiliation" and noting the album "manage[s] to capture the best of the season's feeling".[2] Don Patterson's most commercially successful album was 1964's Holiday Soul, which reached #85 on the Billboard 200 in 1967.[3]

Track listing
  1. "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (Johnny Marks) - 3:10
  2. "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?" (Frank Loesser) - 5:20
  3. "You're All I Want for Christmas" (Seger Ellis, Glen Moore) - 2:50
  4. "Silent Night" (Franz Gruber, Joseph Mohr) - 2:50
  5. "O Holy Night" (Adolphe Adam, John Sullivan Dwight) - 3:15
  6. "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) - 5:30
  7. "Merry Christmas Baby" (Lou Baxter, Johnny Moore) - 6:00
  8. "Jingle Bells" (James Pierpont) - 8:40

Personnel

References
  1. Prestige Records discography accessed March 28, 2013
  2. Edwards, K. Allmusic Review, accessed March 22, 2013
  3. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/don-patterson-mn0000800821/awards
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