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.All About Jazz Kenny Burrell discography accessed August 3, 2012 It peaked at #15 on Billboard's Best Bets For Christmas album chart on December 7, 1968."Billboard Best Bets For Christmas." Billboard, vol. 80, no. 49, December 7, 1968, p. 82. worldradiohistory.com.
Reception
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".Nastos, M. G. Allmusic Review, accessed August 3, 2012
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 Richard Evans – arrangement
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