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Merry Ole Soul

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Released
  
1969

Release date
  
1969

Label
  
Blue Note Records

Artist
  
Duke Pearson

Producer
  
Duke Pearson

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
February 25 & August 19, 1969

Merry Ole Soul (1969)
  
I Don't Care Who Knows It (1968-70)

Similar
  
Duke Pearson albums, Jazz albums

Duke pearson sleigh ride 1969


Merry Ole Soul is a Christmas album by American pianist and arranger Duke Pearson featuring performances recorded in 1969 and released on the Blue Note label.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review awarded the album 2 stars.

Track listing

  1. "Sleigh Ride" (Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish) - 6:25
  2. "The Little Drummer Boy" (Katherine K. Davis, Henry Onorati, Harry Simeone) - 5:47
  3. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) - 2:00
  4. "Jingle Bells" (James Pierpont) - 5:10
  5. "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) - 4:07
  6. "Go Tell It on the Mountain" (Traditional) - 3:44
  7. "Wassail Song" (Traditional) - 3:04
  8. "Silent Night" (Franz Gruber, Joseph Mohr) - 4:12
  9. "O Little Town of Bethlehem" (Phillips Brooks, Lewis Redner) - 1:14
  • Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ on February 25 (track 1) & August 19 (tracks 2-9), 1969
  • A 2004 import CD reissue of the album on Toshiba EMI includes a bonus track, "An Old Fashioned Christmas".

    • Personnel

  • Duke Pearson - piano, celeste
  • Bob Cranshaw - bass (tracks 1-8)
  • Mickey Roker - drums (tracks 1-8)
  • Airto Moreira - percussion (tracks 2-8)

    • Songs

    1Sleigh Ride6:26
    2Little Drummer Boy5:43
    3Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas2:02

    References

    Merry Ole Soul Wikipedia
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