Have Yourself a Soulful Little Christmas

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] It peaked at #15 on Billboard's Best Bets For Christmas album chart on December 7, 1968.^[2]

Have Yourself a Soulful Little Christmas
Studio album by Kenny Burrell
Released	1966
Recorded	October 1966
Studio	Tel Mar Studios, Chicago
Genre	Jazz
Label	Cadet LPS 798
Producer	Esmond Edwards
Kenny Burrell chronology
The Tender Gender (1966) Have Yourself a Soulful Little Christmas (1966) A Generation Ago Today (1966-67)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[4]

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".^[3]

Track listing

1. "The Little Drummer Boy" (Katherine Davis, Henry Onorati, Harry Simeone) - 3:37
2. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) - 3:27
3. "My Favorite Things" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) - 3:34
4. "Away in a Manger" (Traditional) - 3:06
5. "Mary's Little Boy Chile" (Jester Hairston) - 2:34
6. "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) - 3:10
7. "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" (Traditional) - 3:51
8. "The Christmas Song" (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells) - 3:05
9. "Children Go Where I Send Thee" (Traditional) - 3:08
10. "Silent Night" (Franz Gruber, Joseph Mohr) - 2:41
11. "The Twelve Days of Christmas" (Traditional) - 2:17
12. "Merry Christmas Baby" (Lou Baxter, Johnny Moore) - 3:22

Personnel

• Kenny Burrell – guitar
• Richard Evans – arrangement

References

1. All About Jazz Kenny Burrell discography accessed August 3, 2012
2. "Billboard Best Bets For Christmas." Billboard, vol. 80, no. 49, December 7, 1968, p. 82. worldradiohistory.com.
3. Nastos, M. G. Allmusic Review, accessed August 3, 2012
4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 202. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.