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Merry Olde Soul

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{{Infobox album

| name = Merry Olde Soul

| type = Album

| artist = Victor Feldman

| cover = Merry Olde Soul.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1961

| recorded = 16 December 1960 and 6 & 11 January 1961

| venue =

| studio = Plaza Sound Studios, NYC

| genre = Jazz

| length = 40:25

| label = RiversideRLP/S9 366

| producer = Orrin Keepnews

| chronology = Victor Feldman

| prev_title = Latinsville!

| prev_year = 1959

| next_title = Stop the World I Want to Get Off

| next_year = 1962

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Merry Olde Soul is an album by vibraphonist/pianist Victor Feldman recorded in early 1961 (with one track from December 1960) and originally released on the Riverside label.[http://www.bsnpubs.com/new/riverside.pdf Riverside Records discography] accessed 4 January 2017[http://www.jazzdisco.org/victor-feldman/catalog/#riverside-rlp-366 Victor Feldman catalog] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140210105055/http://www.jazzdisco.org/victor-feldman/catalog/#riverside-rlp-366 |date=2014-02-10 }} accessed 4 January 2017

Reception

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}

| rev2 = DownBeat

| rev2Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine |last=Feather |first=Leonard |date=17 August 1961 |title=Victor Feldman: Merry Olde Soul |magazine=DownBeat |volume=28 |issue=17 |page=28 }}

| rev3 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

| rev3score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=480}}

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The contemporaneous DownBeat reviewer picked "Serenity" – "a beautiful and touching work" – as the highlight, and praised the contributions of all the musicians. The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states: "Feldman is in excellent form on a straight-ahead set. The trio/quartet performs five standards that for the most part are not overly familiar, plus four of the leader's originals. Tasteful and swinging music".{{AllMusic|first=Scott |last=Yanow |class=album |id=mw0000654479 |title=Merry Olde Soul – Review |accessdate=4 January 2017}} On All About Jazz Samuel Chell observed "As impressive as is his earlier date, The Arrival of Victor Feldman, Merry Olde Soul is overall a more satisfying session ... Merry Olde Soul exhibits more warmth and variety in its textures. It's also a more "groove-oriented session" thanks to the use of Cannonball Adderley's rhythm team".Chell, S. [https://www.allaboutjazz.com/victor-feldman-good-vibes-and-great-piano-from-britain-by-samuel-chell.php Victor Feldman: Good Vibes (and Great Piano) from Britain], All About Jazz, 11 April 2009

Track listing

All compositions by Victor Feldman except where noted.

  1. "For Dancers Only" (Sy Oliver, Don Raye, Vic Schoen) – 4:43
  2. "Lisa" (Victor Feldman, Torrie Zito) – 4:05
  3. "Serenity" – 4:38
  4. "You Make Me Feel So Young" (Josef Myrow, Mack Gordon) – 5:18
  5. "Come Sunday" (Duke Ellington) – 2:17
  6. "The Man I Love" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 6:27
  7. "Bloke's Blues" – 5:34
  8. "I Want to Be Wanted" (Kim Gannon, Pino Spotti, Alberto Testa) – 3:44
  9. "Mosey on Down" – 3:58
  • Recorded at Plaza Sound Studios, NYC on 16 December 1960 (track 4) and 6 & 11 January 1961 (tracks 1–3 & 5–9)

Personnel

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Category:Riverside Records albums

Category:Victor Feldman albums

Category:1961 albums

Category:Albums produced by Orrin Keepnews