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1993 Aaron Neville – Aaron Neville’s Soulful Christmas

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Aaron Neville’s Soulful Christmas is the fifth studio and only only Christmas album by Aaron Neville, released in 1993.

Tracks

1  Please Come Home For Christmas (Charles Brown, Gene Redd) 2:52
2  O Holy Night (Adolphe Adam, John Sullivan Dwight ) 4:44
3  The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells) 4:20
4  Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn) 2:22
5  White Christmas (Irving Berlin) 4:48
6  Such A Night (Lincoln Chase) 3:24
7  O Little Town Of Bethlehem (Phillip Brooks, Lewis Redner ) 3:56
8  Silent Night (Franz Grüber, Joseph Mohr ) 4:06
9  Louisiana Christmas Day (Jim Cox) 3:40
10  The Star Carol (Alfred Burt, Wihla Hutson) 2:13
11  The Bells Of St. Mary’s (Emmett Adams, Douglas Furber) 2:44

Biography

Musicians

1 Please Come Home For Christmas

BassLeland Sklar
DrumsEd Greene
GuitarDean Parks
KeyboardsJim Cox
HornsDennis Farias
HornsLee Thornburg
HornsLon Price
HornsTom Timko
HornsVince Denham
PercussionSteve Forman
Background VocalsDarryl Phinnessee
Background VocalsDorian Holley
Background VocalsJim Gilstrap
Background VocalsRick Nelson
VocalsAaron Neville


2 O Holy Night

BassFred Washington
DrumsEd Greene
GuitarPaul Jackson Jr
PianoJim Cox
Background VocalsAlex Brown
Background VocalsDarryl Phinnessee
Background VocalsDorian Holley
Background VocalsJackie Farris
Background VocalsJim Gilstrap
Background VocalsLynne Mabrey
VocalsAaron Neville


3 The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)

BassJim Hughart
DrumsJohn Guerin
GuitarDean Parks
KeyboardsJim Cox
SaxPlas Johnson
VocalsAaron Neville


4 Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow

BassJim Hughart
DrumsJohn Guerin
GuitarDean Parks
OrganJim Cox
SaxPlas Johnson
VocalsAaron Neville


5 White Christmas

BassJim Hughart
DrumsJohn Guerin
GuitarDean Parks
KeyboardsJim Cox
SaxPlas Johnson
VocalsAaron Neville


6 Such A Night

BassLeland Sklar
DrumsEd Greene
GuitarDean Parks
KeyboardsJim Cox
SaxLon Price
SaxTom Timko
Background VocalsDarryl Phinnessee
Background VocalsDorian Holley
Background VocalsJim Gilstrap
Background VocalsKevin Dorsey
VocalsAaron Neville


7 O Little Town Of Bethlehem

PercussionSteve Forman
Background VocalsAndrea Robinson
Background VocalsCarmen Twillie
Background VocalsDorian Holley
Background VocalsGary Falcone
Background VocalsJim Gilstrap
Background VocalsJosef Powell
Background VocalsRaven Kane
Background VocalsStephanie Spruill
VocalsAaron Neville


8 Silent Night

PercussionSteve Forman
Background VocalsDarryl Phinnessee
Background VocalsDorian Holley
Background VocalsJim Gilstrap
Background VocalsJoey Diggs
Background VocalsKevin Dorsey
VocalsAaron Neville


9 Louisiana Christmas Day

BassLeland Sklar
DrumsEd Greene
SnareAjay Mallery
DrumsKeith Frazier
GuitarDean Parks
KeyboardsJim Cox
SaxPlas Johnson
SaxLon Price
SaxTom Timko
SaxVince Denham
Background VocalsAlex Brown
Background VocalsBrett Hudson
Background VocalsGabe Veltri
Background VocalsJackie Farris
Background VocalsJim Cox
Background VocalsLynne Mabrey
Background VocalsMark Hudson
Background VocalsSteve Lindsey
VocalsAaron Neville


10 The Star Carol

GuitarBob Mann
OrganJim Cox
HarpAmy Schulman
WoodwindsJon Clarke
VibraphoneSteve Forman
VocalsAaron Neville


11 The Bells Of St. Mary’s

BassLeland Sklar
DrumsEd Greene
GuitarDean Parks
KeyboardsJim Cox
PercussionMB Gordy
Background VocalsDarryl Phinnessee
Background VocalsDorian Holley
Background VocalsJim Gilstrap
Background VocalsKevin Dorsey
VocalsAaron Neville

Liner Notes

Producer – Steve Lindsey
Production Coordinator – Julie Larson
Producer (Executive) – David Anderle
Arranged By – Aaron Neville, David Campbell, Steve Lindsey (Tracks 2, 7, 8)
Arranged By (Horns) – Lee Thornburg (Track 1)
Arranged By (Strings), Conductor – Mort Lindsey (Tracks 3, 4, 5)
Arranged By (Choir, Orchestra) – David Campbell (Tracks 7, 8)
Arranged By – David Campbell (Track 10)
Conductor – David Campbell (Tracks 7, 8)
Contractor – Frank Capp (Tracks 3, 4, 5)
Mastered By – Doug Sax
Mixed By – Bill Schnee
Recorded By – Gabe Veltri
Recorded By (Assistant) – Bill Smith, Bob Loftus, Noel Hazen

Art Direction – Chuck Beeson
Design – F Ron Miller
Photography – Sherry Etheredge

Mastered At The Mastering Lab
Mixed At Bill Schnee Studios
Recorded At Capitol Studios
Recorded At New Orleans Recording Company
Phonographic Copyright A&M Records Inc.
Copyright A&M Records Inc

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