Recorded in November 1960, "Blues Holiday" captured Serrano and his quintet in a set of blues and jazz standards. The album features a tight rhythm section and bluesy horn arrangements.
- The album was produced by Orrin Keepnews, a noted jazz producer who also worked with Bill Evans and Thelonious Monk.
- Riverside Records, the label releasing "Blues Holiday," was primarily known for its jazz recordings, making this blues release somewhat of an outlier in their catalog.
- The album failed to chart on the Billboard 200.
Paul Serrano was a blues guitarist from Chicago, known for his work in the post-war electric blues scene. "Blues Holiday" was a late-career album for Serrano, released when blues music was beginning to be rediscovered by a younger audience.
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