Softly as a Summer Breeze
| Softly as a Summer Breeze | ||||
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| Studio album by Jimmy Smith | ||||
| Released | 1965 | |||
| Recorded |
February 26, 1958 October 14, 1958 (Bonus tracks) | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 49:32 | |||
| Label | Blue Note | |||
| Producer | Alfred Lion | |||
| Jimmy Smith chronology | ||||
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Softly as a Summer Breeze is an album by American jazz organist Jimmy Smith featuring performances recorded in 1958 but not released on the Blue Note label until 1965.[1] The album was rereleased on CD with four bonus tracks recorded at a later session.
Reception
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 3 stars stating "Softly As a Summer Breeze is one of Jimmy Smith's more obscure Blue Notes... Overall, this CD is not too essential, but it does fill in a few gaps".[2]
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
Track listing
- "These Foolish Things" (Harry Link, Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey) - 5:27
- "Hackensack" (Thelonious Monk) - 5:58
- "It Could Happen to You" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 6:16
- "Sometimes I'm Happy" (Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans) - 8:21
- "Someone to Watch Over Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 6:30
- "One for Philly Joe" [aka "Home Cookin'"] (Jimmy Smith) - 4:46
- "Willow Weep for Me" (Ann Ronell) - 3:24 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Ain't No Use" (Leroy Kirkland, Sidney Wyche) - 2:40 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Angel Eyes" (Earl Brent, Matt Dennis) - 3:25 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Ain't That Love" (Ray Charles) - 2:45 Bonus track on CD reissue
- Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey on February 26, 1958 (tracks 1-6) and October 14, 1958 (tracks 7-10)
Personnel
- Jimmy Smith – organ
- Kenny Burrell (tracks 1-4), Ray Crawford (tracks 7-10), Eddie McFadden (tracks 5 & 6) - guitar
- Donald Bailey (tracks 5-10), Philly Joe Jones (tracks 1-4) – drums
- Bill Henderson - vocals (tracks 7-10)
References
- ↑ Blue Note discography accessed November 29, 2010
- 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed November 26, 2010
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