Softly as a Summer Breeze
Appearance
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Released | 1965 | |||
Recorded | February 26, 1958 October 14, 1958 (bonus tracks) | |||
Studio | Manhattan Towers, New York Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ (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
[edit]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]
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Track listing
[edit]- "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
Bonus tracks on 1998 CD reissue
[edit]- "Willow Weep for Me" (Ann Ronell) – 3:24
- "Ain't No Use" (Leroy Kirkland, Sidney Wyche) – 2:40
- "Angel Eyes" (Earl Brent, Matt Dennis) – 3:25
- "Ain't That Love" (Ray Charles) – 2:45
- Recorded at Manhattan Towers, New York, on February 26, 1958 (tracks 1–6) and at Rudy Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey, on October 14, 1958 (tracks 7–10).
Personnel
[edit]Musicians
[edit]- Jimmy Smith – organ
- Kenny Burrell – guitar, (tracks 1–4)
- Eddie McFadden – guitar, (tracks 5 & 6)
- Ray Crawford – guitar, (tracks 7–10)
- Philly Joe Jones – drums, (tracks 1–4)
- Donald Bailey – drums, (tracks 5–10)
- Bill Henderson – vocals, (tracks 7–10)
Technical
[edit]- Alfred Lion – producer
- Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
- Reid Miles – design
- Jean-Pierre Leloir – photography
- Leonard Feather – liner notes
References
[edit]- ^ Blue Note discography accessed November 29, 2010
- ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed November 26, 2010