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Softly as a Summer Breeze

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Softly as a Summer Breeze
Studio album by
Released1965
RecordedFebruary 26, 1958
October 14, 1958 (bonus tracks)
StudioManhattan Towers, New York
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ (bonus tracks)
GenreJazz
Length49:32
LabelBlue Note
ProducerAlfred Lion
Jimmy Smith chronology
The Sermon!
(1957)
Softly as a Summer Breeze
(1965)
Cool Blues
(1958)

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

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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
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

Track listing

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  1. "These Foolish Things" (Harry Link, Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey) – 5:27
  2. "Hackensack" (Thelonious Monk) – 5:58
  3. "It Could Happen to You" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 6:16
  4. "Sometimes I'm Happy" (Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans) – 8:21
  5. "Someone to Watch Over Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 6:30
  6. "One for Philly Joe" [aka "Home Cookin'"] (Jimmy Smith) – 4:46

Bonus tracks on 1998 CD reissue

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  1. "Willow Weep for Me" (Ann Ronell) – 3:24
  2. "Ain't No Use" (Leroy Kirkland, Sidney Wyche) – 2:40
  3. "Angel Eyes" (Earl Brent, Matt Dennis) – 3:25
  4. "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

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Musicians

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Technical

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References

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  1. ^ Blue Note discography accessed November 29, 2010
  2. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed November 26, 2010