Soft Swingin' Jazz

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 3½ stars stating "a mellow, lovely session unique within the trumpeter's catalog. For starters, Newman assumes vocal duties on a handful of cuts, proving himself a fine crooner. Moreover, the spacious, nuanced arrangements afford him the room to summon some of his most intimate but impassioned solos. Not to mention that Scott's an uncommonly sympathetic collaborator, shaping and underlining the melodies to create rolling, contoured grooves with the texture of velvet.".

Track listing

1. "Makin' Whoopee" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) - 3:18
2. "Three Little Words" (Harry Ruby, Bert Kalmar) - 2:38
3. "Scotty" (Shirley Scott) - 4:28
4. "There's a Small Hotel" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 2:37
5. "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Henry Nemo, John Redmond) - 3:19
6. "Moonglow" (Will Hudson, Mills, Eddie DeLange) - 3:39
7. "Organ Grinder's Swing" (Hudson, Mills, Mitchell Parish) - 3:01
8. "Rosetta" (Earl Hines, Henri Woode) - 3:35
9. "Too Marvelous for Words" (Richard A. Whiting, Johnny Mercer) - 3:07
10. "The Farmer's Daughter" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg) - 2:59
11. "Save Your Love for Me" (Buddy Johnson) - 3:56

Personnel