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Released
  
1965

Softly as a Summer Breeze (1958)
  
Cool Blues (1958)

Release date
  
1965

Label
  
Blue Note Records

Length
  
49:32

Artist
  
Jimmy Smith

Producer
  
Alfred Lion

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
February 26, 1958 October 14, 1958 (Bonus tracks)

Similar
  
Jimmy Smith albums, Jazz albums

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. The album was rereleased on CD with four bonus tracks recorded at a later session.

Contents

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".

Track listing

  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
  7. "Willow Weep for Me" (Ann Ronell) - 3:24 Bonus track on CD reissue
  8. "Ain't No Use" (Leroy Kirkland, Sidney Wyche) - 2:40 Bonus track on CD reissue
  9. "Angel Eyes" (Earl Brent, Matt Dennis) - 3:25 Bonus track on CD reissue
  10. "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), Eddie McFadden (tracks 5 & 6), Ray Crawford (tracks 7-10) – guitar
  • Philly Joe Jones (tracks 1-4), Donald Bailey (tracks 5-10) – drums
  • Bill Henderson – vocals (tracks 7-10)

    • Songs

    1These Foolish Things5:30
    2Hackensack6:01
    3It Could Happen to You6:19

    References

    Softly as a Summer Breeze Wikipedia
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