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Summer Soft

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Released
  
1978

Length
  
40:23

Release date
  
1978

Label
  
ABC Records

Recorded
  
1977

Artist
  
Blue Mitchell

Producer
  
Esmond Edwards

Genre
  
Jazz

Similar
  
Blue Mitchell albums, Jazz albums

Summer Soft is an album by American trumpeter Blue Mitchell recorded in 1977 and released on the Impulse! label in 1978.

Contents

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 2 stars with reviewer Scott Yanow stating "Although there are some fine players on this LP they are largely wasted on inferior material and commercial arrangements".

Track listing

  1. "Try Not to Forget" (Cedar Walton) - 7:20
  2. "Summer Soft" (Stevie Wonder) - 5:55
  3. " A Day at the Mint" (Blue Mitchell) - 6:15
  4. "Love Has Made Me a Dreamer" (Mike Dosco, Esmond Edwards) - 4:50
  5. "Evergreen" (Barbra Streisand, Paul Williams) - 4:37
  6. "30 Degrees to the Wind" (Cedar Walton, Susan Brickell) - 5:53
  7. "Funkthesizer" (Eddie Harris) - 5:33
  • Recorded in Los Angeles, California in 1977.

    • Personnel

  • Blue Mitchell - trumpet (tracks 1 & 3-7), flugelhorn (track 2), vocals (track 7)
  • Eddie Harris (track 7), Harold Land (tracks 1, 2 & 6), Herman Riley (track 3) - tenor saxophone
  • Cedar Walton - piano (tracks 1, 2 & 6), electric piano (track 3)
  • Bobby Lyle - electric piano (track 2), piano (tracks 5 & 7)
  • Richard Tee - keyboard (track 4)
  • Michael Boddicker - synthesizer (tracks 1, 2, 5 & 6)
  • Mike Dosco, Lee Ritenour (track 4) - guitar
  • Scott Edwards - bass
  • James Gadson - drums
  • Paulinho Da Costa - percussion
  • Julia Tillman Waters, Luther Waters, Maxine Willard Waters, Oren Waters - vocals (tracks 2, 4, 6 & 7)

    • Songs

    1Try Not to Forget7:20
    2Summer Soft5:55
    3A Day at the Mint6:15

    References

    Summer Soft Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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