The Tender Storm

Reception

The Allmusic review states "In a sense, this LP was really the calm before the storm, the album where Eddie Harris unveiled some new wrinkles in his act that would explode on the very next album Electrifying, while hewing tightly to a standard acoustic quartet format. Here he starts to use the Varitone amplified saxophone, albeit very discreetly, as he sticks mostly to the doubled octave effects for a suave tone that allows for some slippery swinging".

Track listing

All compositions by Eddie Harris except as indicated

1. "When a Man Loves a Woman" (Calvin Lewis, Andrew Wright) - 6:16
2. "My Funny Valentine" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 6:02
3. "Tender Storm" - 5:31
4. "On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever)" (Burton Lane, Alan Jay Lerner) - 7:09
5. "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" (Eric Maschwitz, Manning Sherwin) - 4:27
6. "If Ever I Would Leave You" (Lerner, Frederick Loewe) - 7:55

Personnel