Softly as a Summer Breeze

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For the Eddie Heywood song, see Soft Summer Breeze.
Softly as a Summer Breeze
Studio album by
Jimmy Smith
Released1965
RecordedFebruary 26, 1958
October 14, 1958 (Bonus tracks)
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ
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

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

  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

  2. "Willow Weep for Me" (Ann Ronell) – 3:24
  3. "Ain't No Use" (Leroy Kirkland, Sidney Wyche) – 2:40
  4. "Angel Eyes" (Earl Brent, Matt Dennis) – 3:25
  5. "Ain't That Love" (Ray Charles) – 2:45
  • 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

Musicians

Technical

References

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