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Softly As A Summer Breeze - The Incredible - Jimmy Smith - With Kenny Burrell & Philly Joe Jones / Blue Note Audio CD 2006 / 0946 3 55523 2 4
UPC 094635552324
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.
Kenneth Earl Burrell (born July 31, 1931) is an American jazz guitarist known for his work on numerous top jazz labels: Prestige, Blue Note, Verve, CTI, Muse, and Concord. His collaborations with Jimmy Smith were notable, and produced the 1965 Billboard Top Twenty hit Verve album Organ Grinder Swing. He has cited jazz guitarists Charlie Christian, Oscar Moore, and Django Reinhardt as influences, along with blues guitarists T-Bone Walker and Muddy Waters.
Joseph Rudolph "Philly Joe" Jones (July 15, 1923 – August 30, 1985) was an American jazz drummer .
| Label: | Blue Note – 0946 3 55523 2 4 |
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| Series: | RVG Edition |
| Format: |
CD, Album
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| Country: | Europe |
| Released: | Feb 21, 2006 |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Style: | Post Bop |
Tracklist:
| 1 |
These Foolish Things |
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5:27 |
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| 2 | Hackensack |
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5:58 |
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| 3 | It Could Happen To You |
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6:16 |
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| 4 | Sometimes I'm Happy |
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8:20 |
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| 5 | Someone To Watch Over Me |
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6:29 |
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| 6 | Home Cookin' (aka One For Philly Joe) |
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4:46 |
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| 7 | Willow Weep For Me |
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3:24 |
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| 8 | Ain't No Use |
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2:40 |
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| 9 | Angel Eyes |
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3:25 |
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| 10 | Ain't That Love |
| 2:46 |
- Drums – "Philly" Joe Jones (tracks: 1 to 4), Donald Bailey (tracks: 5 to 10)
- Guitar – Eddie McFadden (tracks: 5, 6), Kenny Burrell (tracks: 1 to 4), Ray Crawford (tracks: 7 to 10)
- Liner Notes [2005] – Bob Blumenthal
- Liner Notes [Original Liner] – Leonard Feather
- Organ – Jimmy Smith
- Photography By [Cover] – Jean-Pierre Leloir
- Producer – Alfred Lion
- Recorded By, Remastered By – Rudy Van Gelder
- Reissue Producer – Michael Cuscuna
- Vocals – Bill Henderson (3) (tracks: 7 to 10)
