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Summer Soft
Summer Soft.jpg

Studio album by
Blue Mitchell

Released1978
Recorded1977
GenreJazz
Length40:23
LabelImpulse!
ProducerEsmond Edwards

Blue Mitchell chronology





Stablemates
(1977)

Summer Soft
(1978)


Summer Soft is an album by American trumpeter Blue Mitchell recorded in 1977 and released on the Impulse! label in 1978.[1]




Contents





  • 1 Reception


  • 2 Track listing


  • 3 Personnel


  • 4 References




Reception[edit]


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".[2]






Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic
2/5 stars[2]


Track listing[edit]


  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[edit]


  • 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)


References[edit]




  1. ^ Blue Mitchell discography accessed June 14, 2011


  2. ^ ab Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed June 14, 2011












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