1978 studio album by Blue Mitchell
Summer Soft is an album by American trumpeter Blue Mitchell , recorded in 1977 and released on the Impulse! label in 1978.[ 1] It was his final album.[ 2]
Reception In a review for AllMusic , Scott Yanow wrote: "Although there are some fine players on this LP they are largely wasted on inferior material and commercial arrangements".[ 3]
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating AllMusic [ 3]
Track listing "Try Not to Forget" (Cedar Walton ) – 7:20
"Summer Soft" (Stevie Wonder ) – 5:55
" A Day at the Mint" (Blue Mitchell) – 6:15
"Love Has Made Me a Dreamer" (Mike Dosco, Esmond Edwards ) – 4:50
"Evergreen " (Barbra Streisand , Paul Williams ) – 4:37
"30 Degrees to the Wind" (Cedar Walton, Susan Brickell) – 5:53
"Funkthesizer" (Eddie Harris ) – 5:33
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 Waters Willard , Oren Waters – vocals (tracks 2, 4, 6 & 7)
References
^ Blue Mitchell discography accessed June 14, 2011
^ Fraser, C. Gerald (24 May 1979). "Blue Mitchell, 49, Jazzman, Dies; A Trumpeter With Horace Silver". The New York Times . p. D21.
^ a b Yanow, S. AllMusic Review accessed June 14, 2011
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
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