Blue Note
Softly As A Summer Breeze
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| Recorded | 1965 |
|---|---|
| Label | Blue Note |
| Catalog | BLP 4200 |
| Released | 1965 |
| Personnel | 10 credited players |
| Discogs | master 33180 |
The record
Two guitar chairs in the credits, Eddie McFadden and Kenny Burrell, and two drummers, Philly Joe Jones and Donald Bailey, behind Smith's organ. Standards for the most part, These Foolish Things and Someone To Watch Over Me among them, with Hackensack and Home Cookin' there when you want the tempo up. Blue Note BLP 4200, mono, 1965, produced by Alfred Lion, notes by Leonard Feather.
Tracks
- These Foolish Things
- Hackensack
- It Could Happen To You
- Sometimes I'm Happy
- Someone To Watch Over Me
- Home Cookin'
Session personnel
- Reid Miles — Design [Cover]
- "Philly" Joe Jones — Drums
- Donald Bailey — Drums
- Eddie McFadden — Guitar
- Kenny Burrell — Guitar
- Rudy Van Gelder — Lacquer Cut By
- Leonard Feather — Liner Notes
- Jimmy Smith — Organ
- Jean-Pierre Leloir — Photography By [Cover Photo]
- Alfred Lion — Producer
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 22 pressings on file.
| 1965 | Blue Note · BLP 4200 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, B3 Track Variant earliest on file · RVG stamp; laminated sleeve |
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| 1965 | Blue Note · BST 84200 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, DG side 2 · deep groove (one side); RVG stamp; Plastylite ear |
| 1965 | Blue Note · BST 84200 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Non-deepgroove / NY both sides · RVG stamp; Plastylite ear |
| 1966 | Blue Note · BST 84200 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, NY/Liberty · RVG stamp |
| 1970 | Blue Note · BST-84200 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo · RVG stamp |
| 1998 | Blue Note · 7243 4 97505 2 4 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue · RVG stamp |
| 2006 | Blue Note · 0946 3 55523 2 4 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered · RVG stamp |
| 2006 | Blue Note · 0946 3 55523 2 4 — CD, Album, Copy Protected, Reissue, Remastered · RVG stamp |
| 2006 | Blue Note · 0946 3 37779 2 7 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered · RVG stamp |
| 2006 | Blue Note · 0946 3 55523 2 4 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered · RVG stamp |
| 1965 | Blue Note · BLP 4200 — Vinyl LP Album Mono |
| 1969 | Blue Note · HBNS 451-14 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo |
| 1970 | Blue Note · BST 84200 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Reissue |
| 1995 | Blue Note · TOCJ-4200 — CD, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
Follow the players
Reid Miles also plays on
"Philly" Joe Jones also plays on
Donald Bailey also plays on