Softly as a Summer Breeze

Softly as a Summer Breeze
Studio album by Jimmy Smith
Released	1965
Recorded	February 26, 1958 October 14, 1958 (Bonus tracks)
Genre	Jazz
Length	49:32
Label	Blue Note
Producer	Alfred Lion
Jimmy Smith chronology
The Sermon! (1957) Softly as a Summer Breeze (1958) 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
Source	Rating
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
7. "Willow Weep for Me" (Ann Ronell) - 3:24 Bonus track on CD reissue
8. "Ain't No Use" (Leroy Kirkland, Sidney Wyche) - 2:40 Bonus track on CD reissue
9. "Angel Eyes" (Earl Brent, Matt Dennis) - 3:25 Bonus track on CD reissue
10. "Ain't That Love" (Ray Charles) - 2:45 Bonus track on CD reissue

• 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

• Jimmy Smith – organ
• Kenny Burrell (tracks 1-4), Eddie McFadden (tracks 5 & 6), Ray Crawford (tracks 7-10) – guitar
• Philly Joe Jones (tracks 1-4), Donald Bailey (tracks 5-10) – drums
• Bill Henderson – vocals (tracks 7-10)

References