Soft Winds (album)
1961 studio album by Dorothy Ashby
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Soft Winds (subtitled The Swinging Harp of Dorothy Ashby) is an album by jazz harpist Dorothy Ashby recorded in 1961 and released on the Jazzland label.[1] The album takes its name from Goodman's 1940 standard "Soft Winds" which features as the first track.
Released1961
RecordedAugust 15 & 16, 1961
Plaza Sounds Studios, New York City
Plaza Sounds Studios, New York City
GenreJazz
LabelsJazzland
JLP 61
JLP 61
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| Released | 1961 | |||
| Recorded | August 15 & 16, 1961 Plaza Sounds Studios, New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Labels | Jazzland JLP 61 | |||
| Producer | John Levy | |||
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Reception
Track listing
All compositions by Dorothy Ashby except as indicated
- "Soft Winds" (Benny Goodman) – 2:56
- "Wild Is the Wind" (Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington) – 4:21
- "The Man I Love" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:56
- "My Ship" (Kurt Weill, Ira Gershwin) – 3:40
- "Love Is Here to Stay" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:42
- "I've Never Been in Love Before" (Frank Loesser) – 2:27
- "With Strings Attached" – 2:25
- "Laura" (Johnny Mercer, David Raksin) – 2:59
- "The Guns of Navarone" (Tiomkin) – 2:15
- "Misty" (Erroll Garner) – 2:42
- "The Gypsy in My Soul" (Clay Boland, Moe Jaffe) – 2:49
Personnel
Production
- John Levy – producer
- Ray Fowler – engineer