Summer Soft
1978 studio album by Blue Mitchell
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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]
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| Released | February 22, 1978 | |||
| Recorded | 1977 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 40:23 | |||
| Label | Impulse! | |||
| Producer | Esmond Edwards | |||
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Reception
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) – 4:30
- "Evergreen" (Barbra Streisand, Paul Williams) – 4:37
- "30 Degrees to the Wind" (Cedar Walton, Susan Brickell) – 5:53
- "Funkthesizer" (Eddie Harris) – 5:33
- Recorded in ABC Recording Studios, Los Angeles, California in 1977.
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)