Summer Soft is an album by American trumpeter Blue Mitchell, recorded in 1977 and released on the Impulse! label in 1978.[ Blue Mitchell discography accessed June 14, 2011] It was his final album.
Reception
In a review for
AllMusic,
Scott Yanow wrote: "Although there are some fine players on this
LP record they are largely wasted on inferior material and commercial arrangements".
[Yanow, S. AllMusic Review accessed June 14, 2011]
Track listing
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"Try Not to Forget" (Cedar Walton) – 7:20
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"Summer Soft" (Stevie Wonder) – 5:55
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" A Day at the Mint" (Blue Mitchell) – 6:15
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"Love Has Made Me a Dreamer" (Mike Dosco, Esmond Edwards) – 4:30
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"Evergreen" (Barbra Streisand, Paul Williams) – 4:37
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"30 Degrees to the Wind" (Cedar Walton, Susan Brickell) – 5:53
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"Funkthesizer" (Eddie Harris) – 5:33
- *Recorded in ABC Recording Studios, Los Angeles in 1977.
Personnel
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Blue Mitchell – trumpet (tracks 1 & 3–7), flugelhorn (track 2), singing (track 7)
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Eddie Harris (track 7), Harold Land (tracks 1, 2 & 6), Herman Riley (track 3) – tenor saxophone
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Cedar Walton – piano (tracks 1, 2 & 6), electric piano (track 3)
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Bobby Lyle – electric piano (track 2), piano (tracks 5 & 7)
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Richard Tee – keyboard (track 4)
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Michael Boddicker – synthesizer (tracks 1, 2, 5 & 6)
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Mike Dosco, Lee Ritenour (track 4) – electric guitar
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Scott Edwards – electric bass
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James Gadson – drum kit
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Paulinho Da Costa – percussion
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Julia Tillman Waters, Luther Waters, Maxine Waters Willard, Oren Waters – vocals (tracks 2, 4, 6 & 7)
