1978 studio album by Blue Mitchell
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]
In a review for AllMusic , Scott Yanow wrote: "Although there are some fine players on this LP they are largely wasted on inferior material and commercial arrangements".[ 3]
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating AllMusic [ 3]
"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 ) – 4:50 "Evergreen " (Barbra Streisand , Paul Williams ) – 4:37 "30 Degrees to the Wind" (Cedar Walton, Susan Brickell) – 5:53 "Funkthesizer" (Eddie Harris ) – 5:33 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) ^ Blue Mitchell discography accessed June 14, 2011 ^ Fraser, C. Gerald (24 May 1979). "Blue Mitchell, 49, Jazzman, Dies; A Trumpeter With Horace Silver". The New York Times . p. D21. ^ a b Yanow, S. AllMusic Review accessed June 14, 2011
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader WithLou Donaldson WithPhilly Joe Jones WithSam Jones WithJimmy McGriff WithHorace Silver WithStanley Turrentine With others Portrait of Cannonball (Cannonball Adderley , 1958) Back to the Tracks (Tina Brooks , 1960) Street Singer (Tina Brooks and Jackie McLean , 1960) My Kind of Jazz (Ray Charles , 1970) True Blue (Al Cohn and Dexter Gordon , 1976) Silver Blue (with Al Cohn and Dexter Gordon , 1976) Dolo! (Dolo Coker , 1976) California Hard (Dolo Coker, 1976) Junior's Cookin' (Junior Cook , 1961) Filthy! (Papa John Creach , 1972) Red's Good Groove (Red Garland , 1962) Green Is Beautiful (Grant Green , 1970) Soul Mist! (Richard "Groove" Holmes , 1966) Homecoming! (Elmo Hope , 1961) Montara (Bobby Hutcherson , 1975) The Soul Brotherhood (Charles Kynard , 1969) The Blue Yusef Lateef (Yusef Lateef , 1968) Rakin' and Scrapin' (Harold Mabern , 1968) Jazz Blues Fusion (John Mayall , 1971) Ten Years Are Gone (John Mayall, 1973) Les McCann Ltd. in New York (Les McCann , 1961) Can't Hide Love (Carmen McRae , 1976) Capuchin Swing (Jackie McLean, 1960) Jackie's Bag (Jackie McLean, 1960) Hi Voltage (Hank Mobley , 1967) Captain Buckles (David "Fathead" Newman , 1970) Opus De Don (Don Patterson , 1968) Oh Baby! (Big John Patton , 1965) Breezing (Sonny Red , 1960) Images (Sonny Red, 1961) Good Move! (Freddie Roach , 1963) Takin' Care of Business (Charlie Rouse , 1960) Open House (Jimmy Smith , 1960) Plain Talk (Jimmy Smith, 1960) Sonny Stitt & the Top Brass (Sonny Stitt , 1962) Soul Time (Bobby Timmons , 1960) Steppin' Out! (Harold Vick , 1963) The Caribbean Suite (Harold Vick, 1966) Spectrum (Cedar Walton , 1968) The Electric Boogaloo Song (Cedar Walton, 1969) Beyond Mobius (Cedar Walton, 1976) Money in the Pocket (Joe Zawinul , 1966)