Soft Swingin' Jazz
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{{Infobox album
| name = Soft Swingin' Jazz
| type = Studio
| artist = Joe Newman Quartet Featuring Shirley Scott
| cover = Soft_Swingin'_Jazz.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1958
| recorded = January 13, 15 & 17, 1958
New York City
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| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length =
| label = Coral
CRL 57208
| producer =
| chronology = Joe Newman
| prev_title = Locking Horns
| prev_year = 1957
| next_title = Joe Newman with Woodwinds
| next_year = 1958
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Soft Swingin' Jazz is an album by trumpeter Joe Newman's Quartet with organist Shirley Scott recorded in early 1958 for the Coral label.Edwards, D., Eyries, P., Watts, R, Neely, T. & Callahan, M., [http://www.bsnpubs.com/decca/coral/coral.html Coral Album Discography], accessed December 7, 2015[http://www.jazzdisco.org/shirley-scott/catalog/#coral-crl-57208 Shirley Scott Catalog], accessed December 7, 2015[http://www.jazzlists.com/jz/Soft_Swingin_Jazz.htm#m Jazzlists album entry], accessed December 7, 2015
Reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|3.5|5}}
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Allmusic awarded the album 3½ stars stating "a mellow, lovely session unique within the trumpeter's catalog. For starters, Newman assumes vocal duties on a handful of cuts, proving himself a fine crooner. Moreover, the spacious, nuanced arrangements afford him the room to summon some of his most intimate but impassioned solos. Not to mention that Scott's an uncommonly sympathetic collaborator, shaping and underlining the melodies to create rolling, contoured grooves with the texture of velvet.".{{AllMusic|first=Jason |last=Ankeny |class=album |id=mw0000350883 |title=Soft Swingin' Jazz – Review |accessdate=December 7, 2015}}
Track listing
- "Makin' Whoopee" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) – 3:18
- "Three Little Words" (Harry Ruby, Bert Kalmar) – 2:38
- "Scotty" (Shirley Scott) – 4:28
- "There's a Small Hotel" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 2:37
- "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Henry Nemo, John Redmond) – 3:19
- "Moonglow" (Will Hudson, Mills, Eddie DeLange) – 3:39
- "Organ Grinder's Swing" (Hudson, Mills, Mitchell Parish) – 3:01
- "Rosetta" (Earl Hines, Henri Woode) – 3:35
- "Too Marvelous for Words" (Richard A. Whiting, Johnny Mercer) – 3:07
- "The Farmer's Daughter" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg) – 2:59
- "Save Your Love for Me" (Buddy Johnson) – 3:56
- Recorded in New York City on January 13 (tracks 2, 10 & 11), January 15 (tracks 1, 3, 8 & 9) and January 17 (tracks 4–7), 1958
Personnel
- Joe Newman – trumpet, vocals
- Shirley Scott – organ
- Eddie Jones – bass
- Charlie Persip – drums
- Ernie Wilkins – piano (track 11)
References
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