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 they are largely wasted on inferior material and commercial arrangements".Yanow, S. AllMusic Review accessed June 14, 2011
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)
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