Touch Me Softly is a 1963 album by George Shearing accompanied by his quintet and a string orchestra.
Reception
Scott Yanow reviewed the album for Allmusic and wrote that "Best is a touching version of "Sunday, Monday or Always"...Actually, for this type of "dreamy" romantic music, the performances are excellent, but one should not expect much jazz on this out-of-print LP."
Track listing "Just Imagine" (Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown, Ray Henderson) - 2:34 "Blue Room" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 2:33 "You're Blasé" (Bruce Sievier, Ord Hamilton) - 3:07 "Wait for Me" (Charles DeForest) - 3:05 "Try a Little Tenderness" (Jimmy Campbell, Reginald Connelly, Harry M. Woods) - 2:45 "Suddenly It's Spring" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) - 2:41 "Be Careful, It's My Heart" (Irving Berlin) - 2:18 "Sunday, Monday, or Always" (Van Heusen, Burke) - 2:40 "Lollipops and Roses" (Tony Velona) - 2:40 "Just as Though You Were Here" (Edgar De Lange, John Benson Brooks) - 3:12 "Touch Me Softly" (Dick Allen, Stan Hoffman) - 3:37 "In a Sentimental Mood" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Manny Kurtz) - 3:22
Personnel George Shearing - piano, arranger Gary Burton or Douglas Marsh - vibraphone Ron Anthony - guitar Ralph Peña - double bass Vernel Fournier - drums Milt Raskin - conducting string choir
Recorded in Los Angeles, 1963.'Best of George Shearing, Vol. Two, 1960-1969' (Capitol, 1997) liner notes
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