Soft Swingin' Jazz

Soft Swingin' Jazz is an album by trumpeter Joe Newman's Quartet with organist Shirley Scott recorded in early 1958 for the Coral label.[1][2][3]

Soft Swingin' Jazz
Studio album by
Joe Newman Quartet Featuring Shirley Scott
Released1958
RecordedJanuary 13, 15 & 17, 1958
New York City
GenreJazz
LabelCoral
CRL 57208
Joe Newman chronology
Locking Horns
(1957)		 Soft Swingin' Jazz
(1958)		 Joe Newman with Woodwinds
(1958)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[4]

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.".[4]

Track listing
  1. "Makin' Whoopee" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) – 3:18
  2. "Three Little Words" (Harry Ruby, Bert Kalmar) – 2:38
  3. "Scotty" (Shirley Scott) – 4:28
  4. "There's a Small Hotel" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 2:37
  5. "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Henry Nemo, John Redmond) – 3:19
  6. "Moonglow" (Will Hudson, Mills, Eddie DeLange) – 3:39
  7. "Organ Grinder's Swing" (Hudson, Mills, Mitchell Parish) – 3:01
  8. "Rosetta" (Earl Hines, Henri Woode) – 3:35
  9. "Too Marvelous for Words" (Richard A. Whiting, Johnny Mercer) – 3:07
  10. "The Farmer's Daughter" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg) – 2:59
  11. "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

References
  1. Edwards, D., Eyries, P., Watts, R, Neely, T. & Callahan, M., Coral Album Discography, accessed December 7, 2015
  2. Shirley Scott Catalog, accessed December 7, 2015
  3. Jazzlists album entry, accessed December 7, 2015
  4. Ankeny, Jason. Soft Swingin' Jazz – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
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