Soft Winds (album)

Soft Winds (subtitled The Swinging Harp of Dorothy Ashby) is an album by jazz harpist Dorothy Ashby recorded in 1961 and released on the Jazzland label.[1] The album takes its name from Goodman's 1940 standard "Soft Winds" which features as the first track.

Soft Winds
Studio album by
Dorothy Ashby
Released1961
RecordedAugust 15 & 16, 1961
Plaza Sounds Studios, New York City
GenreJazz
LabelJazzland
JLP 61
ProducerJohn Levy
Dorothy Ashby chronology
In a Minor Groove
(1958)		 Soft Winds
(1961)		 Dorothy Ashby
(1962)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Down Beat[2]
Allmusic[3]

Users on Allmusic have awarded the album an average of 3 stars.[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Dorothy Ashby except as indicated

  1. "Soft Winds" (Benny Goodman) – 2:56
  2. "Wild Is the Wind" (Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington) – 4:21
  3. "The Man I Love" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:56
  4. "My Ship" (Kurt Weill, Ira Gershwin) – 3:40
  5. "Love Is Here to Stay" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:42
  6. "I've Never Been in Love Before" (Frank Loesser) – 2:27
  7. "With Strings Attached" – 2:25
  8. "Laura" (Johnny Mercer, David Raksin) – 2:59
  9. "The Guns of Navarone" (Tiomkin) – 2:15
  10. "Misty" (Erroll Garner) – 2:42
  11. "The Gypsy in My Soul" (Clay Boland, Moe Jaffe) – 2:49

Personnel

Production
  • John Levy – producer
  • Ray Fowler – engineer

References
  1. Riverside Records discography accessed May 13, 2013
  2. Down Beat:June 21, 1962 Vol. 29, No.13
  3. Allmusic Review accessed May 13, 2013
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