Smooth as the Wind


Smooth as the Wind is an album by American trumpeter Blue Mitchell with strings and brass recorded in late 1960 and early 1961 and released on the Riverside label.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars and stated "Trumpeter Blue Mitchell is in excellent form on this very interesting session... The arrangements are generally quite stimulating, inspiring the trumpeter to come up with many fresh melodic solos... By varying tempos and moods, Dameron and Golson helped create one of the better soloist-with-strings jazz dates".

Track listing

  1. "Smooth as the Wind" - 5:10
  2. "But Beautiful" - 3:35
  3. "The [Best Things in Life Are Free (Ray Henderson song)|The Best Things in Life Are Free]" 3:18
  4. "Peace (Horace [Silver song)|Peace]" - 3:53
  5. "For Heaven's Sake" - 3:32
  6. "The Nearness of You" - 3:22
  7. "A Blue Time" - 4:52
  8. "Strollin'" - 3:16
  9. "For [All We Know (1934 song)|For All We Know]" - 3:21
  10. "I'm a Fool to Want You" - 3:37

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