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.

Reception

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.".

Track listing

  1. "Makin' Whoopee" – 3:18
  2. "Three Little Words" – 2:38
  3. "Scotty" – 4:28
  4. "There's a Small Hotel" – 2:37
  5. "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart" – 3:19
  6. "Moonglow" – 3:39
  7. "Organ Grinder's Swing" – 3:01
  8. "Rosetta" – 3:35
  9. "Too Marvelous for Words" – 3:07
  10. "The Farmer's Daughter" – 2:59
  11. "Save Your Love for Me" – 3:56

Personnel