Joe Newman - Soft Swingin' Jazz

Styles: Trumpet Jazz
Year: 2005
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 74:25
Size: 173,8 MB
Art: Front

(3:18)  1. Makin' Whoppee
(2:38)  2. Three Little Words
(4:29)  3. Scotty
(2:37)  4. There's A Small Hotel
(3:19)  5. I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
(3:39)  6. Moonglow
(3:01)  7. Organ Grinder's Swing
(3:35)  8. Rosetta
(3:07)  9. Too Marvellous For Words
(2:59) 10. The Farmer's Daughter
(3:56) 11. Save Your Love For Me
(3:08) 12. The Happy Cats
(2:53) 13. Cocktails For Two
(3:40) 14. Later For The Happenings
(4:04) 15. Buttercup
(4:26) 16. Robbin's Nest
(2:18) 17. They Can't Take That Away From Me
(3:47) 18. Feather's Nest
(3:01) 19. Mean To Me
(3:34) 20. Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
(3:19) 21. Joe's Tune
(3:31) 22. I Never Knew

The title says it all. Soft Swinging Jazz pairs Joe Newman with organist Shirley Scott, bassist Eddie Jones, and Charlie Persip for 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. The album was reissued in 2007 on the Lonehill label alongside the subsequent The Happy Cats. 

~ Jason Ankeny https://www.allmusic.com/album/soft-swinging-jazz-mw0000350883

Personnel:  Joe Newman - trumpet, vocals; Shirley Scott - organ; Eddie Jones - bass; Charlie Persip - drums; Ernie Wilkins - piano

Soft Swingin' Jazz

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