Recorded the same week as House
Party and The Sermon in February 1958, Jimmy
Smith’s Softly As A Summer Breeze
featured the incredible Hammond B3 organist in two different trios with Kenny Burrell/Philly Joe Jones and Eddie
McFadden/Donald Bailey for a
swinging set covering Thelonious Monk tunes, standards, and originals.
This
Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is stereo, all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from
the original master tapes, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal.
