Soft Samba

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Soft Samba
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Studio album by
Gary McFarland
ReleasedMarch 1965
RecordedJune 15 and 16, September 3 & October 7, 1964
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre Jazz
Length28:57
Label Verve - 8603 [1]
Producer Creed Taylor
Gary McFarland chronology
Point of Departure
(1963)		Soft Samba
(1965)		 The In Sound
(1965)
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Soft Samba is a 1964 album by jazz arranger and vibraphonist Gary McFarland. A follow-up album, Soft Samba Strings , was released in 1966. [2]

Contents

Reception

The initial Billboard magazine review from February 20, 1965 wrote that even though "A pair of stretch socks, two ounces of sherry, and a "Soft Samba" cocktail recipe" were being used to promote the album, it would "curry favor with the public without the promotion incentives" and "The artist's humming helps too". [3] Boys' Life magazine wrote that "You'd think that the artists in this album couldn't talk because all you hear is "Ba-ba, baya-baya, byu-byu" and so on with little relief. The results are unique (as you'd expect) but pleasing...We found the wedding of the soft samba to rock 'n' roll a joyous union thanks to the musical ministry of Mr. McFarland". [4]

Track listing

  1. "Ringo, Won't You Marry Me" (Linda Laurie, Jerry Mack) – 1:46
  2. "From Russia with Love" (Lionel Bart) – 2:34
  3. "She Loves You" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 2:16
  4. "A Hard Day's Night" (Lennon, McCartney) – 3:04
  5. "The Good Life" (Sacha Distel, Jack Reardon) – 2:05
  6. "More (Theme from Mondo Cane)" (Riz Ortolani, Nino Oliviero, Marcello Ciorciolini, Norman Newell) – 2:18
  7. "And I Love Her" (Lennon, McCartney) – 3:55
  8. "The Love Goddess" (Percy Faith, Mack David) – 1:57
  9. "I Want to Hold Your Hand" (Lennon, McCartney) – 3:13
  10. "Emily" (Johnny Mandel, Johnny Mercer) – 1:51
  11. "California, Here I Come" (Buddy DeSylva, Al Jolson, Joseph Meyer) – 1:52
  12. "La Vie en Rose" (Louiguy, Édith Piaf, David) – 2:06

Personnel

Production

References

  1. ↑ "Gary McFarland - Soft Samba at Discogs". discogs.com. Retrieved April 21, 2016.
  2. 1 2 Soft Samba at AllMusic
  3. ↑ "Album Reviews". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. February 20, 1965. p. 63. ISSN   0006-2510.
  4. ↑ Boy Scouts of America, Inc. (September 1965). "Boys' Life". Boys' Life. Inkprint Edition. Boy Scouts of America, Inc.: 16. ISSN   0006-8608.
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