| Soft Swingin' Jazz | ||||
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| Studio album by Joe Newman Quartet Featuring Shirley Scott | ||||
| Released | 1958 | |||
| Recorded | January 13, 15 & 17, 1958 New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Coral CRL 57208 | |||
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Soft Swingin' Jazz is an album by trumpeter Joe Newman's Quartet with organist Shirley Scott recorded in early 1958 for the Coral label. [1] [2] [3]
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [4] |
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.". [4]
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