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| Summer Soft | ||||
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| Released | February 22, 1978 | |||
| Recorded | 1977 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 40:23 | |||
| Label | Impulse! | |||
| Producer | Esmond Edwards | |||
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Summer Soft is an album by American trumpeter Blue Mitchell, recorded in 1977 and released on the Impulse! label in 1978. [1] It was his final album. [2]
In a review for AllMusic, Scott Yanow wrote: "Although there are some fine players on this LP they are largely wasted on inferior material and commercial arrangements". [3]
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