Softly as a Summer Breeze (Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series) Tom Walker Beauty Queen

Beauty Queen

sorrow machine

Later reunions and new formations kept the spirit of the band alive into the 1990s

Allman-esque “The Great Mystifier” to the chiming falsetto soul of “It Will If We Let It

Softly as a Summer Breeze (Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series) Tom Walker Beauty QueenThe last week of February in 1958 was a productive one for Jimmy Smith. Over two days the incredible Hammond B3 organist set up shop in Manhattan Towers studio and recorded three albums worth of material: House Party, The Sermon, and Softly As A Summer Breeze, the last of which wouldnt be released until 1965. The album featured Smith in two different trios: four tracks with Kenny Burrellon guitar and Philly Joe Jones drums, as well as two tracks with