On February 22, 1978, “Impulse!” label released “Summer Soft”, the 28th and the final Blue Mitchell album. It was recorded in 1977, at “ABC Recording Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Esmond Edwards.
Personnel:
- Blue Mitchell – vocals, trumpet, flugelhorn
- Eddie Harris, Harold Land, Herman Riley – tenor saxophone
- Cedar Walton – piano, electric piano
- Bobby Lyle – electric piano, piano
- Richard Tee – keyboard
- Michael Boddicker – synthesizer
- Mike Dosco, Lee Ritenour – guitar
- Scott Edwards – bass
- James Gadson – drums
- Paulinho Da Costa – percussion
- Julia Tillman Waters, Luther Waters, Maxine Waters Willard, Oren Waters – vocals
Track listing:
- Try Not to Forget – Cedar Walton
- Summer Soft – Stevie Wonder
- A Day at the Mint – Blue Mitchell
- Love Has Made Me a Dreamer – Mike Dosco, Esmond Edwards
- Evergreen – Barbra Streisand, Paul Williams
- 30 Degrees to the Wind – Cedar Walton, Susan Brickell
- Funkthesizer – Eddie Harris
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