Touch Me Softly
1963 studio album by George Shearing
Touch Me Softly | ||||
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Studio album by George Shearing | ||||
Released | 1963 | |||
Recorded | January 14–February 15, 1963 | |||
Genre | Traditional pop, jazz | |||
Label | Capitol ST 1874 [1] | |||
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Touch Me Softly is a 1963 album by George Shearing accompanied by his quintet and a string orchestra.[2]
Reception
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Allmusic | [2] |
Scott Yanow reviewed the album for Allmusic and wrote that "Best is a touching version of "Sunday, Monday or Always"...Actually, for this type of "dreamy" romantic music, the performances are excellent, but one should not expect much jazz on this out-of-print LP."[2]
Track listing
- "Just Imagine" (Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown, Ray Henderson) - 2:34
- "Blue Room" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 2:33
- "You're Blasé" (Bruce Sievier, Ord Hamilton) - 3:07
- "Wait for Me" (Charles DeForest) - 3:05
- "Try a Little Tenderness" (Jimmy Campbell, Reginald Connelly, Harry M. Woods) - 2:45
- "Suddenly It's Spring" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) - 2:41
- "Be Careful, It's My Heart" (Irving Berlin) - 2:18
- "Sunday, Monday, or Always" (Van Heusen, Burke) - 2:40
- "Lollipops and Roses" (Tony Velona) - 2:40
- "Just as Though You Were Here" (Edgar De Lange, John Benson Brooks) - 3:12
- "Touch Me Softly" (Dick Allen, Stan Hoffman) - 3:37
- "In a Sentimental Mood" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Manny Kurtz) - 3:22
Personnel
- George Shearing - piano, arranger
- Gary Burton or Douglas Marsh - vibraphone
- Ron Anthony - guitar
- Ralph Peña - double bass
- Vernel Fournier - drums
- Milt Raskin - conducting string choir
Recorded in Los Angeles, 1963.[3]
References
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albums
- Midnight on Cloud 69 (1956)
- Black Satin (1956)
- In the Night (1956)
- Latin Lace (1958)
- Beauty and the Beat! (1959)
- The Shearing Touch (1960)
- Latin Affair (1960)
- White Satin (1960)
- George Shearing and the Montgomery Brothers (1961)
- Nat King Cole Sings/George Shearing Plays (1961)
- The Swingin's Mutual! (1961)
- Shearing Bossa Nova (1962)
- Touch Me Softly (1963)
- Old Gold and Ivory (1963)
- Out of the Woods (1964)
- New Look! (1967)
- The Heart and Soul of Joe Williams and George Shearing (1971)
- Music to Hear (1972)
- Continental Experience (1975)
- The Reunion (1976)
- Two for the Road (1980)
- On a Clear Day (1980)
- First Edition (1981)
- Top Drawer (1983)
- An Elegant Evening (1985)
- Grand Piano (1985)
- George Shearing & Barry Tuckwell Play the Music of Cole Porter (1986)
- More Grand Piano (1986)
- Breakin' Out (1987)
- The Spirit of 176 (1988)
- George Shearing in Dixieland (1989)
- Piano (1989)
- The Rare Delight of You (2002)
- Hopeless Romantics (2005)
albums
- On the Sunny Side of the Strip (1960)
- Jazz Concert (1963)
- Rare Form! (1966)
- Blues Alley Jazz (1979)
- An Evening with George Shearing & Mel Tormé (1982)
- The Classic Concert Live (1982)
- An Evening at Charlie's (1983)
- Live at the Café Carlyle (1984)
- A Vintage Year (1987)
- A Perfect Match (1988)
- Dexterity (1988)
- Mel and George "Do" World War II (1990)
- The Rare Delight of You (2002)
- Hopeless Romantics (2005)
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