Artist: Paul Smith Quartet
Album: Softly, Baby
Genre: Bop, Cool
Label: Capitol/EMI Music Japan
Released: 1957/2011
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Tracklist:
- Softly (4:19)
- Taking A Chance On Love (4:02)
- Easy To Love (3:59)
- Long Live Phineas (2:35)
- I Didn't Know What Time It Was (3:48)
- I'll Remember April (3:13)
- Invitation (3:12)
- I Got Rhythm (2:20)
- The Man I Love (4:30)
- Blues A La P.T. (3:22)
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- Personnel:
- Paul Smith - piano
- Barney Kessel - guitar
- Joe Mondragon - bass
- Stan Levey - drums
A great Capitol moment from pianist Paul Smith – an artist who really cut some of his best material ever for the label ! The Smith sound is at the height of its powers here in the late 50s – kind of a blend of jazz and more easy-going pianistic modes – often stretched out with lots of flourishes by Smith on the keys, but never the too-flowery styles used by some of his contemporaries ! Instead, Paul keeps things nice and lean – always enough to be plenty swinging in all the right moments – with quartet help from Barney Kessel on guitar, Joe Mondragon on bass, and Stan Levey on drums.