1963 studio album by George Shearing
Touch Me Softly George Shearing accompanied by his quintet and a string orchestra.[ 2]
Reception
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating 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
Recorded in Los Angeles, 1963.[ 3]
References
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless this is not known.
As
New Vibe Man in Town Who Is Gary Burton? 3 in Jazz Sonny Rollins and Clark Terry , 1963)Something's Coming! The Groovy Sound of Music Tennessee Firebird The Time Machine A Genuine Tong Funeral Lofty Fake Anagram Duster Gary Burton Quartet in Concert Good Vibes Paris Encounter Stéphane Grappelli , 1969)Throb Gary Burton & Keith Jarrett Live in Tokyo Alone at Last Crystal Silence Chick Corea , 1972)Seven Songs for Quartet and Chamber Orchestra The New Quartet Ring Eberhard Weber , 1974)Matchbook Ralph Towner , 1974)Hotel Hello Steve Swallow , 1974)Dreams So Real Passengers Times Square Duet Easy as Pie In Concert, Zürich, October 28, 1979 Picture This Lyric Suite for Sextet Real Life Hits Slide Show Whiz Kids Times Like These Reunion Pat Metheny , 1989)Right Time, Right Place Paul Bley , 1990)Cool Nights Six Pack Native Sense - The New Duets Like Minds Dave Holland (bassist) and Roy Haynes , 1998)Generations Next Generation The New Crystal Silence Quartet Live Common Ground Hot House Time Thread Makoto Ozone , 2013)Guided Tour WithStan With
After the Riot at Newport Chet Atkins and the Nashville All-Stars, 1960)Bob Brookmeyer and Friends Tim Hardin 1 Quincy Jones Explores the Music of Henry Mancini Ingénue k.d. lang , 1991)Journey Arif Mardin , 1973)Jazz Concert George Shearing , 1963)Rare Form! Touch Me Softly Swallow Fluid Rustle Eberhard Weber , 1979)Hommage à Eberhard Weber Simple Complex Jon Weber , 2003)
