Soft Winds (album)

Soft Winds
Studio album by Dorothy Ashby
Released	1961
Recorded	August 15 & 16, 1961 Plaza Sounds Studios, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Label	Jazzland JLP 61
Producer	John Levy
Dorothy Ashby chronology
Dorothy Ashby (1961) Soft Winds (1961) The Fantastic Jazz Harp of Dorothy Ashby (1965)

Soft Winds (subtitled The Swinging Harp of Dorothy Ashby) is an album by jazz harpist Dorothy Ashby recorded in 1961 and released on the Jazzland label.^[1] The album takes its name from Goodman's 1940 standard "Soft Winds" which features as the first track.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Down Beat	[2]
Allmusic	[3]

Allmusic reviewed the album awarding it 3 stars.^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Dorothy Ashby except as indicated

1. "Soft Winds (song)" (Benny Goodman) - 2:56
2. "Wild Is the Wind" (Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington) - 4:21
3. "The Man I Love" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 2:56
4. "My Ship" (Kurt Weill, Ira Gershwin) - 3:40
5. "Love Is Here to Stay" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 2:42
6. "I've Never Been in Love Before" (Frank Loesser) - 2:27
7. "With Strings Attached" - 2:25
8. "Laura" (Johnny Mercer, David Raksin) - 2:59
9. "The Guns of Navarone" (Tiomkin) - 2:15
10. "Misty" (Erroll Garner) - 2:42
11. "The Gypsy in My Soul" (Clay Boland, Moe Jaffe) - 2:49

Personnel

• Dorothy Ashby - harp
• Terry Pollard - piano, vibraphone
• Herman Wright - bass
• Jimmy Cobb - drums

Production

• John Levy - producer
• Ray Fowler - engineer

References