Softly as a Summer Breeze (Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series) Tom Walker As La Planète Sauvage celebrates

As La Planète Sauvage celebrates its half-century

whose intuitive contributions to their previous studio album

Allman-esque “The Great Mystifier” to the chiming falsetto soul of “It Will If We Let It

Texas scored a UK top 5 with ‘Say What You Want’ and Hanson hit the US & UK #1 with ‘MMMBop’

Softly as a Summer Breeze (Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series) Tom Walker As La Planète Sauvage celebratesThe last week of February in 1958 was a productive one for Jimmy Smith. Over two days the incredible Hammond B3 organist set up shop in Manhattan Towers studio and recorded three albums worth of material: House Party, The Sermon, and Softly As A Summer Breeze, the last of which wouldnt be released until 1965. The album featured Smith in two different trios: four tracks with Kenny Burrellon guitar and Philly Joe Jones drums, as well as two tracks with