''Soft Samba Strings'' is a 1965 album by jazz arranger and vibraphonist
Gary McFarland.
Reception
Douglas Payne reviewed the album for
AllMusic and compared it dismissively to ''
Soft Samba
''Soft Samba'' is a 1964 album by jazz arranger and vibraphonist Gary McFarland. A follow up album, '' Soft Samba Strings'', was released in 1966.
Reception
The initial ''Billboard'' magazine review from February 20, 1965 wrote that even though ...
'' writing that it was "A misleading title that has less to do with Soft Samba and more to do with McFarland's similar feature for Zoot Sims (''Waiting Game''). Rather dull, perhaps because a strong soloist like Sims is missing".
Track listing
# "
Full Moon and Empty Arms" (
Buddy Kaye
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, Ted Mossman) – 2:20
# "
Skylark" (
Hoagy Carmichael,
Johnny Mercer
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) – 3:00
# "I Know The Meaning" (
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky) – 3:07
# "
Manhã de Carnaval (Morning of the Carnival)" (
Luiz Bonfá,
Antônio Maria) – 2:50
# "
The Lamp Is Low
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" (
Bert Shefter
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He was born in Poltava, Russian Empire (now Ukraine.) After emigrating to the USA he attended the Carnegie Institute ...
,
Mitchell Parish,
Peter DeRose) – 4:55
# "
My Reverie" (
Larry Clinton,
Claude Debussy
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) – 2:50
# "These Are the Things I Love" (
Harold Barlow, Lew Harris) – 2:15
# "
Theme From "13"" (
Gary McFarland) – 2:20
# "Once We Loved" (McFarland) – 1:45
# "Our Love" (
Buddy Bernier,
Larry Clinton, Robert D. Emmerich) – 2:20
Personnel
*
Gary McFarland -
arranger
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,
vibraphone,
vocals
*
Jack Parnell –
conductor
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* ''Conductor'' (album), an album by indie rock band The Comas
* Conduction, a type of structured free improvisation ...
;Production
*
Creed Taylor
Creed Bane Taylor V (May 13, 1929 – August 22, 2022) was an American record producer, best known for his work with CTI Records, which he founded in 1967. His career also included periods at Bethlehem Records, ABC-Paramount Records (including ...
-
producer
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*
Pete Turner, Acy Lehmann - cover design
*
Rudy Van Gelder -
engineer (Englewood Cliffs)
*Jack Clegg – engineer (London)
*
Val Valentin
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- director of engineering
References
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1967 albums
Albums arranged by Gary McFarland
Albums produced by Creed Taylor
Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio
Bossa nova albums
Gary McFarland albums
Verve Records albums