Soft Winds (album)

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.

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
In a Minor Groove (1958) Soft Winds (1961) Dorothy Ashby (1962)

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" (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

1. Riverside Records discography accessed May 13, 2013
2. Down Beat:June 21, 1962 Vol. 29, No.13
3. Allmusic Review accessed May 13, 2013

External links

• A Dorothy Ashby Discography