Summer Soft

Summer Soft is an album by American trumpeter Blue Mitchell, recorded in 1977 and released on the Impulse! label in 1978. It was his final album.

Reception
In a review for AllMusic, Scott Yanow wrote: "Although there are some fine players on this LP they are largely wasted on inferior material and commercial arrangements".

Track listing

 * 1) "Try Not to Forget" (Cedar Walton) – 7:20
 * 2) "Summer Soft" (Stevie Wonder) – 5:55
 * 3) " A Day at the Mint" (Blue Mitchell) – 6:15
 * 4) "Love Has Made Me a Dreamer" (Mike Dosco, Esmond Edwards) – 4:50
 * 5) "Evergreen" (Barbra Streisand, Paul Williams) – 4:37
 * 6) "30 Degrees to the Wind" (Cedar Walton, Susan Brickell) – 5:53
 * 7) "Funkthesizer" (Eddie Harris) – 5:33
 * Recorded in Los Angeles, California in 1977.

Personnel

 * Blue Mitchell – trumpet (tracks 1 & 3–7), flugelhorn (track 2), vocals (track 7)
 * Eddie Harris (track 7), Harold Land (tracks 1, 2 & 6), Herman Riley (track 3) – tenor saxophone
 * Cedar Walton – piano (tracks 1, 2 & 6), electric piano (track 3)
 * Bobby Lyle – electric piano (track 2), piano (tracks 5 & 7)
 * Richard Tee – keyboard (track 4)
 * Michael Boddicker – synthesizer (tracks 1, 2, 5 & 6)
 * Mike Dosco, Lee Ritenour (track 4) – guitar
 * Scott Edwards – bass
 * James Gadson – drums
 * Paulinho Da Costa – percussion
 * Julia Tillman Waters, Luther Waters, Maxine Willard Waters, Oren Waters – vocals (tracks 2, 4, 6 & 7)