Softly as a Summer Breeze is an album by American jazz organist Jimmy Smith featuring performances recorded in 1958 but not released on the Blue Note label until 1965.

[1] The album was rereleased on CD with four bonus tracks recorded at a later session.

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 3 stars stating "Softly As a Summer Breeze is one of Jimmy Smith's more obscure Blue Notes...

Overall, this CD is not too essential, but it does fill in a few gaps.

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