Soft Samba | |
Type: | studio |
Artist: | Gary McFarland |
Cover: | McFarland Soft Samba.jpeg |
Released: | March 1965 |
Recorded: | June 15 and 16, September 3 & October 7, 1964 |
Studio: | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey |
Genre: | Jazz |
Length: | 28:57 |
Label: | Verve - 8603 [1] |
Producer: | Creed Taylor |
Chronology: | Gary McFarland |
Prev Title: | Point of Departure |
Prev Year: | 1963 |
Next Title: | The In Sound |
Next Year: | 1965 |
Soft Samba is a 1964 album by jazz arranger and vibraphonist Gary McFarland. A follow-up album, Soft Samba Strings, was released in 1966.
The initial Billboard magazine review from February 20, 1965 wrote that even though "A pair of stretch socks, two ounces of sherry, and a "Soft Samba" cocktail recipe" were being used to promote the album, it would "curry favor with the public without the promotion incentives" and "The artist's humming helps too".[2] Boys' Life magazine wrote that "You'd think that the artists in this album couldn't talk because all you hear is "Ba-ba, baya-baya, byu-byu" and so on with little relief. The results are unique (as you'd expect) but pleasing...We found the wedding of the soft samba to rock 'n' roll a joyous union thanks to the musical ministry of Mr. McFarland".[3]