Harry James - Soft Lights, Sweet Trumpet

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1	Serenade In Bue Written-By – Warren*, M. Gordon*
A2	Manhattan Written-By – Hart - Rodgers*
A3	September In The Rain Written-By – Dubin*, Warren*
A4	You Go To My Head Written-By – Gillespie*, J. F. Coots*
A5	Autumn Serenade Written-By – P. De Rose*, Gallop*
A6	Lovelight Written-By – Harris*, R. Evans*
B1	That Old Feeling Written-By – Lew Brown, Fain*
B2	If I'm Lucky Written-By – De Lange*, Myrow*
B3	Just A Gigolo Written-By – Caesar*, Brammer*, Casucci*
B4	Embraceable You Written-By – I. Gershwin - G. Gershwin*
B5	Moonglow Written-By – De Lange*, Mills*, Hudson*
B6	When The Sun Comes Out Written-By – Arlen*, Koehler*

Credits

• Alto Saxophone [Uncredited] – Herbie Steward* (tracks: A1-A4, A6, B1-B4), Murray Williams (tracks: A5), Mascagni "Musky" Ruffo* (tracks: A1-A4, A6, B1-B4, B6), Willie Smith (tracks: B5, B6)
• Alto Saxophone [Uncredited], Clarinet [Uncredited] – Eddie Rosa* (tracks: B5), Willie Smith (tracks: A5)
• Arranged By [Uncredited] – Billy May (tracks: A5), Juan Tizol (tracks: B5), Ray Conniff (tracks: A6)
• Baritone Saxophone [Uncredited] – Bob Poland (tracks: A1-A4, A6, B1-B4, B6)
• Bass [Uncredited] – Bob Manners (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B1, B2, B4), Ed Mihelich (tracks: A5, B5), Joe Comfort (tracks: A6), Norman Seelig (tracks: B6), Tony Reyes (tracks: A3, B3)
• Celesta [Uncredited] – Bruce McDonald* (tracks: A1, A3, A6, B3)
• Cello [Uncredited] – Carl Zeigler (tracks: A5), Cy Bernard (tracks: B5), Al Friede* (tracks: A5, B5), Fred Goerner (tracks: B5), Julius Tannenbaum (tracks: B5)
• Drums [Uncredited] – Buddy Combine (tracks: B5), Dick Shanahan (tracks: A1, A2, B4), Jackie Mills (tracks: A3, A4, A6, B1-B3), Louie Bellson* (tracks: B6), Ray Toland (tracks: A5)
• French Horn [Uncredited] – John Cave (tracks: B5), Richard Perissi (tracks: B5), Vince DeRosa* (tracks: B5), Willard Culley (tracks: B5)
• Guitar [Uncredited] – Bob Bain (tracks: A3, A4, B1-B3, B6), Hayden Causey (tracks: A5, B5), Jack Marshall (tracks: A1, A2, A6, B4)
• Leader – Harry James
• Orchestra – Harry James And His Orchestra
• Piano [Uncredited] – Arnold Ross (tracks: A5, B5), Bruce McDonald* (tracks: A1-A4, A6, B1-B4, B6)
• Tenor Saxophone [Uncredited] – Corky Corcoran, Jimmy Cook (tracks: B6)
• Tenor Saxophone [Uncredited], Baritone Saxophone [Uncredited] – George Davis (tracks: A5, B5), Stuart Bruner* (tracks: A5, B5)
• Tenor Saxophone [Uncredited], Clarinet [Uncredited] – Polly Polfrani* (tracks: A1-A4, A6, B1-B4, B6)
• Trombone [Uncredited] – Jimmy Palmer* (tracks: B6), Carl "Ziggy" Elmer* (tracks: B6), Chuck Preble* (tracks: A5, B5), Dave Robbins (tracks: A1-A4, A6, B1-B4), Dave Wells (tracks: A1-A4, A6, B1-B4), Gene Norton (tracks: A1-A4, A6, B1-B4), Ray Heath* (tracks: A5, B5), Lewis McGreery* (tracks: A1-A4, A6, B1-B4), Tom Greco* (tracks: B6), Vic Hamann (tracks: A5, B5)
• Trumpet [Uncredited] – Al Ramsey (tracks: A5), Carl Berg (tracks: B5), Everett McDonald (tracks: A1-A4, A6, B1-B4, B6), Hal Moe* (tracks: B5), Harry James , Red Berken* (tracks: A5, B5), Jimmy Troutman* (tracks: A5), Jimmy Campbell (tracks: A5, B5), Nick Buono (tracks: A1-A4, A6, B1-B4, B6), Phil Cook (tracks: A1-A4, A6, B1-B4, B6), Ralph Osborn* (tracks: A1-A4, A6, B1-B4, B6)
• Valve Trombone [Uncredited] – Juan Tizol (tracks: A5, B5, B6)
• Viola [Uncredited] – Al Nieman* (tracks: A5, B5), Bill Spear* (tracks: A5, B5), Favid Uchitel* (tracks: A5), David Sterkin (tracks: B5, B6), Hal Sorin* (tracks: A5), Leonard Atkins (tracks: B5), Maurice Perlmutter (tracks: B6), Sam Freed (tracks: B5), Stanley Spiegelman (tracks: B6)
• Violin [Uncredited] – Al Beller* (tracks: B5), Bob Bein (tracks: A5, B5), Dan Lube (tracks: B6), Dave Amsterdam* (tracks: B5), David Frisina (tracks: B6), Ernest Karpati (tracks: A5, B5), Felix Slatkin (tracks: B6), George Grossman (tracks: A5), George Kast (tracks: B6), Gerald Joyce (tracks: B5), Gerson Oberstein (tracks: A5), Harry Jawarski* (tracks: A5, B5), Jack Gootkin (tracks: A5, B5), Jacques Gasselin (tracks: B6), Jerome Reisler (tracks: A5, B5), John De Voogdt (tracks: A5, B5), Mike Russell* (tracks: B5, B6), Nick Pisani* (tracks: B5), Sam Caplan (tracks: A5), Sam Middleman (tracks: B6), Samuel Cytron (tracks: B6), Sol Geskin (tracks: A5), Walter Edelstein (tracks: B6)

Notes

Label & Cover Variant

Recorded July 24, 1945 in New York City:
A5 – Autumn Serenade. Originally released on Columbia 36838 (78 rpm)

Recorded November 13, 1946 in Hollywood, CA:
B5 – Moonglow. Originally released on Columbia 38943 (78 rpm)

Recorded January 5, 1951 in Hollywood, CA:
B6 – When The Sun Comes Out. Originally released on Columbia 39419 (78 rpm)

Recorded December 7, 1951 in Hollywood, CA. Originally released on CL-6207 (10” LP) and B-296 (45 rpm box):
A3 – September In The Rain. From "Melody For Two."
B3 – Just A Gigolo.

Recorded December 21, 1951 in Hollywood, CA. Originally released on CL-6207 (10” LP) and B-296 (45 rpm box):
A4 – You Go To My Head
B1 – That Old Feeling. From "Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938"
B2 – If I'm Lucky. From "If I'm Lucky"

Recorded December 27, 1951 in Hollywood, CA. Originally released on CL-6207 (10” LP) and B-296 (45 rpm box):
A1 – Serenade in Blue. From "Orchestra Wives"
A2 – Manhattan
B4 – Embraceable You. From "Girl Crazy"

Recorded July 28, 1952 in Hollywood, CA:
A6 – Lovelight. Originally released on Columbia 39877 (78 rpm)

Recording dates/locations and performer/arranger credits from The Jazz Discography Ver 14.0

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side A label): x"Lp" 32194
• Matrix / Runout (Side B label): x"Lp" 32195

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
CL 581	Harry James	Soft Lights, Sweet Trumpet ‎(LP, Mono)	Columbia	CL 581	US	1954
BBR8010	Harry James And His Orchestra	Soft Lights, Sweet Trumpet ‎(10")	Philips	BBR8010	UK	1954
B 07.603 R	Harry James And His Orchestra	Soft Lights, Sweet Trumpet ‎(10")	Philips	B 07.603 R	France	Unknown
CL 581	Harry James	Soft Lights, Sweet Trumpet ‎(LP, Mono)	Columbia	CL 581	Canada	1954
B 07603 R	Harry James And His Orchestra	Soft Lights, Sweet Trumpet ‎(10")	Philips	B 07603 R	Netherlands	Unknown