title: Touch Me Softly
text: # Touch Me Softly
  
  Touch Me Softly is a 1963 album by George Shearing accompanied by his quintet and a string orchestra.
  
  ## Reception
  
  Professional ratings :
  
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  | Allmusic | |
  
  Scott Yanow reviewed the album for Allmusic and wrote that "Best is a touching version of "Sunday, Monday or Always"...Actually, for this type of "dreamy" romantic music, the performances are excellent, but one should not expect much jazz on this out-of-print LP."
  
  ## Track listing
  
  * "Just Imagine" (Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown, Ray Henderson) - 2:34
  * "Blue Room" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 2:33
  * "You're Blasé" (Bruce Sievier, Ord Hamilton) - 3:07
  * "Wait for Me" (Charles DeForest) - 3:05
  * "Try a Little Tenderness" (Jimmy Campbell, Reginald Connelly, Harry M. Woods) - 2:45
  * "Suddenly It's Spring" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) - 2:41
  * "Be Careful, It's My Heart" (Irving Berlin) - 2:18
  * "Sunday, Monday, or Always" (Van Heusen, Burke) - 2:40
  * "Lollipops and Roses" (Tony Velona) - 2:40
  * "Just as Though You Were Here" (Edgar De Lange, John Benson Brooks) - 3:12
  * "Touch Me Softly" (Dick Allen, Stan Hoffman) - 3:37
  * "In a Sentimental Mood" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Manny Kurtz) - 3:22
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * George Shearing - piano, arranger
  * Gary Burton or Douglas Marsh - vibraphone
  * Ron Anthony - guitar
  * Ralph Peña - double bass
  * Vernel Fournier - drums
  * Milt Raskin - conducting string choir
  
  Recorded in Los Angeles, 1963.
  
  