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Blue Mitchell: Big 6
(Riverside, 1958)
Blue Mitchell's first album as a leader, recorded when he was 28 years old,
featuring Curtis Fuller (trombone), Johnny Griffin (tenor sax), Wynton
Kelly (piano), Wilbur Ware (bass), and Philly Joe Jones (drums).
Highlights include Benny Golson's "Blues March" (this recording precedes
the more famous Art Blakey version) and a ballad version of "There Will
Never Be Another You".
Blues March (Golson) /
Big Six (Boone) /
There Will Never Be Another You (Gorden/Warren) /
Brother 'Ball (Mitchell) /
Jamph (Fuller) /
Sir John (Mitchell) /
Promenade (Boone)
Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-615-2
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Horace Silver: Blowin' The Blues Away
(Blue Note, 1959)
A classic hard bop date featuring Mitchell, Horace Silver (piano), Junior
Cook (tenor sax), Gene Taylor (bass), and Louis Hayes (drums). Best
known for the jazz standards "Peace" and "Sister Sadie", this is arguably
one of Silver's strongest sets as a leader.
Blowin' the Blues Away (Silver) /
The St. Vitus Dance (Silver) /
Break City (Silver) /
Peace (Silver) /
Sister Sadie (Silver) /
The Baghdad Blues (Silver) /
Melancholy Mood (Silver) /
How Did It Happen (Newey)
Blue Mitchell's solo on "Blowin' The Blues Away" (PDF/61KB)
Blue Mitchell's solo on "Sister Sadie" (PDF/46KB)
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Blue Mitchell: Blue's Moods
(Riverside, 1960)
One of the very few recordings of Mitchell in a quartet setting, this is
a fan's favorite that grooves, featuring Wynton Kelly (piano), Sam Jones
(bass), and Roy Brooks (drums). Highlights include Charlie Parker's
"Scrapple From The Apple", "Sweet Pumpkin", and the standard "I Wish
I Knew".
I'll Close My Eyes (Kaye/Reid) /
Avars (Rocky/Boyd) /
Scrapple From The Apple (Parker) /
Kinda Vague (Mitchell/Kelly) /
Sir John (Mitchell) /
When I Fall In Love (Heyman/Young) /
Sweet Pumpkin (Bright) /
I Wish I Knew (Warren/Gorden)
Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-138-2
Blue Mitchell's solo on "I Wish I Knew" (PDF/97KB)
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Jackie McLean: Capuchin Swing
(Blue Note, 1960)
A prototypical hard bop recording which touches on some of the free-form
inventions being explored by Ornette Coleman. Featuring McLean (alto
sax), Mitchell (trumpet), Walter Bishop Jr. (piano), Paul Chambers (bass),
and Art Taylor (drums), the set is a mixture of mid- to up-tempo cookers.
Highlights include the McLean originals "Condition Blue" and "Capuchin
Swing" (based on the standard "Star Eyes").
Francisco (McLean) /
Just for Now (Bishop) /
Don't Blame Me (Fields/McHugh) /
Condition Blue (McLean) /
Capuchin Swing (McLean) /
On the Lion (Bishop)
Blue Note 84038
Blue Mitchell's solo on "Capuchin Swing" (PDF/94KB)
Blue Mitchell's solo on "Condition Blue" (PDF/91KB)
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Blue Mitchell: Down With It
(Blue Note, 1965)
One of the classic Blue Mitchell bop-funk-soul sessions on Blue Note,
featuring a young Chick Corea (piano), Junior Cook (tenor sax), Gene
Taylor (bass), and Al Foster (drums), Highlights include the infectious
"Hi-Heel Sneakers" and "March on Selma".
Hi-Heel Sneakers (Higginbotham) /
Perception (Corea/Mitchell) /
Alone, Alone and Alone (Hino) /
March on Selma (Mitchell) /
One Shirt (Boone) /
Samba de Stacy (Boone)
Blue Note 54327B
Blue Mitchell's solo on "Hi-Heel Sneakers" (PDF/92KB)
Blue Mitchell's solo on "March On Selma" (PDF/68KB)
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Louis Bellson: Prime Time
(Concord, 1977)
A nice set of straight-ahead bop and jazz-funk featuring Bellson (drums),
Mitchell (trumpet), Pete Christlieb (tenor sax), Ross Tompkins (piano),
and John Williams (bass), (plus guitarist Bob Bain and percussionist
Emil Richards on the last four numbers).
Step Lightly (Golson) /
Space Ship 2 (Bellson) /
Medley: I Remember Clifford/With You in... (Burke/Golson/Hendricks/McPartland) /
Cotton Tail (Ellington) /
Let Me Dream (Bellson) /
Thrash-In (Christlieb) /
And Then She Stopped (Gillespie/Gillespie) /
Collaborations (Mitchell)
Concord Jazz 4064
Blue Mitchell's solo on "Step Lightly" (PDF/83KB)
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