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| 1. | I'll Close My Eyes
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| 2. | Avars
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| 3. | Scrapple from the Apple
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| 4. | Kinda Vague
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| 5. | Sir John
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| 6. | When I Fall in Love
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| 7. | Sweet Pumpkin
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| 8. | I Wish I Knew
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Jazz
Sam "Stovepipe No. 1" Jones - Bass
Wynton Kelly - Piano
* Jack Matthews - Mastering
* Ken Deardoff - Cover Design
* Orrin Keepnews - Liner Notes, Producer
* Ray Fowler - Engineer
Of trumpeter Blue Mitchell's seven Riverside recordings (all of which have been reissued as CDs in the Original Jazz Classics series), only this set (along with three numbers on Blue Soul) feature Mitchell as the only horn. Joined by pianist Wynton Kelly, bassist Sam Jones, and drummer Roy Brooks, the trumpeter is typically distinctive, swinging and inventive within the hard bop genre. He performs four standards, Ronnell Bright's "Sweet Pumpkin," and the obscure "Avars," and a pair of originals in fine fashion. [Universal issued their Japanese edition in 2008.]
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
Blue Mitchell
Active Decades: '50s, '60s and '70s
Born: Mar 13, 1930 in Miami, FL
Died: May 21, 1979 in Los Angeles, CA
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Ballads, Post-Bop, Hard Bop, Mainstream Jazz, Standards
Owner of a direct, lightly swinging, somewhat plain-wrapped tone that fit right in with the Blue Note label's hard bop ethos of the 1960s, Blue Mitchell tends to be overlooked today perhaps because he never really stood out vividly from the crowd, despite his undeniable talent. After learning the trumpet in high school -- where he got his nickname -- he started touring in the early '50s with the R&B bands of Paul Williams, Earl Bostic and Chuck Willis before returning to Miami and jazz. There, he attracted the attention of Cannonball Adderley, with whom he recorded for Riverside in 1958. That year, he joined the Horace Silver Quintet, with whom he played and recorded until the band's breakup in March 1964, polishing his hard bop skills. During his Silver days, Mitchell worked with tenor Junior Cook, bassist Gene Taylor, drummer Roy Brooks and various pianists as a separate unit and continued recording as a leader for Riverside. When Silver disbanded, Mitchell's spinoff quintet carried on with Al Foster replacing Brooks and a young future star named Chick Corea in the piano chair. This group, with several personnel changes, continued until 1969, recording a string of albums for Blue Note. Probably aware that opportunities for playing straight-ahead jazz were dwindling, Mitchell became a prolific pop and soul sessionman in the late '60s, and he toured with Ray Charles from 1969 to 1971 and blues/rock guitarist John Mayall in 1971-73. Having settled in Los Angeles, he also played big-band dates with Louie Bellson, Bill Holman and Bill Berry; made a number of funk and pop/jazz LPs in the late '70s; served as principal soloist for Tony Bennett and Lena Horne; and kept his hand in hard bop by playing with Harold Land in a quintet. He continued to freelance in this multi-faceted fashion until his premature death from cancer at age 49.
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