Blue Mitchell
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Blue Mitchell | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Richard Allen Mitchell |
Born | Miami, Florida, U.S. | March 13, 1930
Died | May 21, 1979 Los Angeles, California, U.S. | (aged 49)
Genres | |
Occupation(s) | Musician |
Instrument(s) | Trumpet |
Years active | 1952 – 1979 |
Labels |
Richard Allen "Blue" Mitchell (March 13, 1930 – May 21, 1979)
Early life
Mitchell was born and raised in Miami, Florida, United States.[2] He began playing trumpet in high school, with the nickname "Blue".[2]
Career
After high school, he played in the rhythm & blues ensembles of Paul Williams, Earl Bostic, and Chuck Willis.[2] He returned to Miami and was heard by Cannonball Adderley, with whom he recorded for Riverside Records in New York in 1958.[2]
Mitchell then joined the
From 1971 to 1973 Mitchell performed with
Death
Mitchell performed with the Harold Land quintet[2] until he died from cancer on May 21, 1979, in Los Angeles, California, aged 49.[3]
Discography
As leader/co-leader
Recording date | Title | Label | Year released | Notes |
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1958-07 | Big 6 | Riverside | 1958 | |
1958-10 | Get Those Elephants Out'a Here | MetroJazz | 1959 | with Whitey Mitchell and André Previn
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1959-01 | Out of the Blue | Riverside | 1959 | |
1959-09 | Blue Soul | Riverside | 1959 | |
1960-08 | Blue's Moods | Riverside | 1960 | |
1960-12, 1961-03 |
Smooth as the Wind | Riverside | 1961 | |
1962-03 | A Sure Thing | Riverside | 1962 | |
1962-08 | The Cup Bearers | Riverside | 1962 | |
1963-08 | Step Lightly | Blue Note | 1980 | |
1964-07 | The Thing to Do | Blue Note | 1965 | |
1965-07 | Down with It! | Blue Note | 1966 | |
1966-01 | Bring It Home to Me | Blue Note | 1967 | |
1966-11 | Boss Horn | Blue Note | 1967 | |
1967-11 | Heads Up! | Blue Note | 1968 | |
1968-09 | Collision in Black | Blue Note | 1969 | |
1969-05 | Bantu Village | Blue Note | 1969 | |
1971-03 | Blue Mitchell (aka Soul Village) |
Mainstream | 1971 | |
1971-06 | Vital Blue | Mainstream | 1971 | |
1972 | Blues' Blues | Mainstream | 1972 | |
1972 | The Last Tango = Blues | Mainstream | 1973 | |
1973-03-01 | Graffiti Blues | Mainstream | 1973 | |
1974 | Many Shades of Blue | Mainstream | 1974 | |
1975 | Stratosonic Nuances | RCA | 1975 | |
1976 | Funktion Junction | RCA | 1976 | |
1977-04-14 | Mapenzi | Concord Jazz | 1977 | with Harold Land |
1977-04-28, -29 | Stablemates | Candid | 1977 | |
1977 | African Violet | Impulse! | 1978 | |
1977 | Summer Soft | Impulse! | 1978 |
As sideman
Year recorded | Leader | Title | Label | Year released |
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1952–54 | Lou Donaldson | Quartet/Quintet/Sextet | Blue Note | 1957 |
1958 | Cannonball Adderley | Portrait of Cannonball | Riverside | 1958 |
1959 | Horace Silver | Finger Poppin'
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Blue Note | 1959 |
1959 | Philly Joe Jones | Drums Around the World | Riverside | 1959 |
1959 | Horace Silver | Blowin' the Blues Away | Blue Note | 1959 |
1959 | Philly Joe Jones | Showcase | Riverside | 1959 |
1959 | Lou Donaldson | The Time Is Right | Blue Note | 1960 |
1959–60 | Jackie McLean | Jackie's Bag | Blue Note | 1961 |
1960 | Sam Jones | The Soul Society | Riverside | 1960 |
1960 | Jimmy Smith | Open House | Blue Note | 1968 |
1960 | Jimmy Smith | Plain Talk | Blue Note | 1968 |
1960 | Jackie McLean | Capuchin Swing | Blue Note | 1960 |
1960 | Charlie Rouse | Takin' Care of Business
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Jazzland | 1960 |
1960 | Horace Silver | Horace-Scope | Blue Note | 1960 |
1960 | Bobby Timmons | Soul Time | Riverside | 1960 |
1960 | Jackie McLean & Tina Brooks | Street Singer | Blue Note | 1980 |
1960 | Tina Brooks | Back to the Tracks | Blue Note | 1998 |
1960 | Sonny Red | Breezing | Jazzland | 1961 |
1961 | Sam Jones | The Chant | Riverside | 1961 |
1961 | Philly Joe Jones and Elvin Jones | Together! | Atlantic | 1961 |
1961 | Horace Silver | Doin' the Thing | Blue Note | 1961 |
1961 | Elmo Hope | Homecoming! | Riverside | 1961 |
1961 | Junior Cook | Junior's Cookin' | Jazzland | 1961 |
1961 | Sonny Red | Images | Jazzland | 1962 |
1961 | Les McCann | Les McCann Ltd. in New York | Pacific Jazz | 1962 |
1962 | Red Garland | Red's Good Groove | Jazzland | 1962 |
1962 | Horace Silver | The Tokyo Blues | Blue Note | 1962 |
1962 | Sonny Stitt | Sonny Stitt & the Top Brass | Atlantic | 1963 |
1962 | Sam Jones | Down Home | Riverside | 1962 |
1963 | Harold Vick | Steppin' Out! | Blue Note | 1963 |
1963 | Horace Silver | Silver's Serenade | Blue Note | 1963 |
1963 | Stanley Turrentine | A Chip Off the Old Block
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Blue Note | 1964 |
1963 | Freddie Roach | Good Move! | Blue Note | 1963 |
1963–64 | Horace Silver | Song for My Father | Blue Note | 1965 |
1964 | Stanley Turrentine | In Memory Of | Blue Note | 1979 |
1965 | Big John Patton | Oh Baby! | Blue Note | 1965 |
1965 | George Benson | Benson Burner | Columbia | 1967 |
1966 | Joe Zawinul | Money in the Pocket | Atlantic | 1966 |
1966 | Harold Vick | The Caribbean Suite | RCA Victor | 1967 |
1966 | Stanley Turrentine | Rough 'n' Tumble | Blue Note | 1966 |
1966 | Richard "Groove" Holmes | Soul Mist! | Prestige | 1970 |
1966 | Stanley Turrentine | The Spoiler | Blue Note | 1967 |
1967 | Stanley Turrentine | A Bluish Bag | Blue Note | 2007 |
1967 | Stanley Turrentine | The Return of the Prodigal Son | Blue Note | 2008 |
1967 | Hank Mobley | Hi Voltage | Blue Note | 1968 |
1967 | Lou Donaldson | Mr. Shing-A-Ling
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Blue Note | 1968 |
1968 | Lou Donaldson | Midnight Creeper | Blue Note | 1968 |
1968 | Yusef Lateef | The Blue Yusef Lateef | Atlantic | 1968 |
1968 | Cedar Walton | Spectrum | Prestige | 1968 |
1968 | Don Patterson | Opus De Don | Prestige | 1968 |
1968 | Jimmy McGriff | The Worm | Solid State | 1968 |
1968 | Lou Donaldson | Say It Loud! | Blue Note | 1969 |
1968 | Jimmy McGriff | Step 1 | Solid State | 1969 |
1968 | Harold Mabern | Rakin' and Scrapin' | Prestige | 1969 |
1969 | Cedar Walton | The Electric Boogaloo Song | Prestige | 1969 |
1969 | Charles Kynard | The Soul Brotherhood | Prestige | 1969 |
1969 | Jimmy McGriff | A Thing to Come By | Solid State | 1969 |
1969 | Jimmy McGriff | Electric Funk | Blue Note | 1970 |
1969–70 | Lou Donaldson | Everything I Play Is Funky | Blue Note | 1970 |
1970 | Ray Charles | My Kind of Jazz | Tangerine | 1970 |
1970 | Grant Green | Green Is Beautiful | Blue Note | 1970 |
1970 | Lou Donaldson | Pretty Things | Blue Note | 1970 |
1970 | David "Fathead" Newman | Captain Buckles | Cotillion | 1971 |
1971 | Stanley Turrentine | The Sugar Man | CTI | 1975 |
1971 | John Mayall | Jazz Blues Fusion | Polydor | 1972 |
1972 | Papa John Creach | Filthy! | Grunt | 1972 |
1972 | John Mayall | Moving On | Polydor | 1972 |
1973? | John Mayall | Ten Years Are Gone | Polydor | 1973 |
1974 | Louie Bellson | Louie Rides Again! | Percussion Power | 1974 |
1975 | Louis Bellson | The Louis Bellson Explosion | Pablo | 1975 |
1975 | Bobby Hutcherson | Montara | Blue Note | 1975 |
1976 | Carmen McRae | Can't Hide Love | Blue Note | 1976 |
1976 | Cedar Walton | Beyond Mobius | RCA | 1976 |
1976 | Al Cohn, Dexter Gordon | True Blue | Xanadu | 1976 |
1976 | Al Cohn, Dexter Gordon | Silver Blue | Xanadu | 1976 |
1976 | Dolo Coker | Dolo! | Xanadu | 1977 |
1976 | Dolo Coker | California Hard | Xanadu | 1977 |
1974–77 | Sam Jones | Something in Common | Muse | 1977 |
1977 | Sam Jones | Changes & Things | Xanadu | 1978 |
1978 | Philly Joe Jones | Advance! | Galaxy | 1979 |
1978 | Philly Joe Jones | Drum Song | Galaxy | 1985 |
References
External links
- Blue Mitchell site
- Blue Mitchell leader discography at jazzdiscography.com