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BLUE MITCHELL QUINTET

BLUE MITCHELL trumpet; PAUL CHAMBERS or SAM JONES bass; ART BLAKEY drums; 

BENNY GOLSON tenor sax; WYNTON KELLY piano

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 session man in the late '60s, and he toured w/Ray Charles from 1969 to 1971 & blues/rock guitarist John Mayall in 1971-1973.

"OUT OF THE BLUE"

<reissue, originally published in late 1959>     

LP    RIVERSIDE RECORDS     MONO    RLP 293

MADE IN HOLLAND     1969 REPRESSING

SINGLE SLEEVE

THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)

NOTES: Recorded at Reeves Sound Studios, New York; January 5, 1959. 

Netherland issue of 1969 distributed by Fontana.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: none

LABEL: RIVERSIDE - BLUE LABEL w/LOGO on TOP - SILVER TEXT

Catalog on cover: RLP 293  

Catalog on labels: RLP 293 (RLP 293 A) / RLP 293 (RLP 293 B)

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): 4  RLP 293 1L 1 670 1

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): 4  RLP 293 2L 1 670 1

On labels: rim text reads "All Rights........Prohibited"

MONO  ?            MADE IN HOLLAND

Rights Society / Publishing: Chappell & Co. London, Copyright Control, M.C.P.S.

On back cover: Tracklist, Credits & Notes

Riverside Records are produced by Bill Grauer Productions, Inc...........New York

Distributed by Fontana records in agreement with Interdisc

tracklisting

Side A: BLUES ON MY MIND - IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU - BOOMERANG

Side B: SWEET-CAKES - MISSING YOU - WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN

grading

RECORD EX but (please, read above description)

SLEEVE VG+ but (please, see pictures and read above description)

This early recording by Blue Mitchell finds the distinctive trumpeter in excellent form in a quintet also featuring tenor saxophonist Benny Golson (who contributed "Blues on My Mind"), either Wynton Kelly or Cedar Walton on piano, Paul Chambers or Sam Jones on bass and drummer Art Blakey. The consistently swinging repertoire includes a surprisingly effective version of "When the Saints Go Marching In." "Studio B," recorded in the same period but formerly available only in a sampler, has been added to the program. It's an enjoyable date of high-quality hard bop...(AllMusic)