Blue Mitchell

 

Artist:  Blue Mitchell

Birth Name:  Richard Allen Mitchell

Born:  March 13, 1930.  Miami, Florida, USA

Died:  May 21, 1979 (Aged 49).  Los Angeles, California, USA

Genre:  Jazz, Soul Jazz, Hard Bop, Post Bop, Jazz Instrument, Mainstream Jazz, Standards, Trumpet Jazz

Occupation:  Musician

Instruments:  Trumpet

Blue Mitchell was an American Trumpeter and Composer who worked in Jazz rhythm & Blues, Soul, and Funk.  He recorded albums as leader  and sideman for Riverside, Mainstream Records and Blue Note.

Title:  The Thing To Do (Blue Note Classic Edition) (2026) 

Genre:  Jazz, Soul Jazz, Hard Bop, Post Bop, Jazz Instrument, Mainstream Jazz, Standards, Trumpet Jazz

Label:  Blue Note

Rating:  *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side 1:

1.  Fungii Mama (7:49)

 2.  Mona's Mood (5:18)

 3.  The Thing To Do (7:08)

Side 2:

 1.  Step Lightly (10:27)

 2.  Chick's Tune (9:36)

Personnel:

Blue Mitchell:  Trumpet

Junior Cook:  Tenor Saxophone

Chick Corea:  Piano

Gene Taylor:  Bass

Al Foster:  Drums

The Thing To Do is an album by Blue Mitchell, originally released on June 1965 by Blue Note, remastered and reissued on April 17, 2026 by Blue Note.  Blue Note Classic Edition 180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl.