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 (2016) 

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 March 15, 2016 by Blue Note.  During the Blue Note 75th Anniversary Celebration the Label released 100 Essential Blue Note LPs and  by New York Time Readers.