AUGUST 13

                 BLUE MITCHELL
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                 Recording Date:
                         August 13, 1963

                 Personnel:
                        Roy Brooks          D
                        Herbie Hancock   P
                        Joe Henderson    TS
                        Blue Mitchell       TP
                        Gene Taylor        B
                        Leo Wright          AS

       


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Reviewby Scott Yanow

Trumpeter Blue Mitchell's Blue Note debut went unissued for 17 years, only coming out on this 1980 LP (not yet reissued on CD). The set must have been lost in the shuffle, for the music is consistently excellent. Mitchell, tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson, altoist Leo Wright, pianist Herbie Hancock, bassist Gene Taylor, and drummer Roy Brooks perform four originals and obscurities, plus lyrical versions of "Sweet and Lovely" and "Cry Me a River." Worth searching for.