BLUE MITCHELL — The Complete Blue Note Blue Mitchell Sessions (1963-67)

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Boxset / Compilation · 1998

Filed under Hard Bop
By BLUE MITCHELL

Tracklist

Disc 1
1. Mamacita (5:49)
2. Sweet and Lovely (7:46)
3. Andrea (5:16)
4. Step Lightly (8:32)
5. Cry Me a River (6:48)
6. Bluesville (4:10)
7. Fungii Mama (7:48)
8. Mona's Mood (5:17)
9. The Thing to Do (7:02)

Total Time: 58:31

Disc 2
1. Step Lightly (10:25)
2. Chick's Tune (9:37)
3. Hi Heel Sneakers (8:24)
4. Perception (5:41)
5. Alone, Alone, and Alone (7:45)
6. March on Selma (6:15)
7. One Shirt (7:30)
8. Samba de Stacy (5:58)

Total Time: 61:36

Disc 3
1. Bring It Home to Me (7:58)
2. Blues 3 for 1 (6:04)
3. Port Rico Rock (6:34)
4. Gingerbread Boy (6:36)
5. Portrait of Jennie (5:39)
6. Blue's Theme (5:23)
7. Millie (6:21)
8. O Mama Enit (5:35)
9. I Should Care (7:32)
10. Rigor Mortez (6:20)

Total Time: 64:07

Disc 4
1. Tones for Joan's Bones (6:38)
2. Straight Up and Down (6:39)
3. Heads Up! Feet Down! (5:59)
4. Togetherness (6:49)
5. The Folks Who Live on the Hill (5:33)
6. Good Humor Man (5:40)
7. Len Sirrah (7:20)
8. The People in Nassau (5:40)
9. Togetherness (alternate take) (6:38)
10. Good Humor Man (alternate take) (5:12)

Total Time: 62:12

Line-up/Musicians

Blue Mitchell (tp) Leo Wright (as) Joe Henderson (ts) Herbie Hancock (p) Gene Taylor (b) Roy Brooks (d)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, August 13, 1963

01. tk.14 Mamacita
02. tk.11 Cry Me a River
03. tk.04 Andrea (aka Little Stupid)
04. tk.22 Step Lightly
05. tk.15 Sweet and Lovely
06. tk.24 Bluesville

BLP 4142 Blue Mitchell - Step Lightly (not released)

Blue Mitchell (tp) Junior Cook (ts) Chick Corea (p) Gene Taylor (b) Al Foster (d)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, July 30, 1964

07. tk.05 Fungii Mama
08. tk.19 Mona's Mood
09. tk.15 The Thing to Do

01. tk.14 Step Lightly
02. tk.17 Chick's Tune

BLP 4178 Blue Mitchell - The Thing to Do

Blue Mitchell (tp) Junior Cook (ts) Chick Corea (p) Gene Taylor (b) Al Foster (d)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, July 14, 1965

03. tk.05 Hi-Heel Sneakers
04. tk.09 Perception
05. tk.07 Alone, Alone and Alone
06. tk.25 March on Selma
07. tk.32 On Shirt
08. tk.02 Samba de Stacy

BLP 4214 Blue Mitchell - Down with It

Blue Mitchell (tp) Junior Cook (ts) Harold Mabern (p) Gene Taylor (b) Billy Higgins (d)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, January 6, 1966

01. tk.24 Bring It Home to Me
02. tk.30 Blues 3 for 1
03. tk.08 Port Rico Rock
04. tk.23 Gingerbread Boy
05. tk.14 Portrait of Jennie
06. tk.31 Blue's Theme

BLP 4228 Blue Mitchell - Bring It Home to Me

Blue Mitchell (tp) Julian Priester (tb) Jerry Dodgion (as, fl) Junior Cook (ts) Pepper Adams (bars) Cedar Walton (p -1/4) Chick Corea (p -5,6)
Gene Taylor (b) Mickey Roker (d) Duke Pearson (arr)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, November 17, 1966

07. tk.22 Millie
08. tk.07 O Mama Enit
09. tk.17 I Should Care
10. tk.15 Rigor Mortez

01. tk.42 Tones for Joan's Bones
02. tk.31 Straight Up and Down

BLP 4257 Blue Mitchell - Boss Horn

Burt Collins, Blue Mitchell (tp) Julian Priester (tb) Jerry Dodgion (as, fl) Junior Cook (ts) Pepper Adams (bars) McCoy Tyner (p),
Gene Taylor (b) Al Foster (d) Jimmy Heath, Melba Liston, Duke Pearson, Don Pickett (arr)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, November 17, 1967

07. tk.8 Len Sirrah
04. tk.14 Togetherness
03. tk.18 Heads Up! Feet Down!
06. tk.24 Good Humor Man
05. tk.32 The Folks Who Live on the Hill
08. tk.34 The People in Nassau
09. tk.14 Togetherness (alternate take)*
10. tk.24 Good Humor Man (alternate take)*

BST 84272 Blue Mitchell - Heads Up! (except tracks marked *)[/b]