Blue Mitchell sideman appearances?

[Templejazz]

Have most of the Horace Silver quintet material but I need more with Blue as a sideman.

I have Timmons' Soul Time as well as Jackie's Bag, Hi Voltage, and a few others. Are there any more that are out there?

Which ones do you like?

Thanks B)

[Soul Stream]

Blue does some great work on John Patton's "Oh Baby." Also Harold Vick's "Steppin' Out."

[danasgoodstuff]

He's also on Jimmy Smith's Open House/Plain Talk session (one session, two LPs on one CD) with Jackie McLean (an alto alto) and Ike Q (a tenor tenor). In my opion Blue had the best trumpet sound for organ dates even if he never used them on his own records...

[Templejazz]

Forgot about some of these. I have the 'Open House/Plain Talk' and 'Steppin' Out'.

How 'bout some non BNs I may not be aware of?

[Joe]

This one?

Very early Blue on BN:

And some prime early 70's Blue:

[The Mule]

Of the non-Blue Notes these are some faves:

AND another Blue Note:

[Dmitry]

Have most of the Horace Silver quintet material but I need more with Blue as a sideman.

If you got Doin' The Thing, you probably got the best.

I love that disc.

[Templejazz]

Have most of the Horace Silver quintet material but I need more with Blue as a sideman.

If you got Doin' The Thing, you probably got the best.

I love that disc.

That's actually the only one I DON'T have

I love Tokyo Blues.

[Jim R]

Selected works as a sideman (some already mentioned, Horace Silver sessions omitted):

Cannonball Adderley- Portrait of Cannonball Riverside

Tina Brooks- Back To The Tracks Blue Note

Lou Donaldson- Quartet / Quintet / Sextet Blue Note

Lou Donaldson- The Time Is Right Blue Note

Red Garland- Red's Good Groove Jazzland

Dexter Gordon- True Blue Xanadu

Johnny Griffin- The Little Giant Riverside

Elmo Hope- The All Star Sessions Milestone

Philly Joe Jones- Drum Songs (Advance / Drum Song) Milestone (Galaxy)

Les McCann- Les McCann Ltd. : In New York Pacific Jazz

Jackie McLean- Jackie's Bag Blue Note

Jackie McLean- Capuchin Swing Blue Note

Hank Mobley- Hi Voltage Blue Note

Freddie Roach- Good Move! Blue Note

Sonny Red (Kyner)- Breezing Jazzland

Sonny Red (Kyner)- Images Jazzland

Jimmy Smith- Open House / Plain Talk Blue Note

Bobby Timmons- Soul Time Riverside

Stanley Turrentine- A Chip Off The Old Block Blue Note

Stanley Turrentine- In Memory Of Blue Note

Stanley Turrentine- Rough 'N Tumble Blue Note

Stanley Turrentine- The Spoiler Blue Note

Harold Vick- Steppin' Out Blue Note

Cedar Walton- Spectrum / (The Electric Boogaloo Song) Prestige

Edited August 26, 2003 by Jim R

[Templejazz]

Hmmm....It might be about time for me to snag the Turrentine Mosaic.

[John L]

Don't forget Junior Cook's "Junior's Cookin' " Blue is all over that one.

I am assuming that you already have all of Blue's Riverside albums as a leader. Great stuff!

[Tom in RI]

Dolo Coker's release "California Hard" features Mitchell and Art Pepper in the front line, Art plays tenor on a couple of tunes.

[John L]

I just recalled that there is an excellent date with Groove Holmes: "Soul Mist" Harold Vick is also on tenor.

[JSngry]

Something completely different...

Two live John Mayall albums, JAZZ BLUES FUSION and MOVING ON, although not earthshattering in even the least, capture Blue having a funky good time. Fellow sidemen include Clifford Solomon, Victor Gaskin, Billy Mitchell, Ernie Watts, and Charles Owens. Not anywhere near a "super jam", but it happened, and Blue actually sounds like he's having a blast.

[brownie]

Not only was there 'True Blue' on Xanadu but there was also 'Silver Blue' from the same Xanadu

session. Well worth the search. Blue Mitchell was featured alongside Sam Noto (in addition to Dexter

Gordon, Al Cohn, Barry Harris, etc.).

And worthy of mention for Mitchell's contribution is Don Patterson's Opus de Don on Prestige

(a Chris A. supervising job if I remember well).

[BFrank]

Not exactly a sideman date, but "Mapenzi" is a seriously great album. I HIGHLY recommend picking this one up. It's a real hardbop burner!

[Man with the Golden Arm]

I came to know of Blue Mitchell through releases by Ben Sidran. I think he was on a few of Ben's albums in the late seventies. I know that Ben kind of gets tossed into the lightweight smooth thing-he's not. His work in the mid seventies was some great, great stuff. Blue sounds very polished at this time. If you see any of Sidran's 70's Arista records around, grab em and check em out. 'Kiss in the Night' was my favorite of the ones with Mitchell. Do check out "Be Nice" (Ben's Solo) from 'The Doctor is In'. It could be the new OrgBB theme song!

[kdd]

some of his last appearances are among his best. Try the two sam jones records "something in common" and "changes and things" and the philly joe jones "advance" ("drums songs" on CD I think)

[BFrank]

"Something In Common" is a GREAT album. I didn't realize that it was one of Blue's last appearances.

[kh1958]

Just in case you missed it, the recently released Horace Silver live concert "Paris Blues" has some of the best Blue Mitchell (and Junior Cook) I've heard.