African Violet (album)

African Violet
Studio album by Blue Mitchell
Released	March 13, 1978
Recorded	1977
Studio	The Burbank Studios, Burbank, California
Genre	Jazz
Length	45:11
Label	Impulse!
Producer	Esmond Edwards
Blue Mitchell chronology
Funktion Junction (1976) African Violet (1978) Mapenzi (1977)

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AllMusic	[1]

African Violet is an album by American trumpeter Blue Mitchell which features arrangements by McKinley Mitchell recorded in 1977 and released on the Impulse! label in 1978. ^[2]

Track listing

1. "Mississippi Jump" (Larry Nash);– 6:38
2. "Ojos de Rojo" (Cedar Walton);– 4:04
3. "Sand Castles" (Dana Kaproff);– 6:08
4. "African Violet" (Steve Hulse);– 6:38
5. "As" (Stevie Wonder);– 6:28
6. "Square Business" (Cedar Walton);– 8:24
7. "Forget" (Don Sebesky);– 6:51

• Recorded at The Burbank Studios in Burbank, California in 1977.

Personnel

• Blue Mitchell;– trumpet (tracks 1, 2, & 4–6), flugelhorn (tracks 3 & 7)
• Herman Riley (tracks 1 & 4), Harold Land (tracks 2, 3 & 5–7);– tenor saxophone
• Sonny Burke;– electric piano (tracks 1 & 4–7), piano (tracks 2 & 3)
• McKinley Jackson (tracks 2, 4 & 7), Michael Boddicker (tracks 3, 5 & 6);– synthesizer
• Lee Ritenour;– electric guitar (tracks 1–7), guitar (track 7)
• Scott Edwards;– bass (track 1), electric bass (tracks 2–4 & 6)
• Chuck Domanico;– electric bass (track 5), bass (track 7)
• James Gadson (tracks 1–4 & 6), Harold Mason (tracks 5 & 7);– drums
• Paulinho Da Costa;– congas (tracks 1, 2, 4 & 6)
• Eddie "Bongo" Brown;– congas, percussion (tracks 3, 5 & 7)
• Bob Zimmitti;– marimba (track 7), percussion (tracks 5 & 7)
• Julia Tillman, Luther Waters, Maxine Waters Willard, Oren Waters;– vocals (tracks 3 & 5)
• The Sid Sharp Strings (tracks 3 & 7)

References

1. Allmusic Review accessed June 14, 2011
2. Blue Mitchell discography accessed June 14, 2011