Blue's Moods

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Blue's Moods
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Studio album by
Blue Mitchell
Released1960
RecordedAugust 24 & 25, 1960
Genre Jazz
Length40:41
Label Riverside
Producer Orrin Keepnews
Blue Mitchell chronology
Blue Soul
(1959)		Blue's Moods
(1960)		 Smooth as the Wind
(1960-61)

Blue's Moods is an album by American trumpeter Blue Mitchell recorded in 1960 and released on the Riverside label. [1]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
DownBeat Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars and stated "the trumpeter is typically distinctive, swinging and inventive within the hard bop genre". [2] Frank Kofsky noted that Mitchell's style "reflects the attainment of a measure of self-assurance and restraint, hallmarks ... of the mature artist." [4]

Writing for DownBeat , Frank Kofsky assigned the album 4 stars. [4] He wrote, "Mitchell is a thoughtful musician . . . His playing, moreover, reflects the attainment of a measure of self assurance and restraint, hallmarks both of the mature artist". [4]

Track listing

All compositions by Blue Mitchell except as indicated
  1. "I'll Close My Eyes" (Buddy Kaye, Billy Reid) - 5:56
  2. "Avars" (Rocky Boyd) - 4:07
  3. "Scrapple from the Apple" (Charlie Parker) - 4:00
  4. "Kinda Vague" (Wynton Kelly, Blue Mitchell) - 6:28
  5. "Sir John" - 6:06
  6. "When I Fall in Love" (Edward Heyman, Victor Young) - 5:42
  7. "Sweet Pumpkin" (Ronnell Bright) - 4:19
  8. "I Wish I Knew" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) - 4:26
  • Recorded in New York City on August 24 (tracks 5, 6 & 8) and August 25 (tracks 1-4 & 7), 1960.

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Riverside Records discography accessed October 25, 2010
  2. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed October 25, 2010
  3. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1009. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Kofsky, Frank (February 16, 1961). "In Review". DownBeat . p. 38.
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