Bring It Home to Me

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Bring It Home to Me
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 15, 1967 [1]
RecordedJanuary 6, 1966
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre Jazz
Length38:14
Label Blue Note
BST 84228
Producer Alfred Lion
Blue Mitchell chronology
Down with It!
(1965)
Bring It Home to Me
(1967)
Boss Horn
(1966)

Bring It Home to Me is an album by American trumpeter Blue Mitchell recorded in 1966 and released on the Blue Note label. [2] The albums features mainly blues. An exception is "Portrait of Jennie" (incorrectly titled "Portrait of Jenny" on the album), a ballad originally written for the movie Portrait of Jennie (1948).

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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The Allmusic review awarded the album 4 stars. [3]

Track listing

All compositions by Blue Mitchell except where noted

  1. "Bring It Home to Me" (Jimmy Heath) - 7:58
  2. "Blues 3 for 1" - 6:04
  3. "Port Rico Rock" (Tom McIntosh) - 6:34
  4. "Gingerbread Boy" (Heath) - 6:36
  5. "Portrait of Jenny" (Gordon Burdge, J. Russell Robinson) - 5:39
  6. "Blue's Theme" - 5:23

Personnel

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References

  1. Billboard Mar 4, 1967
  2. Blue Mitchell discography accessed October 27, 2010
  3. 1 2 Allmusic Review accessed October 27, 2010