Heads Up! (Blue Mitchell album)

Heads Up!
Studio album by Blue Mitchell
Released	December 8, 1968 [1]
Recorded	November 17, 1967
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre	Jazz
Length	36:57
Label	Blue Note BST 84272
Producer	Duke Pearson or Francis Wolff
Blue Mitchell chronology
Boss Horn (1966) Heads Up! (1968) Collision in Black (1968)

Heads Up! is an album by American trumpeter Blue Mitchell recorded in 1967 and released on the Blue Note label. ^[2]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]

The Allmusic review awarded the album 3 stars. ^[3]

Track listing

1. "Heads Up! Feet Down!" (Jimmy Heath) - 5:59
2. "Togetherness" (Jimmy Heath) - 6:48
3. "The Folks Who Live On the Hill" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) - 5:32
4. "Good Humour Man" (Don Pickett) - 5:39
5. "Len Sirrah" (Melba Liston) - 7:19
6. "The People in Nassau" (Blue Mitchell) - 5:40

Personnel

• Blue Mitchell, Burt Collins - trumpet
• Jerry Dodgion - flute, alto saxophone
• Junior Cook - tenor saxophone
• Pepper Adams - baritone saxophone
• Julian Priester - trombone
• McCoy Tyner - piano
• Gene Taylor - bass
• Al Foster - drums
• Jimmy Heath (1–2), Melba Liston (5), Duke Pearson (4, 6), Don Pickett (4) - arrangement

References

1. Billboard Dec 14, 1968
2. Blue Mitchell discography accessed October 26, 2010
3. Allmusic Review accessed October 26, 2010