| The Cup Bearers | ||||
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| Released | 1962 | |||
| Recorded | August 28 & 30, 1962 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 43:28 | |||
| Label | Riverside | |||
| Producer | Orrin Keepnews | |||
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The Cup Bearers is an album by American trumpeter Blue Mitchell recorded in 1962 and released on the Riverside label. [1]
Mitchell's group is the Horace Silver Quintet with Cedar Walton on piano in place of Silver. [2]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Down Beat |    [2] |
| Allmusic | [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [4] |
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars and stated "The music swings hard, mostly avoids sounding like a Horace Silver group, and has particularly strong solos... excellent hard bop". [3]
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