The Cup Bearers

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The Cup Bearers
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Studio album by
Released1962
RecordedAugust 28 & 30, 1962
Genre Jazz
Length43:28
Label Riverside
Producer Orrin Keepnews
Blue Mitchell chronology
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(1962)
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(1963)

The Cup Bearers is an album by American trumpeter Blue Mitchell recorded in 1962 and released on the Riverside label. [1]

Contents

Mitchell's group is the Horace Silver Quintet with Cedar Walton on piano in place of Silver. [2]

Reception

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

Track listing

  1. "Turquoise" (Cedar Walton) - 5:03
  2. "Why Do I Love You?" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 5:28
  3. "Dingbat Blues" (Charles Davis) - 5:41
  4. "Capers" (Tom McIntosh) - 6:04
  5. "The Cup Bearers" (McIntosh) - 6:15
  6. "How Deep Is the Ocean?" (Irving Berlin) - 6:43
  7. "Tiger Lily" (Thad Jones) - 8:31
  • Recorded at Plaza Sound Studios in New York City on August 28 & 30, 1962

Personnel

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References

  1. Blue Mitchell discography accessed October 26, 2010
  2. 1 2 Down Beat: April 11, 1963 vol. 30, no. 9
  3. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed October 26, 2010
  4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1009. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.