African Violet (album)

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African Violet
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ReleasedMarch 13, 1978
Recorded1977
StudioThe Burbank Studios, Burbank, California
Genre Jazz
Length45:11
Label Impulse!
Producer Esmond Edwards
Blue Mitchell chronology
Funktion Junction
(1976)
African Violet
(1978)
Mapenzi
(1977)
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African Violet is an album by American trumpeter Blue Mitchell which features arrangements by McKinley Mitchell recorded in 1977 and released on the Impulse! label in 1978. [2]

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Track listing

  1. "Mississippi Jump" (Larry Nash) – 6:38
  2. "Ojos de Rojo" (Cedar Walton) – 4:04
  3. "Sand Castles" (Dana Kaproff) – 6:08
  4. "African Violet" (Steve Hulse) – 6:38
  5. "As" (Stevie Wonder) – 6:28
  6. "Square Business" (Cedar Walton) – 8:24
  7. "Forget" (Don Sebesky) – 6:51

Personnel

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References

  1. Allmusic Review accessed June 14, 2011
  2. Blue Mitchell discography accessed June 14, 2011