Presenting Red Mitchell

Presenting Red Mitchell
Studio album by Red Mitchell
Released	1957
Recorded	March 26, 1957 Los Angeles, California
Genre	Jazz
Length	42:51
Label	Contemporary C 3538/S 7538
Producer	Lester Koenig
Red Mitchell chronology
Red Mitchell (1956) Presenting Red Mitchell (1957) Get Those Elephants Out'a Here (1958)

Presenting Red Mitchell is an album by American jazz bassist Red Mitchell recorded in 1957 and released on the Contemporary label. ^{[1] [2]}

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states "Bassist Red Mitchell, who had led two fairly obscure sessions for Bethlehem in 1955, came up with a gem on his lone Contemporary set as a leader ...the music is strictly high-quality modern mainstream bop of the era. Easily recommended to collectors of straight-ahead jazz". ^[3]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[5]

Track listing

1. "Scrapple from the Apple" (Charlie Parker) - 5:27
2. "Rainy Night" (Red Mitchell) - 5:20
3. "I Thought of You" (Mitchell) - 5:17
4. "Out of the Blue" (Miles Davis) - 6:15
5. "Paul's Pal" (Sonny Rollins) - 6:55
6. "Sandu" (Clifford Brown) - 5:31
7. "Cheek to Cheek" (Irving Berlin) - 8:06

Personnel

• Red Mitchell - bass
• James Clay - tenor saxophone, flute
• Lorraine Geller - piano
• Billy Higgins - drums

References

1. Contemporary Records discography accessed April 15, 2015
2. Red Mitchell Biography, accessed April 15, 2015
3. Yanow, Scott. Presenting Red Mitchell – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved April 15, 2015.
4. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 142. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
5. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1010. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.