Blues' Blues is an album by American trumpeter Blue Mitchell recorded in 1972 and released on the Mainstream label.[1]
Reception
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 2½ stars stating "the music overall is listenable and funky, but not particularly memorable. Just an average date from these fine musicians".[2]
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Track listing
- All compositions by Blue Mitchell except as indicated
- "Casa Blues" (John Guerin) - 8:25
- "Just Made Up" (Joe Sample) - 7:32
- "Blues' Blues" - 7:05
- "Granite & Concrete" (Hadley Caliman) - 9:51
- "I Didn't Ask To Be" (George Bohanon) - 10:09
- "Valerie" (Walter Bishop, Jr.) - 12:26 [Bonus track on CD reissue]
- Recorded in Los Angeles, California in 1972.
Personnel
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| With Lou
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| With Philly
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| With Sam
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| With Jimmy
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| With Stanley
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Portrait of Cannonball (Cannonball Adderley, 1958)Back to the Tracks (Tina Brooks, 1960)Street Singer (Tina Brooks and Jackie McLean, 1960)My Kind of Jazz (Ray Charles, 1970)True Blue (Al Cohn and Dexter Gordon, 1976)Silver Blue (with Al Cohn and Dexter Gordon, 1976)Dolo! (Dolo Coker, 1976)California Hard (Dolo Coker, 1976)Junior's Cookin' (Junior Cook, 1961)Filthy! (Papa John Creach, 1972)Red's Good Groove (Red Garland, 1962)Green Is Beautiful (Grant Green, 1970)Soul Mist! (Richard "Groove" Holmes, 1966)Homecoming! (Elmo Hope, 1961)Montara (Bobby Hutcherson, 1975)The Soul Brotherhood (Charles Kynard, 1969)The Blue Yusef Lateef (Yusef Lateef, 1968)Rakin' and Scrapin' (Harold Mabern, 1968)Jazz Blues Fusion (John Mayall, 1971)Ten Years Are Gone (John Mayall, 1973)Les McCann Ltd. in New York (Les McCann, 1961)Can't Hide Love (Carmen McRae, 1976)Capuchin Swing (Jackie McLean, 1960)Jackie's Bag (Jackie McLean, 1960)Hi Voltage (Hank Mobley, 1967)Captain Buckles (David "Fathead" Newman, 1970)Opus De Don (Don Patterson, 1968)Oh Baby! (Big John Patton, 1965)Breezing (Sonny Red, 1960)Images (Sonny Red, 1961)Good Move! (Freddie Roach, 1963)Takin' Care of Business (Charlie Rouse, 1960)Open House (Jimmy Smith, 1960)Plain Talk (Jimmy Smith, 1960)Sonny Stitt & the Top Brass (Sonny Stitt, 1962)Soul Time (Bobby Timmons, 1960)Steppin' Out! (Harold Vick, 1963)The Caribbean Suite (Harold Vick, 1966)Spectrum (Cedar Walton, 1968)The Electric Boogaloo Song (Cedar Walton, 1969)Beyond Mobius (Cedar Walton, 1976)Money in the Pocket (Joe Zawinul, 1966)
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