Templejazz Posted August 25, 2003 Report Share Posted August 25, 2003 Have most of the Horace Silver quintet material but I need more with Blue as a sideman. I have Timmons' Soul Time as well as Jackie's Bag, Hi Voltage, and a few others. Are there any more that are out there? Which ones do you like? Thanks B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soul Stream Posted August 25, 2003 Report Share Posted August 25, 2003 Blue does some great work on John Patton's "Oh Baby." Also Harold Vick's "Steppin' Out." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danasgoodstuff Posted August 25, 2003 Report Share Posted August 25, 2003 He's also on Jimmy Smith's Open House/Plain Talk session (one session, two LPs on one CD) with Jackie McLean (an alto alto) and Ike Q (a tenor tenor). In my opion Blue had the best trumpet sound for organ dates even if he never used them on his own records... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Templejazz Posted August 25, 2003 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2003 Forgot about some of these. I have the 'Open House/Plain Talk' and 'Steppin' Out'. How 'bout some non BNs I may not be aware of? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted August 25, 2003 Report Share Posted August 25, 2003 This one? Very early Blue on BN: And some prime early 70's Blue: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mule Posted August 25, 2003 Report Share Posted August 25, 2003 Of the non-Blue Notes these are some faves: AND another Blue Note: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmitry Posted August 25, 2003 Report Share Posted August 25, 2003 Have most of the Horace Silver quintet material but I need more with Blue as a sideman. If you got Doin' The Thing, you probably got the best. I love that disc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Templejazz Posted August 25, 2003 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2003 Have most of the Horace Silver quintet material but I need more with Blue as a sideman. If you got Doin' The Thing, you probably got the best. I love that disc. That's actually the only one I DON'T have I love Tokyo Blues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim R Posted August 25, 2003 Report Share Posted August 25, 2003 (edited) Selected works as a sideman (some already mentioned, Horace Silver sessions omitted): Cannonball Adderley- Portrait of Cannonball Riverside Tina Brooks- Back To The Tracks Blue Note Lou Donaldson- Quartet / Quintet / Sextet Blue Note Lou Donaldson- The Time Is Right Blue Note Red Garland- Red's Good Groove Jazzland Dexter Gordon- True Blue Xanadu Johnny Griffin- The Little Giant Riverside Elmo Hope- The All Star Sessions Milestone Philly Joe Jones- Drum Songs (Advance / Drum Song) Milestone (Galaxy) Les McCann- Les McCann Ltd. : In New York Pacific Jazz Jackie McLean- Jackie's Bag Blue Note Jackie McLean- Capuchin Swing Blue Note Hank Mobley- Hi Voltage Blue Note Freddie Roach- Good Move! Blue Note Sonny Red (Kyner)- Breezing Jazzland Sonny Red (Kyner)- Images Jazzland Jimmy Smith- Open House / Plain Talk Blue Note Bobby Timmons- Soul Time Riverside Stanley Turrentine- A Chip Off The Old Block Blue Note Stanley Turrentine- In Memory Of Blue Note Stanley Turrentine- Rough 'N Tumble Blue Note Stanley Turrentine- The Spoiler Blue Note Harold Vick- Steppin' Out Blue Note Cedar Walton- Spectrum / (The Electric Boogaloo Song) Prestige Edited August 26, 2003 by Jim R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Templejazz Posted August 25, 2003 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2003 Hmmm....It might be about time for me to snag the Turrentine Mosaic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John L Posted August 25, 2003 Report Share Posted August 25, 2003 Don't forget Junior Cook's "Junior's Cookin' " Blue is all over that one. I am assuming that you already have all of Blue's Riverside albums as a leader. Great stuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom in RI Posted August 25, 2003 Report Share Posted August 25, 2003 Dolo Coker's release "California Hard" features Mitchell and Art Pepper in the front line, Art plays tenor on a couple of tunes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John L Posted August 26, 2003 Report Share Posted August 26, 2003 I just recalled that there is an excellent date with Groove Holmes: "Soul Mist" Harold Vick is also on tenor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted August 26, 2003 Report Share Posted August 26, 2003 Something completely different... Two live John Mayall albums, JAZZ BLUES FUSION and MOVING ON, although not earthshattering in even the least, capture Blue having a funky good time. Fellow sidemen include Clifford Solomon, Victor Gaskin, Billy Mitchell, Ernie Watts, and Charles Owens. Not anywhere near a "super jam", but it happened, and Blue actually sounds like he's having a blast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted August 26, 2003 Report Share Posted August 26, 2003 Not only was there 'True Blue' on Xanadu but there was also 'Silver Blue' from the same Xanadu session. Well worth the search. Blue Mitchell was featured alongside Sam Noto (in addition to Dexter Gordon, Al Cohn, Barry Harris, etc.). And worthy of mention for Mitchell's contribution is Don Patterson's Opus de Don on Prestige (a Chris A. supervising job if I remember well). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFrank Posted August 26, 2003 Report Share Posted August 26, 2003 Not exactly a sideman date, but "Mapenzi" is a seriously great album. I HIGHLY recommend picking this one up. It's a real hardbop burner! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Man with the Golden Arm Posted August 26, 2003 Report Share Posted August 26, 2003 I came to know of Blue Mitchell through releases by Ben Sidran. I think he was on a few of Ben's albums in the late seventies. I know that Ben kind of gets tossed into the lightweight smooth thing-he's not. His work in the mid seventies was some great, great stuff. Blue sounds very polished at this time. If you see any of Sidran's 70's Arista records around, grab em and check em out. 'Kiss in the Night' was my favorite of the ones with Mitchell. Do check out "Be Nice" (Ben's Solo) from 'The Doctor is In'. It could be the new OrgBB theme song! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdd Posted August 27, 2003 Report Share Posted August 27, 2003 some of his last appearances are among his best. Try the two sam jones records "something in common" and "changes and things" and the philly joe jones "advance" ("drums songs" on CD I think) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFrank Posted August 28, 2003 Report Share Posted August 28, 2003 "Something In Common" is a GREAT album. I didn't realize that it was one of Blue's last appearances. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kh1958 Posted August 28, 2003 Report Share Posted August 28, 2003 Just in case you missed it, the recently released Horace Silver live concert "Paris Blues" has some of the best Blue Mitchell (and Junior Cook) I've heard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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