Durham WASP

Blue Mitchell and Junior Cook at The Birdhouse, December 1960

Blue Mitchell

“Just playing a song is only the start of it. You could train a machine to do that. It only starts being jazz when you put your life experience through the horn.“ - Stanley Turrentine 

Stanley Turrentine, A Chip Off the Old Block [rec. 1963 rel. 1964] Blue Note

Stanley Turrentine – tenor saxophone 

Blue Mitchell – trumpet 

Shirley Scott – organ 

Earl May – bass 

Al Harewood – drums 

Alfred Lion – producer 

Reid Miles – design 

Rudy Van Gelder – engineer 

Francis Wolff – photography

Blue Mitchell by George Wright

Bobby Timmons, Soul Time [1960] Riverside

Bobby Timmons - piano 

Blue Mitchell - trumpet 

Sam Jones - bass 

Art Blakey - drums.

Blue Mitchell during Horace Silver’s ‘Finger Poppin’ session, Feb. 1959 by Francis Wolff

Blue Mitchell

Blue Mitchell - The Blue Note Years, 1963 - 1969

The Thing to Do - 1964  Down with It! - 1965 Bring It Home to Me - 1966 Boss Horn - 1966 Heads Up! - 1967 Collision in Black - 1968 Bantu Village - 1969 Step Lightly - Released 1980 [Recorded 1963]

Blue Mitchell and Chick Corea, 1964

Blue Mitchell at The Birdhouse, Chicago, December 1960 by Laird Scott

Blue Mitchell

Blue Mitchell, Blue Soul - great album, band and cover

blue mitchell wearing brooks brothers glen plaid sports jacket. december 1960 by laird scott