Many Shades of Blue
1974 studio album by Blue Mitchell
Many Shades of Blue | ||||
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Studio album by Blue Mitchell | ||||
Released | August 1, 1974 | |||
Recorded | 1974 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 34:34 | |||
Label | Mainstream MRL 402 | |||
Producer | Bob Shad | |||
Blue Mitchell chronology | ||||
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Many Shades of Blue is an album by American trumpeter Blue Mitchell released on the Mainstream label in 1974.[1][2][3]
Reception
The Allmusic review awarded the album 2 stars.[4]
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [4] |
Track listing
All compositions by David Matthews
- "Where It's At" - 3:30
- "Harmony of the Underworld" - 5:50
- "Funky Walk" - 4:36
- "Blue Funk" - 4:37
- "Golden Feathered Bird" - 4:04
- "Beans and Taters" - 4:25
- "Funny Bone" - 3:37
- "Hot Stuff" - 3:55
Personnel
- Blue Mitchell, Jim Bossy, Jon Faddis, Marky Markowitz - trumpet
- Joe Farrell - flute, tenor saxophone
- Seldon Powell - tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone
- Frank Vicari - tenor saxophone
- Joe Beck, John Tropea - guitar, acoustic guitar
- Sam Brown - acoustic guitar
- Wilbur Bascomb, Michael Moore - electric bass
- Jimmy Madison - drums
- David Matthews - arranger and conductor
References
- v
- t
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
leader
or
co-leader
- Big 6 (1958)
- Get Those Elephants Out'a Here (with Red and Whitey Mitchell, 1958)
- Out of the Blue (1959)
- Blue Soul (1959)
- Blue's Moods (1960)
- Smooth as the Wind (1960–61)
- A Sure Thing (1962)
- The Cup Bearers (1962)
- Step Lightly (1963)
- 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)
- Blue Mitchell/Soul Village (1971)
- Vital Blue (1971)
- Blues' Blues (1972)
- The Last Tango = Blues (1973)
- Graffiti Blues (1973)
- Many Shades of Blue (1974)
- Stratosonic Nuances (1975)
- Funktion Junction (1976)
- African Violet (1977)
- Mapenzi (1977)
- Stablemates (1977)
- Summer Soft (1977)
Lou
Donaldson
- Quartet/Quintet/Sextet (1952)
- The Time Is Right (1959)
- Mr. Shing-A-Ling (1967)
- Midnight Creeper (1968)
- Say It Loud! (1968)
- Everything I Play Is Funky (1970)
- Pretty Things (1970)
Philly
Joe
Jones
- Together! (with Elvin Jones, 1961)
- Drums Around the World (1959)
- Showcase (1959)
- Advance! (1978)
- Drum Song (1978)
Sam
Jones
- The Soul Society (1960)
- The Chant (1961)
- Down Home (1962)
- Something in Common (1974–77)
- Changes & Things (1977)
Jimmy
McGriff
- The Worm (1968)
- Step 1 (1968)
- A Thing to Come By (1969)
- Electric Funk (1969)
Horace
Silver
- Blowin' the Blues Away (1959)
- Finger Poppin' (1959)
- Horace-Scope (1960)
- Doin' the Thing (1961)
- The Tokyo Blues (1962)
- Silver's Serenade (1963)
- Song for My Father (1963–64)
Stanley
Turrentine
- A Chip off the Old Block (1963)
- In Memory Of (1964)
- Rough 'n' Tumble (1966)
- The Spoiler (1966)
- A Bluish Bag (1967)
- The Return of the Prodigal Son (1967)
- The Sugar Man (1971)
others
- 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)