Blue Mitchell

Aliases: Blue Mitchell and Orchestra
The Blue Mitchell Quintet
Blue Mitchell Sextet
Blue Mitchell with Strings and Brass
Real name: Richard Allen Mitchell
Born: March 13, 1930
Died: May 21, 1979
Country: United States
IPI: 00041057516 1 work
00087395136 6 works
00087395234 6 works
Affiliation: ASCAP
Comments: Jazz trumpeter and composer

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Originals

	Title	Performer	Release date	Covered by
i	A Blue Time	Blue Mitchell with Strings and Brass	1961	(6 artists)
i	Blue on Blue	Blue Mitchell and Orchestra	1962	Danny D'Imperio
i	Blue Silver	The Harold Land / Blue Mitchell Quintet	1977	(5 artists)
i	Brother 'Ball	Blue Mitchell	1958	Michael Melito Quintet
i	Chick's Tune	Blue Mitchell	May 1965	(8 artists)
i	Fungii Mama	Blue Mitchell	May 1965	(22 artists)
i	Good Humor Man	Blue Mitchell	December 1968	Freddie Hubbard
i	Heads Up! Feet Down!	Blue Mitchell	December 1968	Tony Purrone
i	Hip to It	Blue Mitchell and Orchestra	1962	Danny D'Imperio
i	Mamacita REC	Blue Mitchell	1980	(24 artists) Originally by Kenny Dorham REL
i	Mapenzi	The Harold Land / Blue Mitchell Quintet	1977	Harold Land Quartet
i	Monkin' Around	Blue Mitchell	April 1969	Freddy Robinson
i	Ojos de rojo	Blue Mitchell	1977	(15 artists)
i	Park Avenue Petite	Blue Mitchell	January 1960	(13 artists)
i	Rapture	The Harold Land / Blue Mitchell Quintet	1977	(10 artists)
i	Sir John	Blue Mitchell	1958	(3 artists)
i	Smooth as the Wind	Blue Mitchell with Strings and Brass	1961	(7 artists)
i	Step Lightly REC	Blue Mitchell	1980	(16 artists) Originally by Blue Mitchell REL
i	Step Lightly REL	Blue Mitchell	May 1965	(16 artists) Originally by Blue Mitchell REC
i	Straight Up and Down	Blue Mitchell	October 1967	(6 artists)
i	Togetherness	Blue Mitchell	December 1968	(2 artists)
i	Tones for Joan's Bones	Blue Mitchell	October 1967	(44 artists)
i	Top Shelf	Blue Mitchell	January 1960	Warren Vaché - John Allred Quintet

Covers by Blue Mitchell

	Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
i	Allen's Alley	Cohn, Gordon, Harris, Hayes, Jones, Mitchell, Noto	1977	Coleman Hawkins' 52nd Street All Stars
i	Alone Again (Naturally)	Blue Mitchell	1974	Gilbert O'Sullivan
	As	Blue Mitchell	1977	Stevie Wonder
i	A Sure Thing	Blue Mitchell and Orchestra	1962	Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Eugenie Baird REC, Gene Kelly & Rita Hayworth [dubbed by Martha Mears] BRD
i	Blues in Hoss' Flat	Stanley Turrentine with Shirley Scott, Blue Mitchell, Earl May & Al Harewood	1964	Count Basie and His Orchestra
i	Blues March	Blue Mitchell	1958	Gigi Gryce
i	Blues on My Mind	Blue Mitchell	1959	Benny Golson and The Philadelphians
i	Boomerang	Blue Mitchell	1959	Clark Terry Quintet
i	But Beautiful	Blue Mitchell with Strings and Brass	1961	Bing Crosby
i	Capers	Blue Mitchell	1963	Bill Hardman
i	Cherry Point	Stanley Turrentine with Shirley Scott, Blue Mitchell, Earl May & Al Harewood	1964	Barbara Carroll Trio
i	Creepin'	Blue Mitchell	September 1975	Stevie Wonder
i	Cry Me a River	Blue Mitchell	1980	Julie London
i	Cup Bearers	Blue Mitchell	1963	James Moody
i	Day Dream	Blue Mitchell	1976	Johnny Hodges and Orchestra
i	Evergreen	Blue Mitchell	1978	Barbra Streisand
i	For All We Know	Blue Mitchell with Strings and Brass	1961	Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bob Allen REC, Morton Downey PRF
i	Forget	Blue Mitchell	1977	Unverified
i	For Heaven's Sake	Blue Mitchell with Strings and Brass	1961	Claude Thornhill and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Fran Warren
i	Ginger Bread Boy	Blue Mitchell	March 1966	Milt Jackson
i	Gone with the Wind	Blue Mitchell and Orchestra	1962	(unknown)
i	Habiba	The Harold Land / Blue Mitchell Quintet	1977	Kenny Burrell
i	Hi-Heel Sneakers	The Blue Mitchell Quintet	April 1966	Tommy Tucker [US2]
i	How Deep Is the Ocean?	Blue Mitchell	1963	Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jack Fulton
i	I Can't Get Started	Blue Mitchell	1977	Bob Hope PRF, Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Skinny Ennis REC
i	I Can't Get Started With You	Blue Mitchell and Orchestra	1962	Bob Hope PRF, Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Skinny Ennis REC
i	I'll Close My Eyes	Blue Mitchell	November 1960	Dorothy Squires with Orchestra directed by Billy Reid
i	I'm a Fool to Want You	Blue Mitchell with Strings and Brass	1961	Billy Eckstine - Orchestra conducted by Russ Case
	I'm in Heaven	Blue Mitchell	1976	Touch of Class [US]
i	I Should Care	Blue Mitchell	October 1967	Bob Allen and The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra BRD, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bonnie Lou Williams and The Sentimentalists REC
i	It Could Happen to You	Blue Mitchell	1959	Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC, Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REL, Fred MacMurray & Dorothy Lamour BRD
i	I Waited for You	Philly Joe Jones, Blue Mitchell, Harold Land, Slide Hampton, Cedar Walton, Charles Bowen, Marc John…	1984	Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra
i	I Wish I Knew	Blue Mitchell	November 1960	Dick Haymes with Orchestra under direction of Victor Young
i	Killing Me Softly with His Song	Blue Mitchell	1973	Lori Lieberman
i	Last Tango in Paris	Blue Mitchell	1973	Gato Barbieri
i	Laverne Walk	Sam Jones, Blue Mitchell, Slide Hampton, Bob Berg, Barry Harris, Louis Hayes	1978	Stan Getz, Oscar Pettiford REC, Oscar Pettiford and His Jazz Groups REL
i	Len Sirrah	Blue Mitchell	December 1968	Elvin Jones
	Love Machine	Blue Mitchell	1976	The Miracles
i	Midnight Blue	Stanley Turrentine with Shirley Scott, Blue Mitchell, Earl May & Al Harewood	1964	Kenny Burrell
i	Minor Vamp	Blue Mitchell	January 1960	Unverified
i	Nica's Dream	Blue Mitchell	January 1960	The Jazz Messengers
i	Nutty	Blue Mitchell	September 1975	Thelonious Monk Trio
i	On a Misty Night	Blue Mitchell and Orchestra	1962	Tadd Dameron with John Coltrane
i	One O'Clock Jump	Stanley Turrentine with Shirley Scott, Blue Mitchell, Earl May & Al Harewood	1964	Count Basie and His Orchestra
i	Our Delight	Philly Joe Jones, Blue Mitchell, Harold Land, Slide Hampton, Cedar Walton, Charles Bowen, Marc John…	1984	Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra
i	Ow!	Blue Mitchell	1977	Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra
i	Peace	Blue Mitchell	1973	Horace Silver Quintet
i	Peace	Blue Mitchell with Strings and Brass	1961	Horace Silver Quintet
i	Polka Dots and Moonbeams	Blue Mitchell	January 1960	Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Sinatra
i	Portrait of Jenny	Blue Mitchell	March 1966	Ronnie Deauville
i	Satin Soul	Blue Mitchell	September 1975	The Love Unlimited Orchestra
i	Scrapple from the Apple	Blue Mitchell	November 1960	Charlie Parker Quintet
i	Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most	Stanley Turrentine with Shirley Scott, Blue Mitchell, Earl May & Al Harewood	1964	Jackie & Roy REC, Jerri Winters - With Orchestra conducted by Don Costa REL
i	Stablemates	Sam Jones, Blue Mitchell, Slide Hampton, Bob Berg, Barry Harris, Louis Hayes	1978	The New Miles Davis Quintet
i	Strollin'	Blue Mitchell with Strings and Brass	1961	The Horace Silver Quintet
i	Summer Soft	Blue Mitchell	1978	Stevie Wonder
i	Sweet and Lovely	Blue Mitchell	1980	Gus Arnheim and His Cocoanut Grove Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Donald Novis
i	Sweet Pumpkin	Blue Mitchell	November 1960	Bill Henderson
i	The Best Things in Life Are Free	Blue Mitchell with Strings and Brass	1961	George Olsen and His Music - Vocal Refrain by Bob Borger REC, Mary Lawlor and John Price Jones PRF
i	The Folks Who Live on the Hill	Blue Mitchell	December 1968	Irene Dunne
i	The Message	Blue Mitchell	1973	Cymande
	Then Came You	Blue Mitchell	1976	Dionne Warwicke and Spinners [US]
i	The Nearness of You	Blue Mitchell with Strings and Brass	1961	Chick Bullock accompanied by His Orchestra
i	There Will Never Be Another You	Blue Mitchell	1958	John Payne & Joan Merrill
i	The Way You Look Tonight	Blue Mitchell	January 1960	Fred Astaire
i	West Coast Blues	Blue Mitchell and Orchestra	1962	Wes Montgomery
i	When I Fall in Love	Blue Mitchell	November 1960	Victor Young
i	When the Saints Go Marching In	Blue Mitchell	1959	(unknown)
i	Why Do I Love You?	Blue Mitchell	1963	Norma Terris, Howard Marsh, Charles Winninger & Edna May Oliver PRF, Nat Shilkret and The Victor Orchestra REC,REL

Sampled songs

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
	i	Melody for Thelma	Blue Mitchell	September 1975	Sampled by Organized Konfusion

Songs written by Blue Mitchell

Original songs

Title	Written by	Originally by	Original date	Covered by
3-2-1	Prince Poetry, Pharoahe Monch, Blue Mitchell	Organized Konfusion	August 16, 1994
Blue Farouq	Blue Mitchell	Mel Rhyne Sextet	1960	Covered by (3 artists)
Blue Silver	Blue Mitchell	The Harold Land / Blue Mitchell Quintet	1977	Covered by (5 artists)
Brother Ball	Blue Mitchell	Blue Mitchell	July 1958	Covered by Michael Melito Quintet
Fungii Mama	Blue Mitchell	Blue Mitchell	July 30, 1964	Covered by (22 artists)
Hip to It	Blue Mitchell	Blue Mitchell and Orchestra	1962	Covered by Danny D'Imperio
Melody for Thelma	Blue Mitchell	Blue Mitchell	September 1975
Sir John	Blue Mitchell	Blue Mitchell	July 1958	Covered by (3 artists)

Releases

Albums

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
A Chip Off the Old Block	Stanley Turrentine with Shirley Scott, Blue Mitchell, Earl May & Al Harewood	1964	Blue Note
African Violet	Blue Mitchell	1977	Impulse!
A Sure Thing	Blue Mitchell and Orchestra	1962	Riverside [US]
Big 6	Blue Mitchell	1958	Riverside [US]
Blue's Moods	Blue Mitchell	November 1960	Riverside [US]
Blue Soul	Blue Mitchell	January 1960	Riverside [US]
Boss Horn	Blue Mitchell	October 1967	Blue Note
Bring It Home to Me	Blue Mitchell	March 1966	Blue Note
Changes & Things	Sam Jones, Blue Mitchell, Slide Hampton, Bob Berg, Barry Harris, Louis Hayes	1978	Xanadu Records
Collision in Black	Blue Mitchell	April 1969	Blue Note
Down with It!	The Blue Mitchell Quintet	April 1966	Blue Note
Drum Song	Philly Joe Jones, Blue Mitchell, Harold Land, Slide Hampton, Cedar Walton, Charles Bowen, Marc Johnson	1984	Galaxy [US]
Funktion Junction	Blue Mitchell	1976	RCA Victor
Heads Up!	Blue Mitchell	December 1968	Blue Note
Mapenzi	The Harold Land / Blue Mitchell Quintet	1977	Concord Jazz
Out of the Blue	Blue Mitchell	1959	Riverside [US]
Silver Blue	Cohn, Gordon, Harris, Hayes, Jones, Mitchell, Noto	1977	Xanadu Records
Smooth as the Wind	Blue Mitchell with Strings and Brass	1961	Riverside [US]
Stablemates	Blue Mitchell	1977	Discomate
Step Lightly	Blue Mitchell	1980	Blue Note
Stratosonic Nuances	Blue Mitchell	September 1975	RCA Victor
Summer Soft	Blue Mitchell	1978	ABC Impulse
The Cup Bearers	Blue Mitchell	1963	Riverside [US]
The Last Tango = Blues	Blue Mitchell	1973	Mainstream Records
The Thing to Do	Blue Mitchell	May 1965	Blue Note