Blue Mitchell
Genres:
Jazz, Vocal
Meta styles:
Hard Bop, Jazz Instrument, New Orleans/Classic Jazz
Styles:
Hard Bop, Mainstream Jazz, Post-Bop, Standards, Trumpet Jazz

Richard Allen (Blue) Mitchell (March 13, 1930 ? May 21, 1979) was an American jazz, rhythm and blues, soul, rock, and funk trumpeter, known for many albums recorded as leader and sideman on Blue Note Records. Mitchell was born and raised in Miami, Florida. He began playing trumpet in high school where he acquired his nickname, Blue. After high school he played in the rhythm and blues ensembles of Paul Williams, Earl Bostic, and Chuck Willis. After returning to Miami he was noticed by Cannonball Adderley, with whom he recorded for Riverside Records in New York in 1958.

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Blue Soul

Blue Soul

1
Year:
2015
Tracks:
25
Bitrate:
320 kbps
Step Lightly (Vinyl)

Step Lightly (Vinyl)

Year:
1981
Tracks:
6
Bitrate:
320 kbps
African Violet (Vinyl)

African Violet (Vinyl)

Year:
1977
Tracks:
7
Bitrate:
320 kbps
Summer Soft (Vinyl)

Summer Soft (Vinyl)

1
Year:
1977
Tracks:
7
Bitrate:
320 kbps
Funktion Junction (Vinyl)

Funktion Junction (Vinyl)

1
Year:
1976
Tracks:
7
Bitrate:
320 kbps
Blue Mitchell Live (Vinyl)

Blue Mitchell Live (Vinyl)

Year:
1976
Tracks:
5
Bitrate:
320 kbps
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