Down with It!

Down with It! Artist: Blue Mitchell
Label: Blue Note Records
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Media: LP Record
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 724385432712
EAN: 0724385432712
ASIN: B000005H7T


Release Date: 1997-02-11

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Tracks:

  1. Hi-Heel Sneakers
  2. Perception
  3. Alone, Alone, And Alone
  4. March on Selma
  5. One Shirt
  6. Samba de Stacy

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Get "Down" With Blue.......2001-04-01

After a handful of solid albums as a leader for the Riverside label, and after recording for Blue Note as a member of the Horace Silver Quintet for more than four years, trumpeter Blue Mitchell was given the opportunity to cut a Blue Note album as a leader by Alfred Lion in 1963. However, his debut session, now known as "Step Lightly," did not see the light of day at the time of its recording. Blue was given another chance on July 30, 1964 and the result was the magical "The Thing To Do." Unfortunately both of these titles have been only available sporadically on CD over the past 15 years (though they have been recently collected, along with four other sessions, on "The Complete Blue Note Blue Mitchell Sessions 1963-67" by the Mosaic label).

Blue Mitchell's third Blue Note session, "Down With It," was recorded on July 14, 1965. It features two of his colleagues from the old Horace Silver band, Junior Cook on tenor sax and Gene Taylor on bass. Joining the three Silver alumni are Al Foster on drums and the pianist Chick Corea, who made his recording debut on Blue's "The Thing To Do." Since Blue Mitchell was a Blue Note trumpeter at the height of Lee Morgan's popularity, it is no surprise that "Down With It" features several soulful, Sidewinder-like jazz numbers. But just because the album has been reissued as part of the "Rare Grooves" Series, don't assume this is one of Blue's cheesy forays into funk. "Down With It" is a great modern jazz album, and very comparable to Lee Morgan titles like "Charisma" and "Cornbread." Considering the quality of this disc, it's too bad "Down With It" is the only Blue Mitchell album currently available in the Blue Note catalog. Get "Down" with Blue while you can.

4 out of 5 stars Worth the purchase price simply for Alone, Alone and Alone,.......1999-05-18

which is a beautiful piece of music. I bought this because it sounded like a Horace Silver band and then discovered that Blue Mitchell was a long time session man for Horace. Won't set your world on fire but do give LAnne *3 a listen

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  1. The Introduction ~ Crafty
  2. Solos for Contrabass Saxophone ~ Mats Gustafsson
  3. Jacarandá ~ Luiz Bonf%C3%A1
  4. Bonfa Burrows Brazil ~ Luiz Bonf%C3%A1
  5. Daahoud ~ Tsuyoshi Yamamoto
  6. Das Mikrofon, Vol. 2 ~ Various Composers
  7. Deep End ~ Isotope
  8. The Legendary Big Bands ~ Benny Goodman, Woody Herman, Kay Kyser
  9. Down Home Style ~ Jack McDuff
  10. Dancing to the Big Bands ~ Various Artists

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