terça-feira, 13 de junho de 2017

Blue Mitchell | Graffiti Blues

Lyrical jazz trumpeter with luminous timbre whose style was easily adapted to either R&B or jazz. 
Read Full Biography







AllMusic Review by 

The fourth of five Mainstream sets led by Blue Mitchell (which has been reissued on CD) finds the flexible hard bop trumpeter joined by a soulful and funky rhythm section (either Joe Sample or Walter Bishop Jr. on keyboards, guitarist Freddie Robinson, electric bassist Darrell Clayborn and drummer Ray Pounds) and tenor saxophonist Herman Riley. The group plays three straight funky blues, including the title cut which features Don Bailey on harmonica, as well as a couple of basic Sample originals and a Mitchell ballad feature on "Alone Again, Naturally." Although not up to the same level as Blue Mitchell's earlier Blue Note dates, this accessible set does a good job of balancing worthwhile solos with catchy rhythms and has dated surprisingly well.


Blue Mitchell - trumpet
Don Bailey - harmonica
Herman Riley - flute, tenor saxophone
Freddy Robinson - guitar
Joe Sample - piano, electric piano
Darrell Clayborn - electric bass
Raymond Pounds - drums



01 "Graffiti Blues" (Blue Mitchell) - 00:00
02 "Yeah Ya Right" (Herman Riley) - 07:18
03 "Express" (Blue Mitchell) - 12:47
04 "Asso-Kam" (Joe Sample) - 17:53
05 "Dorado" (Joe Sample) - 25:16
06 "Alone Again (Naturally)" (Gilbert O'Sullivan) - Bonus track on CD reissue 34:15
07 "Where It's At" (David Matthews) - Bonus track on CD reissue 37:37
08 "Funky Walk" (David Matthews) - Bonus track on CD reissue 41:08
09 "Blue Funk" (David Matthews) - Bonus track on CD reissue 45:41




Sem comentários:

Enviar um comentário