[MRL 315] Blue Mitchell - Blue Mitchell

MRL 315
1971

Personnel:

Blue Mitchell - Trumpet
Walter Bishop, Jr. - Piano
Jimmy Forrest - Tenor
Doug Sides - Drums
Larry Gales - Bass



Tracks:

A1 Soul Village (6:16)
A2 Blues For Thelma (7:03)
A3 Queen Bey (4:51)

B1 Are You Real (7:21)
B2 Mi Hermano (5:17)

AMG review by Scott Yanow

In general, Blue Mitchell's five Mainstream albums from 1971-74 are not on the same level as his best Blue Notes, but they tend to be worthwhile. His debut for Mainstream features the trumpeter's regular group of 1971, a quintet with tenor saxophonist Jimmy Forrest (who had just come out of retirement), pianist Walter Bishop, Jr., bassist Larry Gales and drummer Doug Sides. On the LP, they play a pair of originals: a piece by Mitchell and Bishop and Benny Golson's "Are You Real" with swing and a bit of soul.