17/12/2021

Blue Mitchell "African Violet" (1977) -Jazz Funk / Jazz Pop-



Label : ABC Impulse!


États-Unis Side One

01 - Mississippi Jump (Larry Nash)
02 - Ojos De Rojo (Cedar Walton)
03 - Sand Castles (Dana Kaproff)
04 - African Violet (Steve Hulse)

Side Two

01 - As (Stevie Wonder)
02 - Square Business (Cedar Walton)
03 - Forget (Don Sebesky)


Produced by Esmond Edwards
Arranged & Conducted by MacKinley Mitchell
Recorded & Remixed at The Burbank Studios, Burbank, CA
Recording Engineers : John Neal & Barney Perkins
Mastered at Kendun Recorders, Burbank, CA
Mastering Engineer : Geoff Sykes


Side One

01 - Mississippi Jump

Blue Mitchell Trumpet
Herman Riley : Tenor Saxophone
Sonny Burke : Electric Piano
Lee Ritenour : Electric Guitar
Scott Edwards : Bass
James Gadson : Drums
Paulinho Da Costa Conga Drums

02 - Ojos De Rojo

Blue Mitchell : Trumpet
Harold Land : Tenor Saxophone
Sonny Burke : Piano
Lee Ritenour : Electric Guitar
Scott Edwards : Electric Bass
McKinley Jackson : Synthesizer
James Gadson : Drums
Paulinho Da Costa : Conga Drums

03 - Sand Castles

Blue Mitchell : Flugelhorn
Harold Land : Tenor Saxophone
Sonny Burke : Piano
Lee Ritenour : Electric Guitar
Scott Edwards : Electric Bass
Michael Boddicker : Synthesizer
James Gadson : Drums
Eddie 'Bongo' Brown : Conga Drums & Percussion
Maxine Willard Waters, Julia Tillman Waters, Luther Waters & Oren Waters : Vocals
Plus The Sid Sharp Strings

04 - African Violet

Blue Mitchell Trumpet
Herman Riley : Tenor Saxophone
Sonny Burke : Electric Piano
Lee Ritenour : Electric Guitar
Scott Edwards : Bass
McKinley Jackson : Synthesizer
James Gadson : Drums
Paulinho Da Costa Conga Drums

Side Two

01 - As

Blue Mitchell Trumpet
Harold Land : Tenor Saxophone
Sonny Burke : Electric Piano
Lee Ritenour : Electric Guitar
Chuck Domanico : Electric Bass
Michael Boddicker Synthesizer
Harold Mason : Drums
Bob Zimmitti : Percussion
Eddie 'Bongo' Brown : Conga Drums
Maxine Willard Waters, Julia Tillman Waters, Luther Waters & Oren Waters : Vocals

02 - Square Business

Blue Mitchell Trumpet
Harold Land : Tenor Saxophone
Sonny Burke : Electric Piano
Lee Ritenour : Electric Guitar
Scott Edwards : Bass
Michael Boddicker : Synthesizer
James Gadson : Drums
Paulinho Da Costa Conga Drums

03 - Forget

Blue Mitchell : Flugelhorn
Harold Land : Tenor Saxophone
Sonny Burke : Electric Piano
Lee Ritenour : Acoustic & Electric Guitars
McKinley Jackson : Synthesizer
Harold Mason : Drums
Bob Zimmitti : Marimba & Percussion
Eddie 'Bongo' Brown : Conga Drums
Plus The Sid Sharp Strings