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The Cup Bearers

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Released
  
1962

Length
  
43:28

Artist
  
Blue Mitchell

Producer
  
Orrin Keepnews

Genre
  
Jazz

Recorded
  
August 28 & 30, 1962

The Cup Bearers(1962)
  
Step Lightly(1963)

Release date
  
1962

Label
  
Universal Music LLC

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Similar
  
Blue Mitchell albums, Jazz albums

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The Cup Bearers is an album by American trumpeter Blue Mitchell recorded in 1962 and released on the Riverside label.

Contents

Mitchell's group is the Horace Silver Quintet with Cedar Walton on piano in place of Silver.

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Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars and stated "The music swings hard, mostly avoids sounding like a Horace Silver group, and has particularly strong solos... excellent hard bop".

Track listing

  1. "Turquoise" (Cedar Walton) - 5:03
  2. "Why Do I Love You?" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 5:28
  3. "Dingbat Blues" (Charles Davis) - 5:41
  4. "Capers" (Tom McIntosh) - 6:04
  5. "The Cup Bearers" (McIntosh) - 6:15
  6. "How Deep Is the Ocean?" (Irving Berlin) - 6:43
  7. "Tiger Lily" (Thad Jones) - 8:31
  • Recorded at Plaza Sound Studios in New York City on August 28 & 30, 1962

    • Personnel

  • Blue Mitchell - trumpet
  • Junior Cook - tenor saxophone
  • Cedar Walton - piano
  • Gene Taylor - bass
  • Roy Brooks - drums

    • Songs

    1Turquoise5:05
    2Why Do I Love You?5:30
    3Dingbat Blues5:43

    References

    The Cup Bearers Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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