MGS-27027: This Is Billy Mitchell

	Label Type :	yellow Smash promotional
	Matrix Number :	SIDE-A	MG 27027A S1    AI    FF
		SIDE-B	MG 27027B S1    FF

Comments

promotional copy (for broadcast) with yellow label.

Inside The Groove

The bold tenor saxophone player Billy Mitchell's first leader album.

Personal Impression (and brief notes)

Billy Mitchell, a seldom-known tenor saxophonist, worked in such bands as Milt Buckner, Woody Herman, Dizzy Gillespie and Count Basie. His tenor sound is so bold and hard-swinging, which surely will entertain us Modern Jazz listeners.

This album (Billy Mitchell's first leader LP) consists of two different sessions. First combo with Sleepy Anderson on organ performs fully in relaxed mood, while the other with Dave Burns on trumpet is a hard-blowing and exiting session. On both sessions, Bobby Hutcherson's vibraphone presents an important mood in these fine tracks.

Strictly Personal Rating (to what extent I could enjoy this album)

9 out of 10

Track Listing

Personnel

Personnel/recorded date/master numbers confirmed with the Ruppli's discography.
(“The Mercury Labels - A Discography” by Ruppli and Novitsky, Greenwood Press, 1993)

A-1, A-2, B-3:
Billy Mitchell (ts), Bobby Hutcherson (vib),
Clarence “Sleepy” Anderson (org), Herman Wright (b), Otis “Candy” Finch (ds).
Recorded at Universal Recording Studios, Chicago, IL in October 29 1962.

A-3, A-4, B-1, B-2, B-4:
Dave Burns (tp), Billy Mitchell (ts), Bobby Hutcherson (vib),
Billy Wallace (p), Herman Wright (b), Otis “Candy” Finch (ds).
Recorded at Universal Recording Studios, Chicago, IL in October 30 1962.

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