Mercury Records Collection: Smash SRS-67042: A Little Juicy

SRS-67042: A Little Juicy / The Billy Mitchell Quintet Featuring Thad Jones

Label Type :	red Smash
Matrix Number :	SIDE-A	SR 67042-A- S1 I RR
	SIDE-B	SR 67042-B- S1 I RR

Comments

with original Smash inner sleeve.

a drilled hole near the top-right corner of the cover.

Inside The Groove

Billy Mitchell's second leader album with Thad Jones on trumpet.

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.

On this album, Billy Mitchell is accompanied with Thad Jones on trumpet. Backed up with Thad's charming but refreshing trumpet, Billy Mitchell fully enjoys this nice session - blows and swings so bold just as how we Jazz fans expect to listen to. Unfortunately, Kenny Burrell, another famous star, is not so spotlighted on this album as we expect (probably because Richard Wyand's left hand comping and Kenny's guitar interfare each other).

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

10 out of 10

Track Listing

SIDE-A
A-1	2-29153	Little Juicy (Thad Jones)	7:48
A-2	2-29156	Stella By Starlight (V. Young - N. Washington)	6:43
A-3	2-29169	Bossa Nova Ova (Thad Jones)	3:20
SIDE-B
B-1	2-29170	Brother Peabody (Thad Jones)	5:54
B-2	2-29171	Oliver Jr. (Billy Mitchell - Kenny Burrell)	6:10
B-3	2-29172	Kids Are Pretty People (Thad Jones)	5:12

Personnel

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

Thad Jones (tp), Billy Mitchell (ts),
Richard Wyands (p), Kenny Burrell (g), Herman Wright (b), Oliver Jackson (ds).
Recorded at A & R Studios, NYC on August 1 & 6, 1963.