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Infobox musical artist|name = Blue Mitchell|image =|caption =|background = non_vocal_instrumentalist|birth_name = Richard Allen Mitchell|alias = Blue Mitchell|birth_date = birth date|1930|3|13|mf=y|birth_place = Miami, Florida|Miami , Florida United States |death_date = death date and age|1979|5|21|1930|3|13|mf=y|death_place = Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles , California United States |instrument = Trumpet |genre = Jazz , soul jazz , hard bop |occupation = Musician |years_active =|label = Riverside Records|Riverside , Blue Note Records|Blue Note , RCA Records|RCA , Mainstream Records|Mainstream |associated_acts = Paul Williams (saxophonist)|Paul Williams Earl Bostic , Chuck Willis Horace Silver Julian Cannonball Adderley|Cannonball Adderley and many others|website = Richard Allen ( Blue ) Mitchell (March 13, 1930 & ndash; May 21, 1979) was an United States|American jazz , rhythm and blues , Soul music|soul , rock music|rock , and funk trumpeter , known for many albums recorded as leader and sideman for Riverside Records|Riverside , Blue Note Records|Blue Note and then Mainstream Records .Allmusic|class=artist|id=p7140/biography|pure_url=yes Allmusic Biography
Biography
Mitchell was born and raised in Miami, Florida . He began playing trumpet in high school where he acquired his nickname, Blue.
After high school he played in the rhythm and blues ensembles of Paul Williams (saxophonist)|Paul Williams , Earl Bostic , and Chuck Willis . After returning to Miami he was noticed by Julian Cannonball Adderley|Cannonball Adderley , with whom he recorded for Riverside Records in New York in 1958.
He then joined the Horace Silver Quintet, playing with tenor saxophonist Junior Cook , bassist Gene Taylor (musician)|Gene Taylor and drummer Roy Brooks . Mitchell stayed with Silver's group until the band's break-up in 1964, after which he formed a group with members from the Silver quintet, substituting the young pianist Chick Corea for Silver and replacing Brooks, who had fallen ill, with drummer Al Foster . This group produced a number of records for Blue Note , disbanding in 1969, after which Mitchell joined and toured with Ray Charles till 1971.
From 1971 to 1973 Mitchell performed with John Mayall , appearing on Jazz Blues Fusion and subsequent albums. From the mid-70s he recorded and worked as a session man in the genres noted previously, performed with the big band leaders Louie Bellson , Bill Holman and Bill Berry (trumpeter)|Bill Berry and was principal soloist for Tony Bennett and Lena Horne . Other band leaders Mitchell recorded with include Lou Donaldson , Grant Green , Philly Joe Jones , Jackie McLean , Hank Mobley , Johnny Griffin , Al Cohn , Dexter Gordon and Jimmy Smith (musician)|Jimmy Smith . Blue Mitchell kept his hard-bop playing going with the Harold Land quintet up until his death from cancer on May 21, 1979 in Los Angeles, California at the age of 49.
http://www.shout.net/~jmh/mitchell/index.htm Blue Mitchell site
http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Leaders/MitchellBlue-ldr.php Blue Mitchell leader discography
Persondata | NAME = Mitchell, Blue | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH = March 13, 1930 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Miami, Florida|Miami , Florida United States | DATE OF DEATH = May 21, 1979 | PLACE OF DEATH = Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles , California United States DEFAULTSORT:Mitchell, Blue Category:Jazz trumpeters Category:American jazz trumpeters Category:People from Miami, Florida Category:Musicians from Florida Category:RCA Records artists Category:Blue Note Records artists Category:Mainstream Records artists Category:1930 births Category:1979 deaths
