Boss Horn
Studio album by
Blue Mitchell
ReleasedEnd of October/early November 1967[1]
RecordedNovember 17, 1966
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreJazz
Length38:57
LabelBlue Note
BST 84257
ProducerAlfred Lion
Blue Mitchell chronology
Bring It Home to Me
(1966) 		Boss Horn
(1967) 		Heads Up!
(1967)

Boss Horn is an album by American trumpeter Blue Mitchell recorded in 1966 and released on the Blue Note label.[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[4]

The Allmusic review by Matt Collar awarded the album 4 stars and stated "Trumpeter Blue Mitchell delivers a solid hard bop date with his 1966 Blue Note release Boss Horn".[3]

Track listing

  1. "Millie" (Pearson) - 6:18
  2. "O Mama Enit" (Mitchell) - 5:34
  3. "I Should Care" (Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston) - 7:31
  4. "Rigor Mortez" (Dave Burns) - 6:21
  5. "Tones for Joan's Bones" (Chick Corea) - 6:37
  6. "Straight Up and Down" (Chick Corea) - 6:36

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Billboard Oct 28, 1967
  2. ^ Blue Mitchell discography accessed October 26, 2010
  3. ^ a b Collar, M. Allmusic Review accessed October 26, 2010
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1009. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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