Down with It!
Studio album by
The Blue Mitchell Quintet
ReleasedApril 1966[1]
RecordedJuly 14, 1965
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreJazz
Length41:34
LabelBlue Note
BST 84214
ProducerAlfred Lion
Blue Mitchell chronology
The Thing to Do
(1964) 		Down with It!
(1966) 		Bring It Home to Me
(1966)

Down with It! is an album by American trumpeter Blue Mitchell, recorded in 1965 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 Stephen Thomas Erlewine awarded the album 4 stars and stated "the record is so relaxed that it fails to generate much spark, but each the soloists have fine moments that makes the session worthwhile for jazz purists".[3]

Track listing

  1. "Hi-Heel Sneakers" (Robert Higginbotham) – 8:23
  2. "Perception" (Chick Corea, Blue Mitchell) – 5:41
  3. "Alone, Alone, and Alone" (Terumasa Hino) – 7:45
  4. "March on Selma" (Mitchell) – 6:16
  5. "One Shirt" (William Boone) – 7:30
  6. "Samba de Stacy" (Boone) – 5:59

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Billboard Apr 9, 1966
  2. ^ Blue Note discography accessed October 20, 2010
  3. ^ a b Erlewine, S. T. Allmusic Review accessed October 20, 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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