Blue Mitchell • Down With It!

 

Review
by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Down With It is a fairly standard bop and soul-jazz session from Blue Mitchell. Leading a quintet that features a young Chick Corea on piano, tenor saxophonist Junior Cook, bassist Gene Taylor, and drummer Al Foster, Mitchell creates a laid-back atmosphere which makes R&B covers like "Hi-Heel Sneakers" or the lite bossa nova of "Samba De Stacy" roll along nicely. Just as often, 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.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/down-with-it%21-mw0000091737

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Reseña
por Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Down With It es una sesión de bop y soul-jazz bastante estándar de Blue Mitchell. Al frente de un quinteto que cuenta con un joven Chick Corea al piano, el saxofonista tenor Junior Cook, el bajista Gene Taylor y el baterista Al Foster, Mitchell crea una atmósfera relajada que hace que versiones de R&B como "Hi-Heel Sneakers" o la bossa nova ligera de "Samba De Stacy" fluyan agradablemente. Con la misma frecuencia, el disco es tan relajado que no genera mucha chispa, pero todos los solistas tienen buenos momentos que hacen que la sesión merezca la pena para los puristas del jazz.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/down-with-it%21-mw0000091737

Tracks:
1 - Hi-Heel Sneakers
Written-By – Robert Higginbotham

2 - Perception
Written-By – Blue Mitchell, Chick Corea

3 - Alone, Alone And Alone
Written-By – Terumasa Hino

4 - March On Selma
Written-By – Blue Mitchell

5 - One Shirt
Written-By – William Boone

6 - Samba De Stacy
Written-By – William Boone


Credits:
    Bass – Gene Taylor
    Drums – Al Foster
    Liner Notes [Original] – Phyl Garland
    Photography By [Cover], Design – Reid Miles
    Piano – Chick Corea
    Producer – Alfred Lion
    Recorded By, Remastered By – Rudy Van Gelder
    Reissue Producer – Michael Cuscuna
    Tenor Saxophone – Junior Cook
    Trumpet – Blue Mitchell

Originally recorded on July 14, 1965 at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
Originally issued in 1965 as Blue Note BST 84214.

Label:    Blue Note – BLP 4214
Country:    US
Released:    1965
Genre:    Jazz
Style:    Hard Bop
https://www.discogs.com/release/2400733-The-Blue-Mitchell-Quintet-Down-With-It

 

 

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