Richard Allen "Blue" Mitchell (13a de marto 1930 – 21a de majo 1979) estis usona trumpetisto de ĵazo, ritmenbluso, soul, rock, kaj funko, konata pro multaj albumoj registritaj kiel bandestro aŭ kunlaboranto por Riverside, Blue Note kaj poste Mainstream Records.[1]
Li komencis registri fine de la 1950-aj jaroj partikulare en Novjorko en 1958. Post ludado kun Horace Silver, en 1964, post la disigo de lia grupo, li formis grupon kun membroj de la kvinteto de Silver, anstataŭante la junan pianiston Chick Corea. Tiu bando ekzistis ĝis 1969, post kio Mitchell ariĝis kaj turneis kun Ray Charles ĝis 1971.
El 1971 al 1973 Mitchell ludis kun John Mayall, aperante ĉe Jazz Blues Fusion kaj sekvantaj albumoj. El la mezo de la 1970aj jaroj li registris kau ludis kun bandestroj kiaj Louie Bellson, Bill Holman kaj Bill Berry kaj estis ĉefa soloisto por Tony Bennett kaj Lena Horne. Aliaj bandestroj kun kiuj Mitchell registris estas jenaj: Lou Donaldson, Grant Green, Philly Joe Jones, Jackie McLean, Hank Mobley, Johnny Griffin, Al Cohn, Dexter Gordon kaj Jimmy Smith. Blue Mitchell pluludis kun la kvinteto de Harold Land ĝis sia morto pro kancero la 21an de majo, 1979, en Los Angeles, aĝe 49.
Diskaro
Kiel bandestro
Jaro
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Titolo
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Etikedo
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Personaro
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1958
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Big 6
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Riverside
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1959
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Out of the Blue
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Riverside
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1959
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Blue Soul
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Riverside
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1960
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Blue's Moods
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Riverside
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1961
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Smooth as the Wind
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Riverside
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1962
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A Sure Thing
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Riverside
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1962
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The Cup Bearers
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Riverside
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1963
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Step Lightly
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Blue Note, publikigita en 1980
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1964
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The Thing to Do
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Blue Note
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1965
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Down with It!
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Blue Note
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1966
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Bring It Home to Me
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Blue Note
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1966
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Boss Horn
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Blue Note
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1967
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Heads Up!
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Blue Note
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1968
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Collision in Black
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Blue Note
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1969
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Bantu Village
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Blue Note
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1971
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Blue Mitchell (alinome Soul Village)
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Mainstream
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1971
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Vital Blue
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Mainstream
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1972
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Blues' Blues
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Mainstream
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1973
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The Last Tango = Blues
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Mainstream
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1973
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Graffiti Blues
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Mainstream
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1974
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Many Shades of Blue
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Mainstream
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1975
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Stratosonic Nuances
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RCA
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1976
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Funktion Junction
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RCA
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1977
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African Violet
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ABC Impulse!
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1977
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Mapenzi
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Concord Jazz
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1977
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Stablemates
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Candid
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1977
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Summer Soft
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Impulse!
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Kiel kunlaboranto
Jaro
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Bandestro
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Titolo
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Etikedo
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1952
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Lou Donaldson
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Quartet/Quintet/Sextet
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Blue Note
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1958
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Cannonball Adderley
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Portrait of Cannonball
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Riverside
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1959
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Philly Joe Jones
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Drums Around the World
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Riverside
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1959
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Lou Donaldson
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The Time is Right
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Blue Note
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1959
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Jackie McLean
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Jackie's Bag
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Blue Note
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1959
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Horace Silver
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Finger Poppin'
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Blue Note
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1959
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Horace Silver
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Blowin' the Blues Away
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Blue Note
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1959
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Philly Joe Jones
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Showcase
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Riverside
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1960
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Jimmy Smith
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Open House
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Blue Note
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1960
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Jimmy Smith
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Plain Talk
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Blue Note
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1960
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Horace Silver
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Horace-Scope
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Blue Note
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1960
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Charlie Rouse
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Takin' Care of Business
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Jazzland
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1960
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Sam Jones
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The Soul Society
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Riverside
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1960
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Bobby Timmons
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Soul Time
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Riverside
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1960
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Jackie McLean
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Capuchin Swing
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Blue Note
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1960
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Jackie McLean & Tina Brooks
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Street Singer
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Blue Note
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1960
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Tina Brooks
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Back to the Tracks
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Blue Note
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1960
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Sonny Red
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Breezing
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Jazzland
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1961
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Junior Cook
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Junior's Cookin'
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Jazzland
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1961
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Elmo Hope
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Homecoming!
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Riverside
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1961
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Sam Jones
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The Chant
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Riverside
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1961
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Philly Joe Jones kaj Elvin Jones
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Together!
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Atlantic
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1961
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Horace Silver
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Doin' the Thing
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Blue Note
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1961
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Ray Charles
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My Kind of Jazz
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ABC-Paramount
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1962
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Horace Silver
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The Tokyo Blues
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Blue Note
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1962
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Tadd Dameron
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The Magic Touch
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Riverside
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1962
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Sonny Red
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Images
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Jazzland
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1962
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Red Garland
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Red's Good Groove
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Jazzland
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1962
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Sonny Stitt
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Sonny Stitt & the Top Brass
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Atlantic
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1962
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Sam Jones
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Down Home
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Riverside
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1963
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Stanley Turrentine
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A Chip Off the Old Block
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Blue Note
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1963
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Harold Vick
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Steppin' Out!
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Blue Note
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1963
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Horace Silver
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Silver's Serenade
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Blue Note
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1963
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Freddie Roach
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Good Move!
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Blue Note
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1964
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Horace Silver
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Song for My Father
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Blue Note
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1964
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Stanley Turrentine
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In Memory Of
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Blue Note
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1965
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Big John Patton
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Oh Baby!
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Blue Note
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1965
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George Benson
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Benson Burner
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Columbia
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1966
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Stanley Turrentine
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Rough 'n' Tumble
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Blue Note
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1966
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Harold Vick
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The Caribbean Suite
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RCA Victor
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1966
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Richard "Groove" Holmes
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Soul Mist!
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Prestige
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1966
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Stanley Turrentine
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The Spoiler
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Blue Note
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1967
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Lou Donaldson
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Mr. Shing-A-Ling
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Blue Note
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1967
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Stanley Turrentine
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A Bluish Bag
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Blue Note
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1967
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Hank Mobley
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Hi Voltage
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Blue Note
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1967
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Stanley Turrentine
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The Return of the Prodigal Son
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Blue Note
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1968
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Lou Donaldson
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Midnight Creeper
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Blue Note
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1968
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Cedar Walton
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Spectrum
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Prestige
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1968
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Jimmy McGriff
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The Worm
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Solid State
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1968
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Harold Mabern
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Rakin' and Scrapin'
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Prestige
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1968
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Don Patterson
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Opus De Don
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Prestige
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1968
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Yusef Lateef
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The Blue Yusef Lateef
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Atlantic
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1968
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Lou Donaldson
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Say It Loud!
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Blue Note
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1969
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Jimmy McGriff
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A Thing to Come By
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Solid State
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1969
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Cedar Walton
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The Electric Boogaloo Song
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Prestige
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1969
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Charles Kynard
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The Soul Brotherhood
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Prestige
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1969
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Jimmy McGriff
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Electric Funk
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Blue Note
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1970
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Lou Donaldson
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Everything I Play is Funky
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Blue Note
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1970
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Grant Green
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Green Is Beautiful
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Blue Note
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1970
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Lou Donaldson
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Pretty Things
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Blue Note
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1971
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Stanley Turrentine
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The Sugar Man
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CTI
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1972
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John Mayall
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Jazz Blues Fusion
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Polydor
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1972
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Papa John Creach
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Filthy!
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Grunt
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1973
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John Mayall
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Moving On
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Polydor
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1973
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John Mayall
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Ten Years Are Gone
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Polydor
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1975
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Bobby Hutcherson
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Montara
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Blue Note
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1976
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Al Cohn, Dexter Gordon
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True Blue
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Xanadu
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1976
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Al Cohn, Dexter Gordon
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Silver Blue
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Xanadu
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1976
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Dolo Coker
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Dolo!
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Xanadu
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1976
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Dolo Coker
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California Hard
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Xanadu
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1976
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Cedar Walton
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Beyond Mobius
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RCA
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1977
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Sam Jones
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Changes & Things
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Xanadu
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1978
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Philly Joe Jones
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Drum Song
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Galaxy Records
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