MANY SHADES OF BLUE

Many Shades of Blue
Many Shades of Blue
Studio album by Blue Mitchell
Released	August 1, 1974
Recorded	1974
Genre	Jazz
Length	34:34
Label	Mainstream; MRL 402
Producer	Bob Shad
Blue Mitchell chronology

Many Shades of Blue is an album by American trumpeter Blue Mitchell released on the Mainstream label in 1974.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Reception

The Allmusic review awarded the album 2 stars.^[4]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[4]

Track listing

All compositions by David Matthews

"Where It's At" - 3:30
"Harmony of the Underworld" - 5:50
"Funky Walk" - 4:36
"Blue Funk" - 4:37
"Golden Feathered Bird" - 4:04
"Beans and Taters" - 4:25
"Funny Bone" - 3:37
"Hot Stuff" - 3:55

Personnel

Blue Mitchell, Jim Bossy, Jon Faddis, Marky Markowitz - trumpet
Joe Farrell - flute, tenor saxophone
Seldon Powell - tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone
Frank Vicari - tenor saxophone
Joe Beck, John Tropea - guitar, acoustic guitar
Sam Brown - acoustic guitar
Wilbur Bascomb, Michael Moore - electric bass
Jimmy Madison - drums
David Matthews - arranger and conductor

References

^ Blue Mitchell discography accessed November 12, 2014
^ Edwards, D., Callahan, Eyries, P., Watts, R. & Neely, T. Discography of the Mainstream Label (Preview), accessed November 12, 2014
^ Blue Mitchell catalog accessed November 12, 2014
^ ^a ^b Allmusic listing accessed November 12, 2014

[Blue_Mitchell_discography-1] Blue Mitchell discography accessed November 12, 2014

[2] Edwards, D., Callahan, Eyries, P., Watts, R. & Neely, T. Discography of the Mainstream Label (Preview), accessed November 12, 2014

[3] Blue Mitchell catalog accessed November 12, 2014

[Allmusic-4] Allmusic listing accessed November 12, 2014

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v t e Blue Mitchell
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	Big 6 (1958) Get Those Elephants Out'a Here (with Red and Whitey Mitchell, 1958) Out of the Blue (1959) Blue Soul (1959) Blue's Moods (1960) Smooth as the Wind (1960–61) A Sure Thing (1962) The Cup Bearers (1962) Step Lightly (1963) The Thing to Do (1964) Down with It! (1965) Bring It Home to Me (1966) Boss Horn (1966) Heads Up! (1967) Collision in Black (1968) Bantu Village (1969) Blue Mitchell/Soul Village (1971) Vital Blue (1971) Blues' Blues (1972) The Last Tango = Blues (1973) Graffiti Blues (1973) Many Shades of Blue (1974) Stratosonic Nuances (1975) Funktion Junction (1976) African Violet (1977) Mapenzi (1977) Stablemates (1977) Summer Soft (1977)
With Lou Donaldson	Quartet/Quintet/Sextet (1952) The Time Is Right (1959) Mr. Shing-A-Ling (1967) Midnight Creeper (1968) Say It Loud! (1968) Everything I Play Is Funky (1970) Pretty Things (1970)
With Philly Joe Jones	Together! (with Elvin Jones, 1961) Drums Around the World (1959) Showcase (1959) Advance! (1978) Drum Song (1978)
With Sam Jones	The Soul Society (1960) The Chant (1961) Down Home (1962) Something in Common (1974–77) Changes & Things (1977)
With Jimmy McGriff	The Worm (1968) Step 1 (1968) A Thing to Come By (1969) Electric Funk (1969)
With Horace Silver	Blowin' the Blues Away (1959) Finger Poppin' (1959) Horace-Scope (1960) Doin' the Thing (1961) The Tokyo Blues (1962) Silver's Serenade (1963) Song for My Father (1963–64)
With Stanley Turrentine	A Chip off the Old Block (1963) In Memory Of (1964) Rough 'n' Tumble (1966) The Spoiler (1966) A Bluish Bag (1967) The Return of the Prodigal Son (1967) The Sugar Man (1971)
With others	Portrait of Cannonball ( Cannonball Adderley, 1958) Back to the Tracks ( Tina Brooks, 1960) Street Singer (Tina Brooks and Jackie McLean, 1960) My Kind of Jazz ( Ray Charles, 1970) True Blue ( Al Cohn and Dexter Gordon, 1976) Silver Blue (with Al Cohn and Dexter Gordon, 1976) Dolo! ( Dolo Coker, 1976) California Hard (Dolo Coker, 1976) Junior's Cookin' ( Junior Cook, 1961) Filthy! ( Papa John Creach, 1972) Red's Good Groove ( Red Garland, 1962) Green Is Beautiful ( Grant Green, 1970) Soul Mist! ( Richard "Groove" Holmes, 1966) Homecoming! ( Elmo Hope, 1961) Montara ( Bobby Hutcherson, 1975) The Soul Brotherhood ( Charles Kynard, 1969) The Blue Yusef Lateef ( Yusef Lateef, 1968) Rakin' and Scrapin' ( Harold Mabern, 1968) Jazz Blues Fusion ( John Mayall, 1971) Ten Years Are Gone (John Mayall, 1973) Les McCann Ltd. in New York ( Les McCann, 1961) Can't Hide Love ( Carmen McRae, 1976) Capuchin Swing (Jackie McLean, 1960) Jackie's Bag (Jackie McLean, 1960) Hi Voltage ( Hank Mobley, 1967) Captain Buckles ( David "Fathead" Newman, 1970) Opus De Don ( Don Patterson, 1968) Oh Baby! ( Big John Patton, 1965) Breezing ( Sonny Red, 1960) Images (Sonny Red, 1961) Good Move! ( Freddie Roach, 1963) Takin' Care of Business ( Charlie Rouse, 1960) Open House ( Jimmy Smith, 1960) Plain Talk (Jimmy Smith, 1960) Sonny Stitt & the Top Brass ( Sonny Stitt, 1962) Soul Time ( Bobby Timmons, 1960) Steppin' Out! ( Harold Vick, 1963) The Caribbean Suite (Harold Vick, 1966) Spectrum ( Cedar Walton, 1968) The Electric Boogaloo Song (Cedar Walton, 1969) Beyond Mobius (Cedar Walton, 1976) Money in the Pocket ( Joe Zawinul, 1966)

v t e Blue Mitchell
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	Big 6 (1958) Get Those Elephants Out'a Here (with Red and Whitey Mitchell, 1958) Out of the Blue (1959) Blue Soul (1959) Blue's Moods (1960) Smooth as the Wind (1960–61) A Sure Thing (1962) The Cup Bearers (1962) Step Lightly (1963) The Thing to Do (1964) Down with It! (1965) Bring It Home to Me (1966) Boss Horn (1966) Heads Up! (1967) Collision in Black (1968) Bantu Village (1969) Blue Mitchell/Soul Village (1971) Vital Blue (1971) Blues' Blues (1972) The Last Tango = Blues (1973) Graffiti Blues (1973) Many Shades of Blue (1974) Stratosonic Nuances (1975) Funktion Junction (1976) African Violet (1977) Mapenzi (1977) Stablemates (1977) Summer Soft (1977)
With Lou Donaldson	Quartet/Quintet/Sextet (1952) The Time Is Right (1959) Mr. Shing-A-Ling (1967) Midnight Creeper (1968) Say It Loud! (1968) Everything I Play Is Funky (1970) Pretty Things (1970)
With Philly Joe Jones	Together! (with Elvin Jones, 1961) Drums Around the World (1959) Showcase (1959) Advance! (1978) Drum Song (1978)
With Sam Jones	The Soul Society (1960) The Chant (1961) Down Home (1962) Something in Common (1974–77) Changes & Things (1977)
With Jimmy McGriff	The Worm (1968) Step 1 (1968) A Thing to Come By (1969) Electric Funk (1969)
With Horace Silver	Blowin' the Blues Away (1959) Finger Poppin' (1959) Horace-Scope (1960) Doin' the Thing (1961) The Tokyo Blues (1962) Silver's Serenade (1963) Song for My Father (1963–64)
With Stanley Turrentine	A Chip off the Old Block (1963) In Memory Of (1964) Rough 'n' Tumble (1966) The Spoiler (1966) A Bluish Bag (1967) The Return of the Prodigal Son (1967) The Sugar Man (1971)
With others	Portrait of Cannonball ( Cannonball Adderley, 1958) Back to the Tracks ( Tina Brooks, 1960) Street Singer (Tina Brooks and Jackie McLean, 1960) My Kind of Jazz ( Ray Charles, 1970) True Blue ( Al Cohn and Dexter Gordon, 1976) Silver Blue (with Al Cohn and Dexter Gordon, 1976) Dolo! ( Dolo Coker, 1976) California Hard (Dolo Coker, 1976) Junior's Cookin' ( Junior Cook, 1961) Filthy! ( Papa John Creach, 1972) Red's Good Groove ( Red Garland, 1962) Green Is Beautiful ( Grant Green, 1970) Soul Mist! ( Richard "Groove" Holmes, 1966) Homecoming! ( Elmo Hope, 1961) Montara ( Bobby Hutcherson, 1975) The Soul Brotherhood ( Charles Kynard, 1969) The Blue Yusef Lateef ( Yusef Lateef, 1968) Rakin' and Scrapin' ( Harold Mabern, 1968) Jazz Blues Fusion ( John Mayall, 1971) Ten Years Are Gone (John Mayall, 1973) Les McCann Ltd. in New York ( Les McCann, 1961) Can't Hide Love ( Carmen McRae, 1976) Capuchin Swing (Jackie McLean, 1960) Jackie's Bag (Jackie McLean, 1960) Hi Voltage ( Hank Mobley, 1967) Captain Buckles ( David "Fathead" Newman, 1970) Opus De Don ( Don Patterson, 1968) Oh Baby! ( Big John Patton, 1965) Breezing ( Sonny Red, 1960) Images (Sonny Red, 1961) Good Move! ( Freddie Roach, 1963) Takin' Care of Business ( Charlie Rouse, 1960) Open House ( Jimmy Smith, 1960) Plain Talk (Jimmy Smith, 1960) Sonny Stitt & the Top Brass ( Sonny Stitt, 1962) Soul Time ( Bobby Timmons, 1960) Steppin' Out! ( Harold Vick, 1963) The Caribbean Suite (Harold Vick, 1966) Spectrum ( Cedar Walton, 1968) The Electric Boogaloo Song (Cedar Walton, 1969) Beyond Mobius (Cedar Walton, 1976) Money in the Pocket ( Joe Zawinul, 1966)

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