Big 6 | |
Type: | Album |
Artist: | Blue Mitchell |
Cover: | Big 6 (album).jpg |
Released: | 1958 |
Recorded: | July 2 & 3, 1958 |
Studio: | Plaza Sound Studios |
Genre: | Jazz |
Length: | 42:56 |
Label: | Riverside |
Producer: | Orrin Keepnews |
Chronology: | Blue Mitchell |
Next Title: | Out of the Blue |
Next Year: | 1959 |
Big 6 is the debut album by American trumpeter Blue Mitchell recorded in 1958 and released on the Riverside label.[1] It contains the first recording of Benny Golson's jazz standard "Blues March".[2] [3]
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 5 stars and stated "Mitchell is heard in excellent form in an all-star sextet".