Funktion Junction Explained

Funktion Junction
Type:	Album
Artist:	Blue Mitchell
Cover:	Blue_Mitchell_Funktion_Junction_Cover.jpg
Released:	1976
Recorded:	1976
Studio:	RCA's Studio A, Hollywood, California
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	RCA
Producer:	Mike Lipskin
Chronology:	Blue Mitchell
Prev Title:	Stratosonic Nuances
Prev Year:	1975
Next Title:	African Violet
Next Year:	1977

Funktion Junction is a 1976 album by American trumpeter Blue Mitchell. It was his last album released by RCA Records.

Track listing

1. "I'm In Heaven" (Mervin Steals) 5:37
2. "AM-FM Blues" (Blue Mitchell) 4:21
3. "Then Came You" (Phillip Pugh, Sherman Marshall) 4:52
4. "Daydream" (Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington, John LaTouche) 4:45
5. "Love Machine" (Billy Griffin, Pete Moore) 7:19
6. "Delilah" (Victor Young) 8:11
7. "Collaborations" (Blue Mitchell) 5:15

Personnel

• Blue Mitchell – trumpet, flugelhorn
• James Gadson – drums
• Henry Davis, Ron Brown – electric bass
• David T. Walker, Michael Anthony – electric guitar
• Mike Lipskin – synthesizer, percussion
• Clarence McDonald – piano
• Gary Coleman – percussion
• Harold Land – tenor saxophone
• Wayne Andre, Alan Raph – trombone
• David Moore – cello
• George Young – tenor saxophone, flute
• John Gatchell, Jon Faddis – trumpet, flugelhorn
• Alvin Rogers, Harold Kohon, Norman Carr – violin
• Frank Floyd, Gwendolyn Guthrie, Patti Austin – backing vocals

External links

• Blue Mitchell-Funktion Junction at Discogs

Notes and References

1. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p7140/charts-awards/billboard-albums|pure_url=yes}} Blue Mitchell US albums chart history]. allmusic.com. 2011-10-27.