Stablemates (album) explained

Stablemates
Type:Album
Artist:Blue Mitchell
Cover:Stablemates (album).jpg
Released:1977
Recorded:April 28–29, 1977
Studio:Sage & Sand Studios, Hollywood, California
Genre:Jazz
Length:42:33
Label:Candid
Producer:Lew Tabackin, Yasuyuki Ishihara
Chronology:Blue Mitchell
Prev Title:Mapenzi
Prev Year:1977
Next Title:Summer Soft
Next Year:1977

Stablemates is an album by American trumpeter Blue Mitchell recorded in 1977 and originally released on the Japanese label Discomate before being released on CD on the Candid label in 2006.[1] The album's name comes from its first track, a tune written by Benny Golson that first appeared on . The album was also released on the budget Jazz America Marketing label as Last Dance.

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 3½ stars.[2]

Track listing

  1. "Stablemates" (Benny Golson) - 6:00
  2. "A Portrait of Jennie" (Gordon Burdge, J. Russel Robinson) - 7:39
  3. "There Will Never Be Another You" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) - 7:05
  4. "Getting Sentimental Over Blue" (Victor Feldman, Blue Mitchell) - 7:01
  5. "I Can't Get Started" (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin) - 8:35
  6. "Ow!" (Dizzy Gillespie) - 6:13

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Leaders/MitchellBlue-ldr.php Blue Mitchell discography
  2. http://www.allmusic.com/album/stablemates-r2094118 Allmusic Review