The Cup Bearers Explained

The Cup Bearers
Type:	Album
Artist:	Blue Mitchell
Cover:	The Cup Bearers.jpg
Released:	1962
Recorded:	August 28 & 30, 1962
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	43:28
Label:	Riverside
Producer:	Orrin Keepnews
Chronology:	Blue Mitchell
Prev Title:	A Sure Thing
Prev Year:	1962
Next Title:	Step Lightly
Next Year:	1963

The Cup Bearers is an album by American trumpeter Blue Mitchell recorded in 1962 and released on the Riverside label.^[1]

Mitchell's group is the Horace Silver Quintet with Cedar Walton on piano in place of Silver.^[2]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars and stated "The music swings hard, mostly avoids sounding like a Horace Silver group, and has particularly strong solos... excellent hard bop".^[3]

Track listing

1. "Turquoise" (Cedar Walton) - 5:03
2. "Why Do I Love You?" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 5:28
3. "Dingbat Blues" (Charles Davis) - 5:41
4. "Capers" (Tom McIntosh) - 6:04
5. "The Cup Bearers" (McIntosh) - 6:15
6. "How Deep Is the Ocean?" (Irving Berlin) - 6:43
7. "Tiger Lily" (Thad Jones) - 8:31

• Recorded at Plaza Sound Studios in New York City on August 28 & 30, 1962

Personnel

• Blue Mitchell - trumpet
• Junior Cook - tenor saxophone
• Cedar Walton - piano
• Gene Taylor - bass
• Roy Brooks - drums

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Leaders/MitchellBlue-ldr.php Blue Mitchell discography
2. [Down Beat]
3. Yanow, S. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=the-cup-bearers-r144001|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review] accessed October 26, 2010