Boss Horn
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{{Infobox album|
| name = Boss Horn
| type = Album
| artist = Blue Mitchell
| cover = Boss Horn.jpg
| alt =
| released = End of October/early November 1967[https://books.google.com/books?id=VCgEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Blue+Mitchell+Boss+Horn+4257&pg=PA91 Billboard Oct 28, 1967]
| recorded = November 17, 1966
| venue =
| studio = Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
| genre = Jazz
| length = 38:57
| label = Blue Note
BST 84257
| producer = Alfred Lion
| chronology = Blue Mitchell
| prev_title = Bring It Home to Me
| prev_year = 1966
| next_title = Heads Up!
| next_year = 1967
}}
Boss Horn is an album by American trumpeter Blue Mitchell recorded in 1966 and released on the Blue Note label.[http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Leaders/MitchellBlue-ldr.php Blue Mitchell discography] accessed October 26, 2010
Reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
|rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
|rev2score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=1009}}
}}
The Allmusic review by Matt Collar awarded the album 4 stars and stated "Trumpeter Blue Mitchell delivers a solid hard bop date with his 1966 Blue Note release Boss Horn".Collar, M. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=boss-horn-r143999|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review] accessed October 26, 2010
Track listing
- "Millie" (Pearson) - 6:18
- "O Mama Enit" (Mitchell) - 5:34
- "I Should Care" (Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston) - 7:31
- "Rigor Mortez" (Dave Burns) - 6:21
- "Tones for Joan's Bones" (Chick Corea) - 6:37
- "Straight Up and Down" (Chick Corea) - 6:36
Personnel
- Blue Mitchell – trumpet
- Jerry Dodgion – flute, alto saxophone
- Junior Cook – tenor saxophone
- Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone
- Julian Priester – trombone
- Chick Corea (5–6), Cedar Walton (1–4) – piano
- Gene Taylor – bass
- Mickey Roker – drums
- Duke Pearson – arrangement
References
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Category:Blue Note Records albums
Category:Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio