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

| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}

|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

  1. "Millie" (Pearson) - 6:18
  2. "O Mama Enit" (Mitchell) - 5:34
  3. "I Should Care" (Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston) - 7:31
  4. "Rigor Mortez" (Dave Burns) - 6:21
  5. "Tones for Joan's Bones" (Chick Corea) - 6:37
  6. "Straight Up and Down" (Chick Corea) - 6:36

Personnel

References