1962 studio album by Blue Mitchell
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]
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]
"Turquoise" (Cedar Walton ) - 5:03
"Why Do I Love You?" (Oscar Hammerstein II , Jerome Kern ) - 5:28
"Dingbat Blues" (Charles Davis ) - 5:41
"Capers" (Tom McIntosh ) - 6:04
"The Cup Bearers" (McIntosh) - 6:15
"How Deep Is the Ocean? " (Irving Berlin ) - 6:43
"Tiger Lily" (Thad Jones ) - 8:31
Recorded at Plaza Sound Studios in New York City on August 28 & 30, 1962
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader WithLou Donaldson WithPhilly Joe Jones WithSam Jones WithJimmy McGriff WithHorace Silver WithStanley Turrentine With others
Portrait of Cannonball (Cannonball Adderley , 1958)
Back to the Tracks (Tina Brooks , 1960)
Street Singer (Tina Brooks and Jackie McLean , 1960)
My Kind of Jazz (Ray Charles , 1970)
True Blue (Al Cohn and Dexter Gordon , 1976)
Silver Blue (with Al Cohn and Dexter Gordon , 1976)
Dolo! (Dolo Coker , 1976)
California Hard (Dolo Coker, 1976)
Junior's Cookin' (Junior Cook , 1961)
Filthy! (Papa John Creach , 1972)
Red's Good Groove (Red Garland , 1962)
Green Is Beautiful (Grant Green , 1970)
Soul Mist! (Richard "Groove" Holmes , 1966)
Homecoming! (Elmo Hope , 1961)
Montara (Bobby Hutcherson , 1975)
The Soul Brotherhood (Charles Kynard , 1969)
The Blue Yusef Lateef (Yusef Lateef , 1968)
Rakin' and Scrapin' (Harold Mabern , 1968)
Jazz Blues Fusion (John Mayall , 1971)
Ten Years Are Gone (John Mayall, 1973)
Les McCann Ltd. in New York (Les McCann , 1961)
Can't Hide Love (Carmen McRae , 1976)
Capuchin Swing (Jackie McLean, 1960)
Jackie's Bag (Jackie McLean, 1960)
Hi Voltage (Hank Mobley , 1967)
Captain Buckles (David "Fathead" Newman , 1970)
Opus De Don (Don Patterson , 1968)
Oh Baby! (Big John Patton , 1965)
Breezing (Sonny Red , 1960)
Images (Sonny Red, 1961)
Good Move! (Freddie Roach , 1963)
Takin' Care of Business (Charlie Rouse , 1960)
Open House (Jimmy Smith , 1960)
Plain Talk (Jimmy Smith, 1960)
Sonny Stitt & the Top Brass (Sonny Stitt , 1962)
Soul Time (Bobby Timmons , 1960)
Steppin' Out! (Harold Vick , 1963)
The Caribbean Suite (Harold Vick, 1966)
Spectrum (Cedar Walton , 1968)
The Electric Boogaloo Song (Cedar Walton, 1969)
Beyond Mobius (Cedar Walton, 1976)
Money in the Pocket (Joe Zawinul , 1966)
Year(s) indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader As sideman withArt Blakey & The Jazz Messengers WithArt Farmer (or where stated),Benny Golson &The Jazztet WithEddie Harris WithBilly Higgins WithMilt Jackson WithEtta James WithClifford Jordan WithBlue Mitchell WithHouston Person With others
God Bless Jug and Sonny (Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt , 1973)
Left Bank Encores (Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt, 1973)
Something for Lester (Ray Brown , 1977)
Slow Drag (Donald Byrd , 1967)
The Almoravid (Joe Chambers , 1971–73)
Somethin's Cookin' (Junior Cook , 1981)
Broken Shadows (Ornette Coleman , 1971–72)
Katumbo (Dance) (Johnny Coles, 1971)
Giant Steps (John Coltrane , 1959)
Up, Up and Away (Sonny Criss , 1967)
The Beat Goes On! (Sonny Criss, 1968)
This Is the Moment! (Kenny Dorham , 1958)
Blue Spring (Kenny Dorham & Cannonball Adderley , 1959)
It's All Right! (Teddy Edwards , 1967)
Soul Trombone (Curtis Fuller , 1961)
Smokin' (Curtis Fuller, 1972)
Tangerine (Dexter Gordon , 1972)
Generation (Dexter Gordon, 1972)
Bush Dance (Johnny Griffin , 1978)
Roots (Slide Hampton , 1985)
The Quota (Jimmy Heath , 1961)
Triple Threat (Jimmy Heath, 1962)
Mode for Joe (Joe Henderson , 1966)
Hub Cap (Freddie Hubbard , 1961)
Here to Stay (Freddie Hubbard, 1962)
The Body & the Soul (Freddie Hubbard,1963)
Bolivia (Freddie Hubbard, 1991)
Highway One (Bobby Hutcherson , 1978)
Farewell Keystone (Bobby Hutcherson, 1982)
Really Livin' (J.J. Johnson , 1959)
J.J. Inc. (J.J. Johnson, 1960)
Save Your Love for Me (Etta Jones , 1986)
Advance! (Philly Joe Jones , 1978)
Drum Song (Philly Joe Jones, 1978)
Seven Minds (Sam Jones , 1974)
Something in Common (Sam Jones, 1974–77)
First Class Kloss! (Eric Kloss , 1967)
Abbey Is Blue (Abbey Lincoln , 1959)
Strings! (Pat Martino , 1967)
From This Moment On! (Charles McPherson , 1968)
Horizons (Charles McPherson, 1968)
Caramba! (Lee Morgan , 1968)
The Sixth Sense (Lee Morgan, 1968)
The Mode (Sonny Red , 1961)
Sonny Red (1971)
Setting Standards (Woody Shaw , 1983)
For Losers (Archie Shepp , 1968–69)
Kwanza (Archie Shepp, 1968–69)
Now Is the Time (Idrees Sulieman , 1976)
Goodbye Yesterday (Lucky Thompson , 1972)
Concert: Friday the 13th – Cook County Jail (Lucky Thompson, 1972)
I Offer You (Lucky Thompson, 1973)
Another Story (Stanley Turrentine , 1969)
Up Front (David Williams , 1986)