Collision in Black
1969 studio album by Blue Mitchell
Collision in Black | ||||
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Studio album by Blue Mitchell | ||||
Released | Early April 1969[1] | |||
Recorded | September 9, 11–12, 1968 | |||
Studio | RPM Studios, Los Angeles | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 37:06 | |||
Label | Blue Note BST 84300 | |||
Producer | Monk Higgins, Dee Ervin | |||
Blue Mitchell chronology | ||||
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Collision in Black is an album by American trumpeter Blue Mitchell which features compositions and arrangements by Monk Higgins recorded in 1968 and released on the Blue Note label in 1969.[2]
Reception
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The Allmusic review awarded the album 4 stars.[3]
Track listing
- All compositions by Monk Higgins except as indicated
- "Collision in Black" - 3:02
- "Deeper in Black" (Peggy Grayson) - 3:26
- "Jo Ju Ja" (Virginia P. Bland) - 3:18
- "Blue on Black" - 2:55
- "Swahilli Suite" - 2:58
- "Monkin' Around" - 3:38
- "Keep Your Nose Clean" (Bland) - 3:25
- "I Ain't Jivin'" (Bland) - 2:45
- "Digging in the Dirt" - 3:27
- "Who Dun It?" - 2:56
- "Kick It" (Bland) - 2:28
- "Keep Your Soul Together" - 2:48
Personnel
- Blue Mitchell - trumpet
- Monk Higgins - tenor saxophone, piano, organ, arrangement
- Jim Horn, Ernie Watts - flute
- Anthony Ortega - tenor saxophone
- Dick "Slyde" Hyde, Jack Redmond - trombone
- Al Vescovo - guitar
- Miles Grayson - piano, percussion
- Dee Ervin - organ, percussion
- Bob West - electric bass
- Paul Humphrey - drums
- John Cyr - percussion
References
- v
- t
- e
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
leader
or
co-leader
- Big 6 (1958)
- Get Those Elephants Out'a Here (with Red and Whitey Mitchell, 1958)
- Out of the Blue (1959)
- Blue Soul (1959)
- Blue's Moods (1960)
- Smooth as the Wind (1960–61)
- A Sure Thing (1962)
- The Cup Bearers (1962)
- Step Lightly (1963)
- The Thing to Do (1964)
- Down with It! (1965)
- Bring It Home to Me (1966)
- Boss Horn (1966)
- Heads Up! (1967)
- Collision in Black (1968)
- Bantu Village (1969)
- Blue Mitchell/Soul Village (1971)
- Vital Blue (1971)
- Blues' Blues (1972)
- The Last Tango = Blues (1973)
- Graffiti Blues (1973)
- Many Shades of Blue (1974)
- Stratosonic Nuances (1975)
- Funktion Junction (1976)
- African Violet (1977)
- Mapenzi (1977)
- Stablemates (1977)
- Summer Soft (1977)
Lou
Donaldson
- Quartet/Quintet/Sextet (1952)
- The Time Is Right (1959)
- Mr. Shing-A-Ling (1967)
- Midnight Creeper (1968)
- Say It Loud! (1968)
- Everything I Play Is Funky (1970)
- Pretty Things (1970)
Philly
Joe
Jones
- Together! (with Elvin Jones, 1961)
- Drums Around the World (1959)
- Showcase (1959)
- Advance! (1978)
- Drum Song (1978)
Sam
Jones
- The Soul Society (1960)
- The Chant (1961)
- Down Home (1962)
- Something in Common (1974–77)
- Changes & Things (1977)
Jimmy
McGriff
- The Worm (1968)
- Step 1 (1968)
- A Thing to Come By (1969)
- Electric Funk (1969)
Horace
Silver
- Blowin' the Blues Away (1959)
- Finger Poppin' (1959)
- Horace-Scope (1960)
- Doin' the Thing (1961)
- The Tokyo Blues (1962)
- Silver's Serenade (1963)
- Song for My Father (1963–64)
Stanley
Turrentine
- A Chip off the Old Block (1963)
- In Memory Of (1964)
- Rough 'n' Tumble (1966)
- The Spoiler (1966)
- A Bluish Bag (1967)
- The Return of the Prodigal Son (1967)
- The Sugar Man (1971)
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)