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Red Mitchell Presenting Red Mitchell (APE+CUE)

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Red Mitchell - Presenting Red Mitchell (APE+CUE)

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Bassist Red Mitchell, who had led two fairly obscure sessions for Bethlehem in 1955, came up with a gem on his lone Contemporary set as a leader (which has been reissued as this CD). Based in Los Angeles at the time, Mitchell utilized pianist Lorraine Geller and two up-and-coming players: James Clay (who splits his time between tenor and flute) and, in one of his first recording sessions, drummer Billy Higgins. The quartet performs then-recent tunes by Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins and Clifford Brown ("Sandu"), a pair of Mitchell originals, "Scrapple From the Apple" and "Cheek to Cheek." Despite Higgins' and (to a lesser extent) Clay's connections with Ornette Coleman, the music is strictly high-quality modern mainstream bop of the era. Easily recommended to collectors of straight-ahead jazz.

Personnel: James Clay (ts, fl) Lorraine Geller (p) Red Mitchell (b) Billy Higgins (d)

Track Listing:
01 Scrapple from the Apple
02 Rainy Night
03 I Thought of You
04 Out of the Blue
05 Paul's Pal
06 Sandu
07 Cheek to Cheek

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