Boss Horn

Studio album by Blue Mitchell

Released

1967

Recorded

November 17, 1966
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs

Genre

Jazz

Length

38:57

Label

Blue Note
BST 84257

Producer

Alfred Lion

Blue Mitchell chronology

Bring It Home to Me
(1966)

Boss Horn
(1966)

Heads Up!
(1967)

Boss Horn is an album by American trumpeter Blue Mitchell recorded in 1966 and released on the Blue Note label.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

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".^[2]

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" (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

↑ Blue Mitchell discography accessed October 26, 2010
↑ 2.0 2.1 Collar, M. Allmusic Review accessed October 26, 2010

Chick Corea (discography)

As leader	Tones for Joan's Bones Now He Sings, Now He Sobs Is Sundance The Song of Singing A.R.C. The Leprechaun My Spanish Heart The Mad Hatter Secret Agent Friends Tap Step Three Quartets Trio Music Touchstone Again and Again Summer Night: Live Chick Corea Akoustic Band Alive Time Warp Rendezvous in New York The Ultimate Adventure Super Trio Five Peace Band Live The Vigil Trilogy

Solo albums	Piano Improvisations Vol. 1 Piano Improvisations Vol. 2 Delphi I Delphi II & III Expressions Children's Songs Solo Piano - Originals Solo Piano - Standards

Collaborations	Super Nova An Evening With Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea: In Concert CoreaHancock Chick Corea & Lionel Hampton in Concert Voyage Play The Mozart Sessions The Enchantment Duet

with Gary Burton	Crystal Silence Duet In Concert, Zürich, October 28, 1979 Lyric Suite for Sextet Native Sense - The New Duets Like Minds The New Crystal Silence Hot House

with Circle	Circling In Circulus Circle 1: Live in Germany Concert Paris Concert Circle 2: Gathering

with Miles Davis	Water Babies Filles de Kilimanjaro In a Silent Way Bitches Brew Jack Johnson Black Beauty: Live at the Fillmore West Miles Davis at Fillmore: Live at the Fillmore East Circle in the Round Live-Evil On the Corner Big Fun Bitches Brew Live

with Elektric Band	The Chick Corea Elektric Band Light Years Eye of the Beholder Inside Out Beneath the Mask Live From Elario's (First Gig) To the Stars

with Joe Farrell	Joe Farrell Quartet Outback Skate Board Park

with Stan Getz	Sweet Rain Captain Marvel

with Herbie Mann	Latin Mann Afro to Bossa to Blues Standing Ovation at Newport The Roar of the Greasepaint, the Smell of the Crowd Monday Night at the Village Gate

with Blue Mitchell	The Thing to Do Down with It! Boss Horn

with Origin	Live at the Blue Note A Week at The Blue Note Change corea.concerto – Spain For Sextet & Orchestra – Piano Concerto No.1

with Return to Forever	Return to Forever Light as a Feather Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy Where Have I Known You Before No Mystery Romantic Warrior Musicmagic Live Return to Forever – Returns

with others	The Laws of Jazz Flute By-Laws Moto Grosso Feio Turkish Women At The Bath The Creeper Merry-Go-Round Going to the Rainbow Round Trip Echoes of an Era Big Band Elektric Band II: Paint the World

Compilations	Inner Space The Complete "Is" Sessions

Soundtracks	Happy Anniversary, Charlie Brown