{"product_id":"billy-mitchell-this-is-billy-mitchell-verve-vault","title":"Billy Mitchell - This Is Billy Mitchell (Verve Vault)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTenor saxophonist \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBilly Mitchell\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e had already turned heads as a key member of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDizzy Gillespie\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e's big band and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCount Basie\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e's orchestra in the mid-'50s before stepping out for the first time as a bandleader on 1962's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is Billy Mitchell\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Here, he leads a sextet reflective of both his Detroit roots (with fellow natives \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHerman Wright\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOtis Finch\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e on bass and drums) and his attractive hard bop credentials (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBilly Wallace\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eClarence \"Sleepy\" Anderson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e on piano and organ, trumpeter \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDave Burns\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and rising vibraphonist \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBobby Hutcherson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTogether, they deliver a program that combines modern jazz sophistication with soulful drive, from burning opener “\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJ\u0026amp;B\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e” to the lush balladry of “\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSophisticated Lady\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is Billy Mitchell\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e remains his signature album as a leader, embodying the consistency, warmth and unerring swing that made him a key figure in the Detroit-to-New York pipeline of postwar jazz.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Verve Vault series is all-analog, cut from the original master tapes by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRyan K. Smith\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e at Sterling Sound and pressed on 180-gram viny.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Verve","offers":[{"title":"180g Black Vinyl LP","offer_id":60251181908313,"sku":"SDZ-55591","price":30.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3455\/0945\/files\/billymitchellmock_1024x1024_6bd76d5d-09f3-4976-947b-c899da4ce3b8.webp?v=1793202558","url":"https:\/\/spindizzyrecords.com\/products\/billy-mitchell-this-is-billy-mitchell-verve-vault","provider":"Spindizzy Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}