The Cup Bearers


The Cup Bearers is an album by American trumpeter Blue Mitchell recorded in 1962 and released on the Riverside label.
Mitchell's group is the Horace Silver Quintet with Cedar Walton on piano in place of Silver.

Reception

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".

Track listing

  1. "Turquoise" - 5:03
  2. "Why Do I Love You?" - 5:28
  3. "Dingbat Blues" - 5:41
  4. "Capers" - 6:04
  5. "The Cup Bearers" - 6:15
  6. "How Deep Is the Ocean?" - 6:43
  7. "Tiger Lily" - 8:31

Personnel