Blue Mitchell
Trumpet Solo on
Horace-Scope

About

Blue Mitchell leads off the solos with two choruses on trumpet, the first of three improvisations on the recording. Taken at an up-tempo swing tempo of 193 BPM over the 16-bar form in D♭, the improvisation flows with assured, relaxed momentum. "Horace-Scope" is the title track of Horace Silver's 1960 Blue Note album, a characteristically inventive Silver original with a compact 16-bar form in D-flat. Recorded for the album Horace-Scope in 1960, the performance captures Blue Mitchell at 29 to 30 years old. Blue Mitchell opens with two trumpet choruses of melodic precision, his clear tone and logical phrasing making the most of the brief form.

Blue Mitchell was 29 to 30 years old at the time.