{"product_id":"this-is-billy-mitchell-verve-vault-lp","title":"This Is Billy Mitchell (Verve Vault LP)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.98rem;\"\u003eTenor saxophonist \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb style=\"font-size: 0.98rem;\"\u003eBilly Mitchell \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.98rem;\"\u003ehad already turned heads\r\nas a key member of Dizzy Gillespie's big band and Count Basie's orchestra in\r\nthe mid-'50s before stepping out for the first time as a bandleader on 1962's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb style=\"font-size: 0.98rem;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis\r\nis Billy Mitchell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.98rem;\"\u003e. Here, he leads a sextet reflective of both his\r\nDetroit roots (with fellow natives \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb style=\"font-size: 0.98rem;\"\u003eHerman Wright\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.98rem;\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb style=\"font-size: 0.98rem;\"\u003eOtis Finch\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.98rem;\"\u003e\r\non bass and drums) and his attractive hard bop credentials (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb style=\"font-size: 0.98rem;\"\u003eBilly Wallace\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.98rem;\"\u003e\r\nand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb style=\"font-size: 0.98rem;\"\u003eClarence \"Sleepy\" Anderson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.98rem;\"\u003e on piano and organ, trumpeter \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb style=\"font-size: 0.98rem;\"\u003eDave\r\nBurns\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.98rem;\"\u003e and rising vibraphonist \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb style=\"font-size: 0.98rem;\"\u003eBobby Hutcherson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.98rem;\"\u003e). Together, they\r\ndeliver a program that combines modern jazz sophistication with soulful drive,\r\nfrom burning opener “J\u0026amp;B” to the lush balladry of “Sophisticated Lady.”\r\nThis is Billy Mitchell remains his signature album as a leader, embodying the\r\nconsistency, warmth and unerring swing that made him a key figure in the\r\nDetroit-to-New York pipeline of postwar jazz. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Verve Vault series is all-analog, cut from the original master\r\ntapes by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound and pressed on 180-gram viny.\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003c!--EndFragment--\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Musicstation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59452003909957,"sku":"0199957337526","price":29.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0482\/1716\/1883\/files\/0199957337526-transparent-002.webp?v=1790083112","url":"https:\/\/musicstation.be\/products\/this-is-billy-mitchell-verve-vault-lp","provider":"Musicstation.be","version":"1.0","type":"link"}