Big 6 (album)

Big 6
Studio album by
Released1958
RecordedJuly 2 & 3, 1958
StudioPlaza Sound Studios
GenreJazz
Length42:56
LabelRiverside
ProducerOrrin Keepnews
Blue Mitchell chronology
Big 6
(1958)
Out of the Blue
(1959)

Big 6 is the debut album by American trumpeter Blue Mitchell recorded in 1958 and released on the Riverside label.[1] It contains the first recording of Benny Golson's jazz standard "Blues March".[2][3]

  1. ^ Riverside Records discography accessed October 25, 2010
  2. ^ Yanow, Scott "Blue Mitchell: Big 6". AllMusic. Retrieved December 21, 2013.
  3. ^ Blumenthal, Bob (2004) In The Complete Argo/Mercury Art Farmer/Benny Golson/Jazztet Sessions [CD liner notes]. p. 3. Mosaic.