African Violet (album)

African Violet is an album by American trumpeter Blue Mitchell which features arrangements by McKinley Mitchell recorded in 1977 and released on the Impulse! label in 1978.

African Violet
Studio album by Blue Mitchell
Released	March 13, 1978
Recorded	1977
Studio	The Burbank Studios, Burbank, California
Genre	Jazz
Length	45:11
Label	Impulse!
Producer	Esmond Edwards
Blue Mitchell chronology
Funktion Junction (1976) African Violet (1978) Mapenzi (1977)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic

Track listing

1. "Mississippi Jump" (Larry Nash);– 6:38
2. "Ojos de Rojo" (Cedar Walton);– 4:04
3. "Sand Castles" (Dana Kaproff);– 6:08
4. "African Violet" (Steve Hulse);– 6:38
5. "As" (Stevie Wonder);– 6:28
6. "Square Business" (Cedar Walton);– 8:24
7. "Forget" (Don Sebesky);– 6:51

• Recorded at The Burbank Studios in Burbank, California in 1977.

Personnel

• Blue Mitchell;– trumpet (tracks 1, 2, & 4–6), flugelhorn (tracks 3 & 7)
• Herman Riley (tracks 1 & 4), Harold Land (tracks 2, 3 & 5–7);– tenor saxophone
• Sonny Burke;– electric piano (tracks 1 & 4–7), piano (tracks 2 & 3)
• McKinley Jackson (tracks 2, 4 & 7), Michael Boddicker (tracks 3, 5 & 6);– synthesizer
• Lee Ritenour;– electric guitar (tracks 1–7), guitar (track 7)
• Scott Edwards;– bass (track 1), electric bass (tracks 2–4 & 6)
• Chuck Domanico;– electric bass (track 5), bass (track 7)
• James Gadson (tracks 1–4 & 6), Harold Mason (tracks 5 & 7);– drums
• Paulinho Da Costa;– congas (tracks 1, 2, 4 & 6)
• Eddie "Bongo" Brown;– congas, percussion (tracks 3, 5 & 7)
• Bob Zimmitti;– marimba (track 7), percussion (tracks 5 & 7)
• Julia Tillman, Luther Waters, Maxine Waters Willard, Oren Waters;– vocals (tracks 3 & 5)
• The Sid Sharp Strings (tracks 3 & 7)