Heads Up! (album)

Heads Up!
Studio album by Blue Mitchell
Released	December 1968[1]
Recorded	November 17, 1967 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
Genre	Jazz
Length	36:57
Label	Blue Note BST 84272
Producer	Alfred Lion
Blue Mitchell chronology
Boss Horn (1966) Heads Up! (1967) Collision in Black (1968)

Heads Up! is an album by American trumpeter Blue Mitchell recorded in 1967 and released on the Blue Note label.^[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]

The Allmusic review awarded the album 3 stars.^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Blue Mitchell except as indicated.

1. "Heads Up! Feet Down!" (Jimmy Heath) - 5:59
2. "Togetherness" (Heath) - 6:48
3. "The Folks Who Live On the Hill" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 5:32
4. "Good Humour Man" - 5:39
5. "Len Sirrah" (Melba Liston) - 7:19
6. "The People in Nassau" - 5:40

Personnel

• Blue Mitchell, Burt Collins - trumpet
• Jerry Dodgion - flute, alto saxophone
• Junior Cook - tenor saxophone
• Pepper Adams - baritone saxophone
• Julian Priester - trombone
• McCoy Tyner - piano
• Gene Taylor - bass
• Al Foster - drums
• Jimmy Heath (1-2), Melba Liston (5), Duke Pearson (4, 6), Don Pickett (4) - arrangement

References