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Blue Mitchell (tpt) ブルー・ミッチェル
Leo Wright (as) レオ・ライト
Joe Henderson (ts) ジョー・ヘンダーソン
Herbie Hancock (p) ハービー・ハンコック
Gene Taylor (b) ジーン・テイラー
Roy Brooks (d) ロイ・ブルックス

1963/08/13

Composed by and arranged by Joe Henderson.
Joe Henderson at this point had just signed with Blue Note
months before. He and Kenny Dorham would record five albums,
three under Joe's name and two under KD's, between April. 1963
and September, 1964. It was on the last of these, Dorham's
Trompetta Toccata, that "Mamacita" would first reach the public.
Joe did not record the tune under his own leadership until several
years later. He has yet to record "Step Lightly". But Mitchell
repeated the tune a year later with his working band on his first
issued Blue Note album The Thing To Do. "Blue told me that that
tune was very popular for him through the years. He recorded it a
few times the last was on a Louis Bellson date," Joe said recently.

Full Album playlist / 全曲プレイリスト:
youtube.com/watch?v=QYfXbRgTc_o&list=PLDdZJhQUQTfI