Heads Up! (Blue Mitchell album)

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

Heads Up!
Studio album by Blue Mitchell
Released	December 8, 1968[1]
Recorded	November 17, 1967
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre	Jazz
Length	36:57
Label	Blue Note BST 84272
Producer	Alfred Lion
Blue Mitchell chronology
Boss Horn (1966) Heads Up! (1968) Collision in Black (1968)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]

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

Track listing

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

1. Billboard Dec 14, 1968
2. Blue Mitchell discography accessed October 26, 2010
3. Allmusic Review accessed October 26, 2010