Richard Allen (Blue) Mitchell (March 13, 1930 – May 21, 1979) was an American jazz, rhythm and blues, soul, rock, and funk trumpeter. He was born and grew up in Miami, Florida. Mitchell began playing trumpet in high school where he acquired his nickname. After high school he played in the rhythm and blues ensembles of Paul Williams, Earl Bostic, and Chuck Willis. After returning to Miami he was noticed by Cannonball Adderley, with whom he recorded for Riverside in New York in 1958. He then joined the Horace Silver Quintet playing with tenor Junior Cook, bassist Gene Taylor and drummer Roy Brooks. Mitchell stayed with Silver's group until the bands break up in 1964. After the Silver quintet disbanded, Mitchell formed a group employing members from the Silver quintet substituting Silver for the young Chick Corea and replacing a then sick Brooks with Al Foster. This group produced a number of records for Blue Note disbanding in 1969, after which Mitchell joined and

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