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What can I say for him ? Blue Mitchell was a great trumpet player. He was one of the best melodic players. He was unlucky, because he died in an early age. He was born in Miami on March 1930 and he died in Los Angeles on May 21, 1979 from cancer. I could say that today he would have been  the biggest trumpet player in the world if he had the opportunity to show more of his talent. He released 27 albums and he collaborated with other artists for over 60 albums. However, I will focus on the album which was in fact the last one in his career. The album entitled " Summer Soft " was released in 1978 on ABC Impulse Records.  It must have been 1997 or 1998 when I acquired this album. I bought it in Athens and it kept me company for many nights. It was recorded at ABC Recording Studios, Los Angeles in 1977, CA. Many great artists accompanied Blue Mitchell on the album. Some of them were Harold Land, Herman Riley and Eddie Harris on sax, Richard Tee , Cedar Walton

Ron Henderson Jr on stage First of all, I want to thank Ron Henderson Jr . singer, guitarist, songwriter and producer for all his info.  Ron Henderson Jr and the late Duke Hall  collaborated with Gloria Bagwell for a sort time. Although Gloria Bagwell had a great voice, she disappeared from the music scene. In the early 80s, Gloria released a single entitled " Hello baby / Can't be your lady " on Bill Jones Records. Both songs were produced by Duke Hall and Ron Henderson Jr. The flip side " Can't be your lady " was written by Ron Henderson Jr. However the vinyl mentions the names of Ron Jr. and Duke Hall. Duke Hall used to put his name on the label as a songwriter. This song is a funky sound like all the typical funky songs of the early 80s. The other song of the vinyl " Hello baby " is a beautiful ballad. It is worthy to note that some people learnt from  Dottie Pearson  the song " Hello baby ". I had th