Down with It!

Down with It! is an album by American trumpeter Blue Mitchell, recorded in 1965 and released on the Blue Note label.^[2]

Down with It!
Studio album by The Blue Mitchell Quintet
Released	April 1966[1]
Recorded	July 14, 1965
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre	Jazz
Length	41:34
Label	Blue Note BST 84214
Producer	Alfred Lion
Blue Mitchell chronology
The Thing to Do (1964) Down with It! (1966) Bring It Home to Me (1966)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[4]

The Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine awarded the album 4 stars and stated "the record is so relaxed that it fails to generate much spark, but each the soloists have fine moments that makes the session worthwhile for jazz purists".^[3]

Track listing

1. "Hi-Heel Sneakers" (Robert Higginbotham) – 8:23
2. "Perception" (Chick Corea, Blue Mitchell) – 5:41
3. "Alone, Alone, and Alone" (Terumasa Hino) – 7:45
4. "March on Selma" (Mitchell) – 6:16
5. "One Shirt" (William Boone) – 7:30
6. "Samba de Stacy" (Boone) – 5:59

Personnel

• Blue Mitchell – trumpet
• Junior Cook – tenor saxophone
• Chick Corea – piano
• Gene Taylor – bass
• Al Foster – drums