Funktion Junction
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Funktion Junction is a 1976 album by American trumpeter Blue Mitchell
Blue Mitchell
Richard Allen Mitchell was an American jazz, rhythm and blues, soul, rock, and funk trumpeter, known for many albums recorded as leader and sideman for Riverside, Blue Note and then Mainstream Records.-Biography:...

. It was his last album released by RCA Records
RCA Records
RCA Records is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. The RCA initials stand for Radio Corporation of America , which was the parent corporation from 1929 to 1985 and a partner from 1985 to 1986.RCA's Canadian unit is Sony's oldest label...

.

Track listing

  1. I'm In Heaven - (Mervin Steals) 5:37
  2. AM-FM Blues - (Blue Mitchell
    Blue Mitchell
    Richard Allen Mitchell was an American jazz, rhythm and blues, soul, rock, and funk trumpeter, known for many albums recorded as leader and sideman for Riverside, Blue Note and then Mainstream Records.-Biography:...

    ) 4:21
  3. Then Came You
    Then Came You (song)
    "Then Came You" is a 1974 Grammy-nominated hit for American soul singer Dionne Warwick and American R&B group The Spinners, and credited to Dionne Warwicke and Spinners . The track was written by Sherman Marshall and Phillip T...

     - (Phillip Pugh, Sherman Marshall) 4:52
  4. Daydream - (Billy Strayhorn
    Billy Strayhorn
    William Thomas "Billy" Strayhorn was an American composer, pianist and arranger, best known for his successful collaboration with bandleader and composer Duke Ellington lasting nearly three decades. His compositions include "Chelsea Bridge", "Take the "A" Train" and "Lush Life".-Early...

    , Duke Ellington
    Duke Ellington
    Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was an American composer, pianist, and big band leader. Ellington wrote over 1,000 compositions...

    , John LaTouche) 4:45
  5. Love Machine
    Love Machine (The Miracles song)
    "Love Machine" is a 1976 number-one single recorded by Motown group The Miracles, taken from their album City of Angels. This single was one of two Billboard Hot 100 Top 40 hits recorded by The Miracles with Billy Griffin as lead vocalist; the other is 1973's "Do It Baby". Griffin had replaced...

     - (Billy Griffin
    Billy Griffin
    Billy Griffin is an American singer and songwriter. He is best known for replacing Smokey Robinson as lead singer of The Miracles in 1972.-Biography:...

    , Pete Moore
    Pete Moore
    Pete Moore is an African American soul singer, record producer, and songwriter, notable as the bass singer for Motown group The Miracles from 1955 onwards, and is one of the group's original members...

    ) 7:19
  6. Delilah - (Victor Young) 8:11
  7. Collaborations - (Blue Mitchell
    Blue Mitchell
    Richard Allen Mitchell was an American jazz, rhythm and blues, soul, rock, and funk trumpeter, known for many albums recorded as leader and sideman for Riverside, Blue Note and then Mainstream Records.-Biography:...

    ) 5:15

Personnel

  • Blue Mitchell
    Blue Mitchell
    Richard Allen Mitchell was an American jazz, rhythm and blues, soul, rock, and funk trumpeter, known for many albums recorded as leader and sideman for Riverside, Blue Note and then Mainstream Records.-Biography:...

     - Trumpet, Flugelhorn
  • James Gadson
    James Gadson
    James Gadson is an American drummer and session musician. Beginning his career in the late 1960s, Gadson has since become one of the most-recorded drummers in the history of R&B music....

     - Drums
  • Henry Davis, Ron Brown - Bass
  • David T. Walker, Michael Anthony - Guitar
  • Mike Lipskin - Synthesizer, Percussion
  • Clarence McDonald - Piano
  • Gary Coleman - Percussion
  • Harold Land
    Harold Land
    Harold de Vance Land was an American hard bop and post-bop tenor saxophonist. Land developed his hard bop playing with the Max Roach/Clifford Brown band into a personal, modern style. His tone was strong and emotional, yet displayed a certain fragility that made him easy to...

     - Tenor Saxophone
  • Wayne Andre, Alan Raph - Trombone
  • David Moore - Cello
  • George Young - Tenor Saxophone, Flute
  • John Gatchell, Jon Faddis
    Jon Faddis
    Jon Faddis is an American jazz trumpet player, conductor, composer, and educator renowned for both his highly virtuosic command of the instrument and for his expertise in the field of music education...

     - Trumpet, Flugelhorn
  • Alvin Rogers, Harold Kohon, Norman Carr - Violin
  • Frank Floyd, Gwendolyn Guthrie, Patti Austin
    Patti Austin
    -Life and career:Austin was born in Harlem, New York. She made her debut at the Apollo Theater at age four and had a contract with RCA Records when she was only five. Quincy Jones and Dinah Washington have proclaimed themselves as her godparents....

    - Backing Vocals

Charts

Chart (1976) Peak
position
Billboard Top Jazz Albums 31

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