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Dyskografia Jako lider lub współlider 1958 Big 6 (Riverside) 1959 Out of the Blue (Riverside) 1960 Blue’s Moods (Riverside) 1961 Smooth as the Wind – Blue Mitchell with Strings and Brass (Riverside) 1962 A Sure Thing (Riverside) 1963 The Cup Bearer (Riverside) 1965 The Thing to Do (Riverside) 1967 Bring it Home to Me (Blue Note) Boss Horn (Blue Note) 1968 Heads Up! (Blue Note) 1969 Bantu Village (Blue Note) Collision in Black (Blue Note) 1971 Vital Blue (Mainstream Records) Blue Mitchell (Mainstream Records) 1972 Blues’ Blues (Mainstream Records) 1977 Mapenzi – The Harold Land–Blue Mitchell Quintet (Concord Records)
Jako sideman Z Cannonballem Adderleyem 1958 Portrait of Cannonball (Riverside) Z George’em Bensonem 1967 Benson Burner (Columbia) Z Johnem Mayallem 1971 Jazz Rock Fusion (Polydor) 1972 Moving On (Polydor) Ten Years Are Gone (Polydor) Z Horace’em Silverem 1959 Finger Poppin’ with the Horace Silver Quintet (Blue Note) 1962 The Tokyo Blues (Blue Note) 1965 Song for My Father (Blue Note) 2021 Blowin’ The Blues – The Horace Silver Quintet Features Blue Mitchell, Junior Cook, Gene Taylor, Roy Brooks – Live from the Newport Jazz Festival 1960 (Sounds of Yester Year) Z różnymi wykonawcami 1961 A Jazz Version of Kean – The Riverside Jazz Stars featuring Blue