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Title information

Why Do I Love You

Blue Mitchell

Plays For Lovers

Date of recording

28.8.1962, New York City/NY

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Performers

Blue Mitchell (Soloist) (trumpet)

* 13.3.1930, Miami, Florida (FL), United States

† 21.5.1979, Los Angeles, California (CA), United States

Junior Cook (tenor sax)

* 22.7.1934, Pensacola, Florida (FL), United States

† 4.2.1992, New York City, New York (NY), United States

Cedar Walton (piano)

* 17.1.1934, Dallas, Texas (TX), United States

† 19.8.2013, New York City, New York (NY), United States

Gene Taylor (Double Bass)

* 19.3.1929, Toledo, Ohio (OH), United States

† 22.12.2001, Sarasota, Florida (FL), United States

Roy Brooks (drums)

* 3.9.1938, Detroit, Michigan (MI), United States

† 15.11.2005, Detroit, Michigan (MI), United States

Authors

Jerome Kern (Composer)

* 27.1.1885, New York City, New York (NY), United States

† 11.11.1945, New York City, New York (NY), United States

Oscar Hammerstein II (Text author)

* 12.7.1895, New York City, New York (NY), United States

† 23.8.1960, Doylestown, Pennsylvania (PA), United States

Album information

Plays For Lovers

Blue Mitchell

Plays For Lovers

Year of production

2003

Record Label

Riverside

Tracks

  • 1. The Nearness Of You
  • 2. When I Fall In Love
  • 3. Why Do I Love You?
  • 4. Polka Dots And Moonbeams
  • 5. But Beautiful
  • 6. I Can't Get Started With You
  • 7. There Will Never Be Another You
  • 8. How Deep Is The Ocean
  • 9. I'm A Fool To Want You
  • 10. Turquoise
  • 11. Missing You
  • 12. For All We Know
  • 13. Peace