# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/blue-mitchell
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:14:01.331Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/blue-mitchell"
name: "Blue Mitchell"
slug: "blue-mitchell"
description: "Richard Allen \"Blue\" Mitchell was an American trumpeter and composer who worked in jazz, rhythm and blues, soul, rock, and funk. He recorded albums as leader and sideman for Riverside, Mainstream Records, and Blue Note. He is also credited as the most recorded trumpeter with jazz organ, accumulating 27 sideman recordings in the genre."
tagline: "American trumpeter and composer (1930–1979)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nachtconcert_van_het_Horace_Silverquintet_in_het_concertgebouw_te_Amsterdam%2C_vl%2C_Bestanddeelnr_910-1692.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1930-03-13"
deathDate: "1979-05-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.42
  momentum:             0
  historical:           16.500224
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%88_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "بلو ميتشيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%88_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "بلو ميتشيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%88_%D9%85%DB%8C%DA%86%DB%8C%D9%84"
    title: "بلو میچیل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Mitchell"
    title: "Blue Mitchell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Mitchell"
    title: "Blue Mitchell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Mitchell"
    title: "Blue Mitchell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Mitchell"
    title: "Blue Mitchell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Mitchell"
    title: "Blue Mitchell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Mitchell"
    title: "Blue Mitchell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Mitchell"
    title: "Blue Mitchell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Mitchell"
    title: "Blue Mitchell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Mitchell"
    title: "Blue Mitchell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Mitchell"
    title: "Blue Mitchell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%96%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9F%E3%83%83%E3%83%81%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AB"
    title: "ブルー・ミッチェル"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Mitchell"
    title: "Blue Mitchell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Mitchell"
    title: "Blue Mitchell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Mitchell"
    title: "Blue Mitchell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BB%D1%83_%D0%9C%D1%96%D1%82%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB"
    title: "Блу Мітчелл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ee287f2c-b209-4edf-acbd-c2fa23e8da40"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q885774"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump