The Cup Bearers is an album by American trumpeter Blue Mitchell recorded in 1962 and released on the Riverside label.[1] 
Mitchell's group is the Horace Silver Quintet with Cedar Walton on piano in place of Silver.[2] 
  Reception
  The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars and stated "The music swings hard, mostly avoids sounding like a Horace Silver group, and has particularly strong solos... excellent hard bop".[3] 
 Track listing
 - "Turquoise" (Cedar Walton) - 5:03
  - "Why Do I Love You?" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 5:28
  - "Dingbat Blues" (Charles Davis) - 5:41
  - "Capers" (Tom McIntosh) - 6:04
  - "The Cup Bearers" (McIntosh) - 6:15
  - "How Deep Is the Ocean?" (Irving Berlin) - 6:43
  - "Tiger Lily" (Thad Jones) - 8:31
 
 - Recorded at Plaza Sound Studios in New York City on August 28 & 30, 1962
 
 Personnel
  References
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.  | 
As leader or co-leader |  | 
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With Lou Donaldson |  | 
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With Philly Joe Jones |  | 
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With Sam Jones |  | 
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With Jimmy McGriff |  | 
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With Horace Silver |  | 
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With Stanley Turrentine |  | 
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With others |  - Portrait of Cannonball (Cannonball Adderley, 1958)
  - Back to the Tracks (Tina Brooks, 1960)
  - Street Singer (Tina Brooks and Jackie McLean, 1960)
  - My Kind of Jazz (Ray Charles, 1970)
  - True Blue (Al Cohn and Dexter Gordon, 1976)
  - Silver Blue (with Al Cohn and Dexter Gordon, 1976)
  - Dolo! (Dolo Coker, 1976)
  - California Hard (Dolo Coker, 1976)
  - Junior's Cookin' (Junior Cook, 1961)
  - Filthy! (Papa John Creach, 1972)
  - Red's Good Groove (Red Garland, 1962)
  - Green Is Beautiful (Grant Green, 1970)
  - Soul Mist! (Richard "Groove" Holmes, 1966)
  - Homecoming! (Elmo Hope, 1961)
  - Montara (Bobby Hutcherson, 1975)
  - The Soul Brotherhood (Charles Kynard, 1969)
  - The Blue Yusef Lateef (Yusef Lateef, 1968)
  - Rakin' and Scrapin' (Harold Mabern, 1968)
  - Jazz Blues Fusion (John Mayall, 1971)
  - Ten Years Are Gone (John Mayall, 1973)
  - Les McCann Ltd. in New York (Les McCann, 1961)
  - Can't Hide Love (Carmen McRae, 1976)
  - Capuchin Swing (Jackie McLean, 1960)
  - Jackie's Bag (Jackie McLean, 1960)
  - Hi Voltage (Hank Mobley, 1967)
  - Captain Buckles (David "Fathead" Newman, 1970)
  - Opus De Don (Don Patterson, 1968)
  - Oh Baby! (Big John Patton, 1965)
  - Breezing (Sonny Red, 1960)
  - Images (Sonny Red, 1961)
  - Good Move! (Freddie Roach, 1963)
  - Takin' Care of Business (Charlie Rouse, 1960)
  - Open House (Jimmy Smith, 1960)
  - Plain Talk (Jimmy Smith, 1960)
  - Sonny Stitt & the Top Brass (Sonny Stitt, 1962)
  - Soul Time (Bobby Timmons, 1960)
  - Steppin' Out! (Harold Vick, 1963)
  - The Caribbean Suite (Harold Vick, 1966)
  - Spectrum (Cedar Walton, 1968)
  - The Electric Boogaloo Song (Cedar Walton, 1969)
  - Beyond Mobius (Cedar Walton, 1976)
  - Money in the Pocket (Joe Zawinul, 1966)
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Year(s) indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.  | 
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As sideman with Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers |  | 
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With Art Farmer (or where stated), Benny Golson & The Jazztet |  | 
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With Eddie Harris |  | 
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With Billy Higgins |  | 
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With Milt Jackson |  | 
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With Etta James |  | 
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With Clifford Jordan |  | 
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With Blue Mitchell |  | 
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With Houston Person |  | 
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With others |  - God Bless Jug and Sonny (Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt, 1973)
  - Left Bank Encores (Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt, 1973)
  - Something for Lester (Ray Brown, 1977)
  - Slow Drag (Donald Byrd, 1967)
  - The Almoravid (Joe Chambers, 1971–73)
  - Somethin's Cookin' (Junior Cook, 1981)
  - Broken Shadows (Ornette Coleman, 1971–72)
  - Katumbo (Dance) (Johnny Coles, 1971)
  - Giant Steps (John Coltrane, 1959)
  - Up, Up and Away (Sonny Criss, 1967)
  - The Beat Goes On! (Sonny Criss, 1968)
  - This Is the Moment! (Kenny Dorham, 1958)
  - Blue Spring (Kenny Dorham & Cannonball Adderley, 1959)
  - It's All Right! (Teddy Edwards, 1967)
  - Soul Trombone (Curtis Fuller, 1961)
  - Smokin' (Curtis Fuller, 1972)
  - Tangerine (Dexter Gordon, 1972)
  - Generation (Dexter Gordon, 1972)
  - Bush Dance (Johnny Griffin, 1978)
  - Roots (Slide Hampton, 1985)
  - The Quota (Jimmy Heath, 1961)
  - Triple Threat (Jimmy Heath, 1962)
  - Mode for Joe (Joe Henderson, 1966)
  - Hub Cap (Freddie Hubbard, 1961)
  - Here to Stay (Freddie Hubbard, 1962)
  - The Body & the Soul (Freddie Hubbard,1963)
  - Bolivia (Freddie Hubbard, 1991)
  - Highway One (Bobby Hutcherson, 1978)
  - Farewell Keystone (Bobby Hutcherson, 1982)
  - Really Livin' (J.J. Johnson, 1959)
  - J.J. Inc. (J.J. Johnson, 1960)
  - Save Your Love for Me (Etta Jones, 1986)
  - Advance! (Philly Joe Jones, 1978)
  - Drum Song (Philly Joe Jones, 1978)
  - Seven Minds (Sam Jones,  1974)
  - Something in Common (Sam Jones, 1974–77)
  - First Class Kloss! (Eric Kloss, 1967)
  - Abbey Is Blue (Abbey Lincoln, 1959)
  - Strings! (Pat Martino, 1967)
  - From This Moment On! (Charles McPherson, 1968)
  - Horizons (Charles McPherson, 1968)
  - Caramba! (Lee Morgan, 1968)
  - The Sixth Sense (Lee Morgan, 1968)
  - The Mode (Sonny Red, 1961)
  - Sonny Red (1971)
  - Setting Standards (Woody Shaw, 1983)
  - For Losers (Archie Shepp, 1968–69)
  - Kwanza (Archie Shepp, 1968–69)
  - Now Is the Time (Idrees Sulieman, 1976)
  - Goodbye Yesterday (Lucky Thompson, 1972)
  - Concert: Friday the 13th – Cook County Jail (Lucky Thompson, 1972)
  - I Offer You (Lucky Thompson, 1973)
  - Another Story (Stanley Turrentine, 1969)
  - Up Front (David Williams, 1986)
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