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{{Infobox album|
| name = African Violet
| type = Album
| artist = Blue Mitchell
| cover = African Violet (album).jpg
| alt =
| released = 1977
| recorded = 1977
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 45:11
| label = Impulse!
| producer =
| chronology = Blue Mitchell
| prev_title = Funktion Junction
| prev_year = 1976
| next_title = Mapenzi
| next_year = 1977
}}{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}[1]
}}African Violet is an album by American trumpeter Blue Mitchell which features arrangements by McKinley Mitchell recorded and released on the Impulse! label in 1977.[2]Track listing- "Mississippi Jump" (Larry Nash) – 6:38
- "Ojos de Rojo" (Cedar Walton) – 4:04
- "Sand Castles" (Dana Kaproff) – 6:08
- "African Violet" (Steve Hulse) – 6:38
- "As" (Stevie Wonder) – 6:28
- "Square Business" (Walton) – 8:24
- "Forget" (Don Sebesky) – 6:51
- Recorded at The Burbank Studios in Burbank, California in 1977.
Personnel- Blue Mitchell – trumpet (tracks 1, 2, & 4-6), flugelhorn (tracks 3 & 7)
- Herman Riley (tracks 1 & 4), Harold Land (tracks 2, 3 & 5-7) – tenor saxophone
- Sonny Burke – electric piano (tracks 1 & 4-7), piano (tracks 2 & 3)
- McKinley Jackson (tracks 2, 4 & 7), Michael Boddicker (tracks 3, 5 & 6) – synthesizer
- Lee Ritenour – electric guitar (tracks 1-7), guitar (track 7)
- Scott Edwards – bass (track 1), electric bass (tracks 2-4 & 6)
- Chuck Domanico – electric bass (track 5), bass (track 7)
- James Gadson (tracks 1-4 & 6), Harold Mason (tracks 5 & 7) – drums
- Paulinho Da Costa – congas (tracks 1, 2, 4 & 6)
- Eddie "Bongo" Brown – congas, percussion (tracks 3, 5 & 7)
- Bob Zimmitti – marimba (track 7), percussion (tracks 5 & 7)
- Julia Tillman, Luther Waters, Maxine Willard Waters, Oren Waters – vocals (tracks 3 & 5)
- The Sid Sharp Strings (tracks 3 & 7)
References1. ^Allmusic Review accessed June 14, 2011
2. ^Blue Mitchell discography accessed June 14, 2011
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