On Smash records. 1962. I love this cover. Both for the photograph and the typography.

Billy Mitchell was a Detroit tenor man who in the fifties played (and recorded) with the bands of Dizzy Gillespie (1956) and then Count Basie (1957). Sidemen on this session include Bobby Hutcherson on vibraharp; Herman Wright on bass, Otis Finch on drums and on one track Dave Burns on trumpet. Mitchell continued to lead bands throughout the sixties and seventies and played live into the nineties before passing away in 2001. Among his other recordings were a series of sessions with co-leader and trombonist Al Grey.

*You know.   Cigarettes are called “fags” in the UK.

Passage to Madrid.   She doesn’t look like she’s on a train, but he seems to be a conductor.   Maybe this is her fantasy.   Maybe it’s a joint.

Smoking can’t be good for robots.

Check out this very cool chick on the cover of an album from Argentina.