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Red Mitchell

Jazz
Hard bop
After joining a military band on piano and saxophone as part of his call-up for national service, Red Mitchell began his career as a performing musician on double bass. He initially played with Jackie Paris and Mundell Lowe, then in the late '40s with bandleader Chubby Jackson, before joining Woody Herman's band for three years. Health problems forced him to take a period of enforced rest in the early '50s, but he soon recovered and embarked on a series of collaborations with Red Norvo, Tal Farlow, Gerry Mulligan and Hampton Hawes. He played with Hampton Hawes for over ten years,...
Songs
The Nearness of You
The Nearness of YouSpike Robinson, Red Mitchell, Louis Stewart and Martin Drew

A Real Corker

10:31

Exactly Like You
Exactly Like YouRoger Kellaway, Red Mitchell and Jan Allan

7:12

My One and Only Love
My One and Only LoveDonald Bailey, Red Mitchell and Jimmy Rowles

5:24

Blue Moon
Blue MoonClark Terry, Red Mitchell and Horace Parlan

Brahms Lullabye

7:26

Just Friends
Just FriendsBillie Holiday, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Barney Kessel, Red Mitchell, Jimmy Rowles, Ben Webster and Alvin Stoller

D.S.B. Kino

Just Friends
Just FriendsRoger Kellaway and Red Mitchell

9:17

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