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Grover Mitchell

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born on 17/3/1930 in Whatley, AL, United States

died on 6/8/2003 in New York City, NY, United States

Grover Mitchell

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Grover Mitchell

Grover Curry Mitchell (March 17, 1930 in Whatley, Alabama August 6, 2003 in New York City's Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center) was a jazz trombonist and bandleader.

Biography

He was born in Alabama, but his parents moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania when he was eight. It was in Pittsburgh that he became interested in jazz.

He began on trombone in his teens after initially desiring to learn trumpet. However, his arms were considered long, so the school trained him in trombone as they needed trombonists more than trumpeters. In adulthood he worked with the United States Marines band, Lionel Hampton, and Duke Ellington. He became best known for his association with Count Basie, which began in 1962. He was lead trombone for Basie by 1970, but after that he took time off. He founded his own band in 1978 which he continued to lead even after returning to Basie's Orchestra in 1980. From 1995 until his death, he served as director of the Count Basie Orchestra. In that capacity he won the Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album twice.

Mitchell was inducted into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame in 2008.

Discography

As leader

As sideman

With Gene Ammons

  • Free Again (Prestige, 1971)

With Eddie Harris

  • How Can You Live Like That? (Atlantic, 1976)

External links

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