Instruments Jazz Trombone Name Grover Mitchell | Associated acts Count Basie | |
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Born 17 March 1930
Whatley, Alabama ( 1930-03-17 ) Died August 6, 2003, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States Albums Count Plays Duke, Live at Manchester Craftsmen's Guild Awards Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album Similar People Count Basie, Al Aarons, Marshal Royal, Charles Fowlkes, Count Basie Orchestra | ||
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Grover Curry Mitchell (March 17, 1930 in Whatley, Alabama – August 6, 2003 in New York City) was a jazz trombonist who led the Count Basie Orchestra.
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- What hurts grover mitchell
- Grover mitchell take your time and love me
- Biography
- As leader
- As sideman
- References
Grover mitchell take your time and love me
Biography
Mitchell was born in Alabama, but he moved with his parents to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, when he was eight. He played the bugle in school and wanted to play trumpet, but the band needed a trombonist and Mitchell's long arms fit the task. He was a member of the school's orchestra with Ahmad Jamal and Dakota Staton. At sixteen, he played with King Kolax's territory band in Indiana.
In 1951 he joined the U.S. Marines and played in a military band. After being discharged in 1953, he moved to San Francisco, where he worked with Earl Hines, Lionel Hampton, and Duke Ellington. From 1962–1970, he was a member of the Count Basie Orchestra. Mitchell had been a fan of Tommy Dorsey, and Basie told him he sounded like Dorsey. He spent the next decade working in television and movies, then returned to Basie's orchestra in 1980 and remained with it until Basie's death in 1984. Thad Jones became leader of the orchestra, followed by Frank Foster, then Mitchell in 1995.
As bandleader, Mitchell won the Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album for Live at Manchester Craftsmen's Guild (1996) and Count Plays Duke (1998)
As leader
As sideman
With Count Basie
With Gene Ammons
With Al Grey
With Eddie Harris
With Oliver Nelson