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Name
  
Ollie Mitchell

Instruments
  
Role
  
Musician


Years active
  
1944–2013

Genres
  
Music group
  


Born
  
April 8, 1927Los Angeles, California, United States (
1927-04-08
)

Associated acts
  
The Wrecking CrewHerb Alpert's Tijuana Brass

Died
  
May 11, 2013, Puako, Hawaii, United States

Similar People
  
Tony Terran, Chuck Findley, Chuck Berghofer, Mike Deasy, Billy Strange

Occupation(s)
  
Trumpeter, bandleader

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Ollie Mitchell (April 8, 1927 – May 11, 2013) was an American musician and bandleader. Born Oliver Edward Mitchell in Los Angeles on April 8, 1927, he was the son of Harold Mitchell, lead trumpeter for MGM Studios, who also taught Ollie to play the trumpet.

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Career

Mitchell would go on to play in big bands for Harry James, Buddy Rich and Pérez Prado, among others, as well as the NBC Symphony Orchestra. In the 1960s, Mitchell joined The Wrecking Crew, a group of studio and session musicians who played anonymously on many records for popular singers of the time, as well as television theme songs, film scores, advertising jingles. Mitchell was also an original member of Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass. He would go on to have his own bands—Ollie Mitchell's Sunday Band, and the Olliephonic Horns.

Personal life

In 1995, Mitchell and his wife Nancy moved from Los Angeles to Puako, Hawaii, where he founded the Horns. In 2010, Mitchell published his memoir, Lost, But Making Good Time: A View from the Back Row of the Band. According to his wife, he had recently stopped playing the trumpet, due to macular degeneration and hand problems from an automobile accident. Mitchell also suffered from cancer and died on May 11, 2013. He is survived by his wife and four children.

Discography

With Chet Baker

  • Blood, Chet and Tears (Verve, 1970)
  • With Harry James

  • The New James (Capitol Records – ST 1037, 1958)
  • Harry's Choice (Capitol Records – ST 1093, 1958)
  • With Stan Kenton

  • Stan Kenton Conducts the Los Angeles Neophonic Orchestra (Capitol, 1965)
  • Hair (Capitol, 1969)
  • With Irene Kral

  • Wonderful Life (Mainstream, 1965)
  • With Shorty Rogers

  • Chances Are It Swings (RCA Victor, 1958)
  • The Wizard of Oz and Other Harold Arlen Songs (RCA Victor, 1959)
  • Shorty Rogers Meets Tarzan (MGM, 1960)
  • An Invisible Orchard (RCA Victor, 1961 [1997])
  • Bossa Nova (Reprise, 1962)
  • Jazz Waltz (Reprise, 1962)
  • With Pete Rugolo

  • Rugolo Plays Kenton (EmArcy, 1958)
  • The Music from Richard Diamond (EmArcy, 1959)
  • Behind Brigitte Bardot (Warner Bros., 1960)
  • The Original Music of Thriller (Time, 1961)
  • Ten Trumpets and 2 Guitars (Mercury, 1961)
  • With Dan Terry

  • The Complete Vita Recordings of Dan Terry (Vita Records, 1952)
  • With Gerald Wilson

  • California Soul (Pacific Jazz, 1968)
  • References

    Ollie Mitchell Wikipedia


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