Freddie Mitchell (musician)

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Freddie Mitchell (* around 1912; † after 1957) was an American jazz and R&B musician ( tenor saxophone ).

Mitchell, who came from Tampa , Florida, worked in the New York jazz scene from the early 1940s and played in the swing orchestras of Fletcher Henderson and Benny Carter , as well as with Ovie Alston . In 1949 he founded his own band, with which he had a hit in the R&B charts (# 3) with “Doby's Boogie” . In the following years he formed the house band of the record label Derby Records , with whom he a. a. participated in recordings of Doc Pomus and Betty McLaurin ("Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered"). For Derby he took - u. a. with Jerome Darr and Jerry Blake - also a number of titles under his own name on such as "Auld Lang Syne Boogie" (with Rip Harrigan, piano) and "Idaho Boogie", then for Brunswick, ABC Paramount ("Easter Parade", 1956 ) and early rock and roll numbers for Plymouth Record Corporation under the band name Hen Gates and His Gaters . In 1952 he played in the backing band of Big Joe Turner ("I'll Never Stop Loving You"). In the field of jazz and rhythm & blues he was involved in 37 recording sessions between 1941 and 1959, most recently with King Curtis ("Soul Groove"). Mitchell also made an appearance in the Alan Freed musical film Rock, Rock, Rock (1956, directed by Will Price ).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tom Lord The Jazz Discography (online, accessed June 16, 2019)
  2. ↑ Rock, Rock, Rock in the Internet Movie Database (English)
personal data
SURNAME Mitchell, Freddie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz and R&B musician
DATE OF BIRTH around 1912
DATE OF DEATH after 1957