George Mitchell 1899

Cornettista e trombettista statunitense (Louisville, Kentucky, 08.03.1899 - Chicago, Illinois, 27.05.1972). Dopo aver suonato la tromba fin dall’età di dodici anni, diventa membro della Louisville Musical Club Brass Band (1916-17), effettua una tournée con una compagnia di minstrel e si stabilisce a Chicago dal 1919. Qui suona con Tony Jackson (De Luxe Café, 1920), Carroll Dickerson (Sunset Café, 1923), Doc Cooke, Jimmie Noone (Paradise Gardens), Lil Armstrong (Dreamland, 1925-26), Dave Peyton (1927), Doc Cooke (1927), Earl Hines (Grand Terrace, 1929-31) e partecipa a numerose registrazioni. Bisogna menzionare soprattutto le sedute con Luis Russell, i Red Hot Peppers di Jelly Roll Morton, i New Orleans Bootblacks e i Wanderers di Johnny Dodds.

Dopo aver lasciato Earl Hines nel 1931, abbandona ben presto la musica attiva per diventare fattorino di una banca. George Mitchell è un trombettista generoso, delicato e, nello stesso tempo, appassionato, molto rappresentativo dello stile di New Orleans di cui, tuttavia, non era originario.
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American cornetist and trumpet player (Louisville, Kentucky, 08.03.1899 - Chicago, Illinois, 27.05.1972). Since the age of twelve, having played the trumpet, he became a member of the Louisville Musical Club Brass Band (1916-17), toured with a minstrel company and settled in Chicago from 1919. Here he played with Tony Jackson (De Luxe Café, 1920), Carroll Dickerson (Sunset Café, 1923), Doc Cooke, Jimmie Noone (Paradise Gardens), Lil Armstrong (Dreamland, 1925-26), Dave Peyton (1927), Doc Cooke (1927), Earl Hines ( Grand Terrace, 1929-31) and participated in numerous recordings. The sessions with Luis Russell, Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers, Johnny Dodds' New Orleans Bootblacks, and Wanderers are especially worth mentioning.

After leaving Earl Hines in 1931, he soon abandoned active music to become a bank boy. George Mitchell is a generous, delicate, and, at the same time, passionate trumpet player, very representative of the New Orleans style of which, however, he was not a native.
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