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Red Mitchell

After joining a military band on piano and saxophone as part of his call-up for national service, Red Mitchell began his career as a performing musician on double bass. He initially played with Jackie Paris and Mundell Lowe, then in the late '40s with bandleader Chubby Jackson, before joining Woody Herman's band for three years. Health problems forced him to take a period of enforced rest in the early '50s, but he soon recovered and embarked on a series of collaborations with Red Norvo, Tal Farlow, Gerry Mulligan and Hampton Hawes. He played with Hampton Hawes for over ten years,...