What I Am was recorded back in 1978 in the midst of the musician's 24-year voluntary exile to Sweden as a political protest against what he saw as the U.S. "institutionalization of violence and racism ...

PLAINVILLE — Red Mitchell, wearing a green apron, is not what you expect. The first name, he will tell you, connotes the bright carrot-colored hair of an Irishman, as most of his customers once ...

Piano/bass duos are not as commonplace as piano/bass/drums trios, probably because duos rarely make up a regularly working group. That doesn't mean that the frequently one-off recordings by duos ...

After my post last week on trumpeter Tony Fruscella, reader Don Frese wrote and asked if knew of bassist Red Mitchell's vocalese rendition of Fruscella's recording of I'll Be Seeing You. That song ...

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