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Whitey Mitchell
Steve Lacy and Whitey Mitchell
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Mention the soprano saxophone, and most people think first of Sidney Bechet, Lucky Thompson, Pony Poindexter, John Coltrane and Dave Liebman. But in the 1950s and beyond, the artist who did more to demonstrate the instrument's versatility across multiple jazz styles was Steve Lacy. He began in the early 1950s as a New Orleans-style player, using the instrument as a clarinet. Then he shifted to progressive jazz in the mid-1950s before becoming an early pioneer of avant-garde jazz with Cecil ...
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Noted Jazz Bassist and Award Winning Comedy Writer, Gordon "Whitey" Mitchell Passes Away on Feb. 17th
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Michael Ricci
Noted Jazz Bassist, Award-winning Television Writer/Producer and Author, Gordon Whitey Mitchell Loses brave battle with cancer on January 17th, 2009 at age 76 PALM DESERT -- Veteran jazz bassist, award winning television comedy writer, producer and author, Gordon Whitey Mitchell (Feb. 22, 1932 Jan. 17, 2009) has passed away on January 17th, at the age of seventy-six following a heroic two and a half year battle with cancer. He died at his beloved Palm Desert home with Marilyn, his wife ...
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