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Red Mitchell
Sign in to saveAmerican jazz double-bassist, composer, lyricist, and poet (1927-1992)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Rodeo
- Rodeo Slayride
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Film & TV
Houston, Texas, USA
Mark Benton "Red" Mitchell (August 1, 1961-August 11, 1994) was an American actor. He is best known for portraying American bullrider Cody Lambert in the film 8 Seconds. Red attended high school in Splendora, Texas, where he was an all-district athlete in football, baseball and basketball - but it was also there that he discovered his love for poetry and drama. He graduated with a BA in Drama…
Known for
- 8 Seconds — Cody Lambert1994
- South of Sunset — Reese1993
- JFK — Sgt. Harkness1991
- Challenger — Lamberth's Assistant1990
- Night Game — Fat Boy1989
- Blind Fury — Cornfield Killer #41989
- Sharing Richard1988
- Unsolved Mysteries — Killer1988
- Forever Evil — Marc1987
- The Outing — Mike Daley1987
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- Canada
- Active from
- 1943-11-07
Discography
- Song to a Seagull1968
- Clouds1969
- Ladies of the Canyon1970
- Blue1971
- For the Roses1972
- Court and Spark1974
- The Hissing of Summer Lawns1975
- Hejira1976
- Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter1977
- Mingus1979
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- 6,314
- Total plays
- 30,658
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Keith Moore Mitchell (September 20, 1927, New York City - November 8, 1992, Salem, Oregon), better known as Red Mitchell, was an American jazz double-bassist, composer, lyricist, and poet. Red was raised in New Jersey by a father who was an engineer and loved music, and a mother who loved poetry. His first instruments were piano, alto saxophone, and clarinet. Although Cornell University awarded an engineering scholarship to Mitchell, by 1947 he was in the US Army playing bass. The next year he
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Mitchell
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- Salem
- Sibling
- Whitey Mitchell
- Occupation
- lyricist
- Educated at
- Cornell University
- Award
- Gyllene Skivan
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- double bass
- Record label
- Bethlehem Records
- Official website
- www.redmitchell.com
- Image
- 65654 Down Town jazzklubb.jpg
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- date of death
- 1992-11-08
- date of birth
- 1927-09-20
- Commons category
- Red Mitchell
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