Ollie Mitchell

Edward Oliver "Ollie" Mitchell ( born April 8, 1927 in Los Angeles, † May 11 2013 in Puako, Hawaii) was an American studio and jazz trumpeter (also trombone) and bandleader.

Life and work

Mitchell's father was Harold " Pappy " Mitchell, the lead trumpet at the MGM studios was and his son from the age of five years gave trumpet lessons. This played in a teenage band in the show by Hoagy Carmichael, then 1945 Marine Band on the aircraft carrier USS Lexington to belong. Then he served as first trumpet in the big bands of Harry James, Buddy Rich, Perez Prado, Pete Rugolo, Shorty Rogers, Stan Kenton and since 1960 in the NBC Orchestra. As a studio musician, he also served in the formation of The Wrecking Crew, which, inter alia, when recording the Beach Boys, The Mamas & the Papas, The Monkees ( " Valleri " 1967), The Carpenters, The Fifth Dimension, Simon & Garfunkel, Nat King Cole, Sammy Davis Jr., Bob Dylan ( Self Portrait 1970), Connie Francis, Del Shannon, Rick Nelson, Randy Newman, Bobby Darin, Steely Dan ( Pretzel Logic 1974) and Joan Baez ( Diamonds & Rust 1975) participated. He also played in Herb Alpert's Tijuana 1964 Brass and looked at Ike and Tina Turner's Phil Spector -produced successful tracks River Deep Mountain High, as well as Lee and Nancy Sinatra hit Hazlewoods These Boots Are Made for Walkin ' with. In Los Angeles, he headed since 1978 also has its own big band, Ollie Mitchell 's Sunday strip. Under his own name he presented the albums In Orbit (1978) and Blast Off ( Pausa Records, 1983).

After Mitchell lived as a pensioner since 1982, he moved to Honolulu in 1985 years. There he played with Harvey Ragsdale. On Big Iceland he founded in 1995 the band Olliephonics. In the field of jazz Mitchell worked 1951-1984 with at 117 recording sessions.