is Billy Mitchell of the 80s the same Billy Mitchell of the 60s

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

i just got this cd from 1988 called billy mitchell in focus where u just plays keyboards, but it looks like him. u know, billy mitchell from the 60s, the sax player, billy mitchell/bobby hutcherson, all that. is it the same dude? discogs.com seems to think so...but yea.....

[marcello]

Totally different people, and I don't see how they look alike, but I still dig you, Chewy.

[Dan Gould]

AT least when I saw that 80s CD, I was smart enough to put it back in the rack.

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

whatevs i love late 80s LA smooth jazz

Totally different people, and I don't see how they look alike, but I still dig you, Chewy.

im going off memory of the TRIP reissue of the album w/ hutcherson, you could be most correct

[clifford_thornton]

Discogs is not that reliable sometimes.

[Big Beat Steve]

Here's a pic of Billy Mitchell the sax man with Joe Turner and members of the King Porter band (taken from the "Before Motown" book) in 1948.

Is it only my imagination or does he look uncannily like young Wynton M., He Who Must Not Be Named On This Forum, here?

[Larry Kart]

Here's a pic of Billy Mitchell the sax man with Joe Turner and members of the King Porter band (taken from the "Before Motown" book) in 1948.

Is it only my imagination or does he look uncannily like young Wynton M., He Who Must Not Be Named On This Forum, here?

Not particularly, to me.

[fomafomic65]

Here's a pic of Billy Mitchell the sax man with Joe Turner and members of the King Porter band (taken from the "Before Motown" book) in 1948.

Is it only my imagination or does he look uncannily like young Wynton M., He Who Must Not Be Named On This Forum, here?

Not particularly, to me.

Nice picture, thank you. After some months I still often listen to his Xanadu 'De Lawd's Blues' and 'Colossus Of Detroit'. What a great, soulful and strong sax player.

[Free For All]

When I joined Woody Herman in '84 we went to Europe with extra guests Zoot Sims, Sal Nistico, Bill Perkins and Billy Mitchell (Mitchell's not associated with Woody's band as much as the others- IIRC he was a last minute replacement for another player). That was a great trip, getting to meet and hear those guys. I gained a greater appreciation of all those players after that, especially Zoot.

Love Billy on The Magnificent Thad Jones.

[mikeweil]

I think Billy Mitchell and Thad Jones were a great combination! I love all their recordings together.

[marcello]

A pretty good line up here, including Billy Mitchell:

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

thats cool.....but what the hells up with herbie mann getting a bigger billing over Thelonious freaking Monk?

[Big Beat Steve]

Take a guess, Chewy. Whose records were selling better in the mid-60s?