Mitchell, George
(born: 1899 - died: 1972)George "Little Mitch" Mitchell, born in Louisville, KY, was a cornet player for a number of groups, including Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers. His career began in Louisville; in 1919 he left for Chicago, IL.
Mitchell recorded with a number of groups, including the New Orleans Wanderers when he replaced Louis Armstrong, who had a prior contract agreement. Mitchell stopped performing in the 1930s, and little is known about his life after that, other than he settled in Chicago and became a bank messenger (according to his entry in the Discography of American Historical Recordings). He died May 27, 1972 in Chicago.
For more see George Mitchell in The Red Hot Jazz Archive at syncopatedtimes.com; "George Mitchell" in the website Discography of American Historical Recordings; and The Rough Guide to Jazz, by D. Fairweather, B. Priestley, and I. Carr.
