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Red Mitchell

Red Mitchell, American bassist, composer, and poet (died 1992)

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Born
September 20, 1927
Died
November 8, 1992
Zodiac sign
Virgo
Birth year
1927

About Red Mitchell

Keith Moore "Red" Mitchell was an American jazz double-bassist, composer, lyricist, and poet. Saxophonist Harold Land and Mitchell founded and co-led a quintet in the early 1960s. Although Cornell University awarded him an engineering scholarship, by 1947 he was in the U.S. He won Sweden's Grammis Award in 1986 and again in 1991, for his recorded performances as a pianist, bassist, and vocalist, and for his compositions and poetic song lyrics.

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Red Mitchell timeline

  1. Although Cornell University awarded him an engineering scholarship, by 1947 he was in the U.S.
  2. He won Sweden's Grammis Award in 1986 and again in 1991, for his recorded performances as a pianist, bassist, and vocalist, and for his compositions and poetic song lyrics.

The world when Red Mitchell was born

Red Mitchell was born in 1927. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1927

  • #1 song"My Blue Heaven" – Gene Austin
  • Top movieThe Jazz Singer (first talking picture)
  • Best-selling bookElmer Gantry – Sinclair Lewis

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentBabe Ruth hits 60 home runs
  • Top headlineLindbergh completes first solo transatlantic flight
  • Technology milestoneThe Jazz Singer — first feature-length talking film
  • Defining fadDance marathons peak
  • Notable inventionPEZ candy dispensers
  • World population2.04 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderCalvin Coolidge
  • Sports championNew York Yankees (World Series)
  • U.S. population119.0M

1927 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Red Mitchell's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19272026
Gas$0.21$3.45/gal
Average home$6,100$435,000
Average income$3,700$67,500
Movie ticket$0.25$11.95
Postage stamp$0.02$0.73
Population119.0M341 million

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