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Whitey Mitchell Biography
Mitchell was the brother of bassist Red Mitchell. He began on clarinet and tuba as a youngster before choosing bass as his primary instrument. He played with Elinor Sherry and Shep Fields in the early 1950s before serving in the Army during the Korean War. From 1954 he worked freelance in New York City, playing with Gene Krupa (1955), Tony Scott, J.J. Johnson, Kai Winding, Pete Rugolo, Lester Young, Charlie Ventura, Herbie Mann, Betty Roche, Oscar Pettiford (1956-1957), Gene Quill, Mat Mathews, Joe Puma, Johnny Richards, Peter Appleyard, Andre Previn, and Benny Goodman (1963-1964). He released an album under his own name with ABC-Paramount in 1956, and worked with Red and Blue Mitchell in 1958 as "The Mitchells" on a Metrojazz release.
After 1965 he largely ceased playing jazz and moved to Hollywood on advice from Lenny Bruce to pursue a career as a television writer and producer. He worked on shows such as Get Smart, All in the Family, The Jeffersons, Good Times, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Odd Couple, Mork and Mindy, and several Bob Hope television specials.
Mitchell taught screenwriting at UCLA and UC Riverside. In 1995 he moved to Palm Desert, California, where he had his own radio show, The Power Lunch and wrote a golf column for a local magazine. He occasionally played jazz in nightclubs late in life. He was the author of two books, Hackensack to Hollywood: My Two Show Business Careers" and Star Walk: A Guide to the Palm Springs Walk of Stars''.
Source: Wikipedia Whitey Mitchell page
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