It's a disgrace that many of Billy Mitchell's leadership albums aren't available on CD or via download. Mitchell was a tenor saxophonist of extraordinary power and skill, and yet today he's virtually unknown. Many jazz musicians like Mitchell had the misfortune of recording for labels in the 1960s and '70s that were so small that the master tapes were l…
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