J. R. Mitchell
American musician
Died when: 66 years 287 days (801 months)Star Sign: Aries

James Roland "J.R." Mitchell (April 13, 1937 – January 25, 2004) was an American jazz drummer and educator who sought to promote awareness of the African American music experience.
In the early 1980s, jazz journalist and Washington Post music critic W.Royal Stokes wrote, "J.R.Mitchell is the renaissance man of jazz."
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