Jazzmobile Summerfest – Danny Mixon Quartet
A prolific piano virtuoso who has performed in the U.S. and internationally, Daniel Asbury Mixon was born in Harlem and raised in Brooklyn, New York. He studied and performed as a tap dancer at the Ruth Williams Dance Studio. Danny attended the High School of Performing Arts with dance as his major.
Danny Mixon has recorded and played extensively with Charles Mingus and Dannie Richmond in the late 70s. He began playing the organ at Brooklyn’s Baby Grand with Carlos Garnet, and accompanied Big Maybelle at the Blue Coronet. In the mid 90s he appeared regularly at Showman’s as an organist.
Danny has worked with legendary performers as Lionel Hampton, Joe Williams, and Frank Foster.
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