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About Larry Holloway
"Red is still there"
"Hi, this is Clark Terry here with a little blurb about a new friend
whom I just had an opportunity to work with .. well, I worked with him
some years ago when he was just a beginner, but he ain't no beginner any
more! And I had a beautiful concert with him last night at Willamette
University in Salem, Oregon. He just played so great, all I could do was
raise up and say, ‘hey, Mitch, is right here at my side, and he was!
He's a marvelous young man, he's a great player and he was the recipient
of the new Red Mitchell Memorial Fund Award which was set up by Red's
widow, Diane Mitchell. And he was the most deserving person I can think
of to receive it. He tunes the bass in 5ths like Red used to do and I
swear if you close your eyes and listen you can hear Mitch right there.
So my hats off to Larry. And all I can say to you, Larry, is keep on
keep'n on because you got it made baby!"
Clark Terry
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Press Release:
The first Red Mitchell Memorial Fund Scholarship was presented to Larry Holloway from Bellingham, Washington, at the Willamette University College festival in Salem, Oregon on Saturday February 8, 1997. Featured guest was Clark Terry who performed 4 duo tunes with Larry Holloway. Red Mitchell and Clark Terry recorded two CDs as a duo and performed throughout Europe in the late 1980's. Larry Holloway met Red Mitchell in 1991 and immediately decided to change the tuning of his bass to the fifths tuning that Red began in 1966. The scholarship was presented at the concert by Red Mitchell's widow, Diane Mitchell of Portland, Oregon. Future scholarships will be decided by a committee and awarded annually at the International Society of Bassist's Convention.
Bassist Larry Holloway
is hereby awarded the first
Red Mitchell Memorial Fund Scholarship
for his dedication to the challenge of experimentation
and the spirit of innovation that has encouraged
excellence in his technical skills and sensitivity
to the possibilities of the acoustic bass and
the heart of music.
February 8, 1997
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