Tom Mitchell (5)

Saxophonist, flautist, arranger, and audio engineer, best known as a member of Jimmy Buffett's Coral Reefer Band, which he joined in 1994. He played with Buffett for twelve years, and appeared on fifteen of Buffett's albums. Mitchell grew up in the Midwest. During his studies at the University of Miami School of Music, he became immersed in the vibrant Haitian music scene in Miami. He ended up playing with a group called Magnum Band, and eventually moved to Haiti with them and lived in Port-au-Prince for about two years. The band moved again, this time to New York, where Mitchell got the chance to play several other Haitian artists, including Tabou Combo, RAM (16), and Ti Manno. His other performance and recording credits have included Little Feat, Paul Simon, Brian Wilson, Joe Walsh, Clint Black, Slide Hampton, Terence Blanchard, Douglas Cuomo, and EAS Band. After studies at the Institute of Audio Research in New York, he started working as an engineer and producer, and was a staff engineer at the Data Bank studio for six years, then co-founded and ran K Studios in Brooklyn from 1993-2001. Mitchell returned to the University of Miami Frost School of Music in 2014 and now holds a Master of Science in Music Engineering Technology (GMuE) degree. Since graduation he has worked for Chautauqua Institution as Senior Staff Audio Engineer, and for the Palm Beach County School District as an Artist in Residence.