. "2004Z"^^ . . "James Roland \"J. R.\" Mitchell (April 13, 1937 \u2013 January 25, 2004) was a 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.\""@en . "1960Z"^^ . . . . . . "J. R. Mitchell"@en . "James Roland Mitchell"@en . . . "1937-04-13Z"^^ . "1937Z"^^ . . . . . "non_vocal_instrumentalist" . "American musician" . "2004Z"^^ . . . "2004-01-25Z"^^ . "Mitchell, J. R."@en .