CHARLES MELVIN ''COOTIE'' WILLIAMS

CHARLES MELVIN ''COOTIE'' WILLIAMS

Cootie Williams, plays the trumpet - Growl with particular expressiveness, supported by an excellent technique and a powerful voice. Cootie was one of the most original interpreters of many of Duke Ellington's compositions, and he distinguished himself for the use of the Plunger muter.

B. July 10, 1908 - Mobile, Alabama
D. September 15, 1985 - New York

1. Mobile Blues (D. Ellington)
Cootie Williams And His Rug Cutters:
Cootie Williams (tp) - Barney Bigard (cl/ts) Johnny Hodges (cl/as) - Otto Hardwicke (bs) - Duke Ellington (pn)
Billy Taylor (sb) - Sonny Greer (dm) - 1938 New York

2. Fiesta In Blue (B. Goodman)
Benny Goodman And His Orchestra:
Cootie Williams, Billy Butterfield, Jimmy Maxwell,
Irving Goodman (tp) -
Lou McGarity, Cutty Cutshall (tb) - Benny Goodman (cl)
Les Robinson, Gus Bivona (as) - George Auld,
Pete Mondello (ts) - Skip Martin (bs) - Johnny Guarnieri (pn)
Mike Bryan (gt) - Art Bernstein (sb) - Dave Tough (dm)
Jimmy Mundy (arr) 1941 New York

3. Riding on A Blue Note (D. Ellington)
Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra:
Rex Stewart (cn) - Cootie Williams, Wallace Jones (tp)
Lawrence Brown, Joe Nanton, Juan Tizol (tb)
Barney Bigard (cl/ts) - Johnny Hodges, Otto Hardwicke (as)
Harry Carney (bs) - Duke Ellington (pn) -
Hayes Alvis, Billy Taylor (sb) -Sonny Greer (dm) - 1938 New York

4. Fly Right (Epistrophy) - T. Monk- K. Clarke- Cootie Williams
Cootie Williams And His Orchestra:
Cootie Williams, Milton Flether, Joe Guy, Louis Bacon (tp)
Jonas Walker, Robert Horton, Sandy Williams (tb)
Charlie Holmes, Eddie Vinson (as)
Bob Dorsey, Greely Walton (ts)
John Williams (bs) - Kenny Kersey (pn) - Norman Keenan (sb)
Butch Ballard (dm) - Dave McRae (arr) - 1942 Chicago