Cootie Williams
Cootie Williams
Genres: jazz, swing, trumpet, cootie, jazztrumpet
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About Cootie Williams
Charles Melvin ("Cootie") Williams (July 24, 1910 - September 15, 1985) was an American jazz and rhythm and blues trumpeter. He rose to prominence as a member of Duke Ellington's orchestra, with which he performed from 1929 to 1940. He also recorded his own sessions during this time, both freelance and with other Ellington sidemen. In 1940 he joined Benny Goodman's orchestra, then in 1941 formed his own orchestra, in which over the years he employed Charlie Parker, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Bud Powell, Eddie Vinson, and other important young players. He began to play more rhythm and blues in the late 1940s. In the 1950s he toured with small groups and fell into obscurity. In 1962 he rejoined Ellington and stayed with the orchestra till 1974, after Ellington's death. Cootie Williams was renowned for his use of the plunger mute, and is reputed to have inspired Wynton Marsalis's use of it. Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cootie_Williams"
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Cootie Williams — Top 30 songs of 41
| Artist | Song title | Like / Dislike | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cootie Williams | Don't Get Around Much Anymore | ||
| Cootie Williams | Honeysuckle Rose | ||
| Cootie Williams | I Should A' Been Thinkin' Instead Of Drinkin' | ||
| Cootie Williams | I Want To Be Loved | ||
| Cootie Williams | It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing | ||
| Cootie Williams | The Boppers | ||
| Cootie Williams | When The Saints Go Marching In | ||
| Cootie Williams | You Talk A Little Trash | ||
| Cootie Williams | Do Some War Work Baby [1944] | ||
| Cootie Williams | w Pearl Bailey Tess's Torch Song 1944 | ||
| Cootie Williams | On the Street Where you Live | ||
| Cootie Williams | Please Give Your Love to Me | ||
| Cootie Williams | Airmail Special | ||
| Cootie Williams | West End Blues | ||
| Cootie Williams | Inflation Blues | ||
| Cootie Williams | Down town uproar | ||
| Cootie Williams | Have a heart | ||
| Cootie Williams | Perdido | ||
| Cootie Williams | Slidin' and Glidin' | ||
| Cootie Williams | Block Rock [2T3q] | ||
| Cootie Williams | Gotta Do Some War Work Baby | ||
| Cootie Williams | Let's Toot | ||
| Cootie Williams | Fly Right | ||
| Cootie Williams | Give it up | ||
| Cootie Williams | Beautiful romance | ||
| Cootie Williams | Chasin' chippies | ||
| Cootie Williams | Dïga diga do | ||
| Cootie Williams | She's gone | ||
| Cootie Williams | Floogie Boo | ||
| Cootie Williams | Night Cap |