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1. Juli 2017 · July 1, 2017. Jazz Birthday. Charles Melvin “Cootie” Williams was born in Mobile, Alabama, on either July 24, 1908 (according to Encyclopedia Britannica) or July 10, 1911 (according to Wikipedia). His nickname came about when his father took him to a band concert. After the concert, when his father asked young Charles what he’d heard, he ...
16. Sept. 1985 · He was 77 years old and lived in Queens. Mr. Williams was the last surviving member of the Ellington Orchestra of the 1920's. He joined in 1928 when the band was playing at the Cotton Club. Two ...
Charles Melvin Williams. Trumpeter, Bandleader. (1910 - 1985) Cootie Williams was an integral part of Duke Ellington ’s band and a valued soloist from 1929-1940. He replaced trumpeter Bubber Miley whose plunger mute and growl contributed to the Ellington band’s distinctive sound. Williams was able to expand on that role with his superior ...
Cootie Williams. Charles Melvin " Cootie " Williams (July 10, 1911 – September 15, 1985) was an American jazz, jump blues, and rhythm and blues trumpeter. Show Less... Continue reading at Wikipedia... Birth and Death Data: Born July 10, 1911 ( Mobile ), Died September 15, 1985 ( New York City) Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1929 - 1942.
25. Okt. 2019 · (This technique was a specialty of James “Bubber” Miley, whose place Williams assumed in the Ellington band in 1929.) While this effect turns up again in Ellington’s 1940 concerto, …in this performance Williams shows a wider range of style and expression. “Concerto for Cootie” is the best single introduction to the trumpeter’s ...
mother a pianist and church organist, d.1918. siblings four brothers (including twins, of whom only one lived) wife Catherine Williams. The sound of his trumpet - with a mute or played open - was a memorable part of the Duke Ellington band during 1929 to 1940, during some of its most classic years. He inspired Ellington to compose two numbers ...
Starting as a teenager, Cootie Williams played with a variety of local bands in the South, coming to New York with Alonzo Ross' Syncopators. He played for a short time with the orchestras of Chick Webb and Fletcher Henderson (recording with the latter), before joining Duke Ellington as Miley's replacement in February 1929. He was a fixture with Duke's band during the next 11 years, not only ...
