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Duke Ellington – piano; Cat Anderson, Mercer Ellington, Herb Jones, Cootie Williams - trumpet; Lawrence Brown, Buster Cooper - trombone; Chuck Connors - bass trombone; Russell Procope - alto saxophone, clarinet; Johnny Hodges - alto saxophone; Jimmy Hamilton - tenor saxophone, clarinet; Paul Gonsalves - tenor saxophone; Harry ...
Vor einem Tag · Trumpeter Cootie Williams (1911-1985) will always be most famous for his association with Duke Ellington. He became Bubber Miley’s successor as Ellington’s plunger mute specialist during 1929-40 and, after a 22-year “vacation, he returned for another dozen years (1962-74). Williams had his own sound, could also play top-notch unmuted ...
Williams rose to prominence as a member of Duke Ellington 's orchestra when the band was playing at the Cotton Club, with which he first performed from 1929 to 1940. He also recorded his own sessions during this time, both freelance and with other Ellington sidemen.
This album recorded by the 1966 band was with the purpose of re-recording items that had become perennial favourites in the Ellington library. An album for this purpose would have to start with the ‘A Train’; nothing else could fill the bill. Cootie Williams is featured on this version, Johnny Hodges is heard to good effect on ‘I Got It ...
Cootie Williams blieb bis 1940 bei Ellington, wo er rasch zu einem der wichtigsten Musiker in der hochkarätigen Besetzung der Band wurde. Seine Soli prägten zahlreiche Ellington-Aufnahmen der 1930er Jahre wie „Saratoga Swing“, „Ring Dem Bells“ und dem „Concerto for Cootie“ (1940), das als „ Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me ...
25. März 2024 · This four disc, 92 song anthology covers the famed horn man from his pre-Ellington days through his most famous time with the Duke, then venturing out on his own before returning to the fold. It’s an boxed set that shows an era of musicians that relied on creating a unique and immediately identifiable voice more than displaying mindless mega ...
25. Okt. 2019 · Composed and arranged by Duke Ellington. Recorded by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra for Victor on March 15,1940 in Chicago. Duke Ellington, piano, directing: Wallace Jones, first trumpet; Rex Stewart, cornet; Cootie Williams, solo trumpet; Juan Tizol, first (valve) trombone; Joseph Nanton and Lawrence Brown, trombones; Otto ...
