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Danach sammelte er erste Erfahrungen mit den Bands von Fletcher Henderson, Chick Webb und James P. Johnson, bevor er 1929 zur Band von Duke Ellington stieß, wo er Bubber Miley ersetzte, der die Band kurz zuvor verlassen hatte. In dem 1930 entstandenen Song „Ring Dem Bells“ war er auch als Scatsänger zu hören.
In dem 1930 entstandenen Song "Ring Dem Bells" war er als Scatsänger zu hören. 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 viele Ellington-Aufnahmen der 1930er Jahre.
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.
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.
Cootie Williams and His Orchestra (auch Cootie Williams Orchestra, Cootie and His Savoy Orchestra und Cootie Williams und sein Orchester) war eine amerikanische Bigband, die der Trompeter Cootie Williams von Ende 1941 bis 1947 leitete.
- Carl Pruitt
- Ed Burke, Danny Logan, Bob Horton
- Arnold Jarvis
- Cootie Williams, Ermit V. Perry, George Treadwell, Billy Ford, Gene Redd
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.
Charles "Cootie" Williams joined Duke Ellington in 1929 after working briefly with Chick Webb and Fletcher Henderson. Williams replaced the well known, uniquely stylized Bubber Miley, who specialized in a growling, plunger style. Ellington made great use of Williams in such features as "Concerto for Cootie," "Tutti for Cootie," and the full length versions of "Take the 'A' Train."
