COOTIE WILLIAMS

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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
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COOTIE WILLIAMS Cootie Williams And His Orchestra : Echo Of Harlem album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Cootie Williams And His Orchestra : Echo Of Harlem
Swing 1956
COOTIE WILLIAMS Cootie & Rex : The Big Challenge album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Cootie & Rex : The Big Challenge
Swing 1957
COOTIE WILLIAMS Cootie Williams in Hi Fi (aka Cootie Williams In Stereo) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Cootie Williams in Hi Fi (aka Cootie Williams In Stereo)
Swing 1958
COOTIE WILLIAMS Cootie Williams And Wini Brown ‎: Around Midnight album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Cootie Williams And Wini Brown ‎: Around Midnight
Swing 1959
COOTIE WILLIAMS Cootie album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Cootie
Swing 1959
COOTIE WILLIAMS Do Nothing Till You Hear From . . . Cootie album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Do Nothing Till You Hear From . . . Cootie
Swing 1960
COOTIE WILLIAMS The Solid Trumpet Of Cootie Williams album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Solid Trumpet Of Cootie Williams
Swing 1962
COOTIE WILLIAMS Cootie Williams And His Orchestra (Decca) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Cootie Williams And His Orchestra (Decca)
Swing 1970
COOTIE WILLIAMS New York 1944 - Sextet And Big Band album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
New York 1944 - Sextet And Big Band
Swing 1975
COOTIE WILLIAMS Cootie Williams & Rex Stewart : Swing Together! album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Cootie Williams & Rex Stewart : Swing Together!
Swing 1991

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COOTIE WILLIAMS Cootie & Rex : The Big Challenge album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Cootie & Rex : The Big Challenge
Swing 1957
COOTIE WILLIAMS Un Concert À Minuit (aka Un Concierto A Medianoche) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Un Concert À Minuit (aka Un Concierto A Medianoche)
Swing 1960

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COOTIE WILLIAMS Cootie + Un Concert A Minuit Avec Cootie Williams album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Cootie + Un Concert A Minuit Avec Cootie Williams
Swing 2011

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