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Cootie Williams

tr, 1911-1985 US, Mobile, Alabama
Musician of Jazz
A.k.a. Charles Melvin Williams

American jazz trumpet player, born July 10, 1911 in Mobile, Alabama, USA and died September 15, 1985 in New York City, New York, USA.

     
Instruments
  • Trumpet
  • Vocals
  • Percussion
Genres
  • Jazz
  • Blues
  • Pop
Popular Tracks   
Juice Head Baby on Presenting Cootie Williams by Cootie Williams
Slidin' And Glidin' on Presenting Cootie Williams by Cootie Williams
Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me on Do Nothing Till You Hear from... Cootie by Cootie Williams
Just in Time on Presenting Cootie Williams by Cootie Williams
You Talk A Little Trash on Presenting Cootie Williams by Cootie Williams
Round Midnight on Soundtrack by Cootie Williams
Rinky Dink - Remastered on Golden Selection by Cootie Williams
Summit Ridge Drive on Presenting Cootie Williams by Cootie Williams
Alabamy Home on Presenting Cootie Williams by Cootie Williams
It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) on Do Nothing Till You Hear from... Cootie by Cootie Williams

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Band Members
Discography



Title Artist Year Type
In Chronology - 1941-1944Cootie Williams2009Album
In Chronology - 1945-1946Cootie Williams2009Album
In Chronology - 1946-1949Cootie Williams2009Album
Jazz At MidnightJoe Newman / Cootie Williams2002Compil.
Le Grandi Trombe Del JazzMiles Davis, Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Chet Baker, Wynton Marsalis, Fats Navarro, Shorty Rogers, Cootie Williams2002Compil.
Echoes Of Harlem Big Bands: The Complete Capitol SessionsBenny Carter, Cootie Williams1999Compil.
The Duke's MenJohnny Hodges, Rex Stewart, Cootie Williams, Barney Bigard, Duke Ellington1997Compil.
Echoes Of HarlemCootie Williams1996Compil.
Echoes Of HarlemCootie Williams1995Compil.
Sextet & Big Band 1941/1944Cootie Williams, Cootie Williams And His Orchestra1995Compil.
Carnegie Hall '64 - Volume TwoDuke Ellington And His Orchestra Featuring Paul Gonsalves, Johnny Hodges, Cootie Williams1995Album
Cootie Williams Sextet And OrchestraCootie Williams1995Album
Duke Ellington's Trumpeters 1937-1940Cootie Williams, Rex Stewart1991Compil.
Jazz GiantsDuke Ellington - Johnny Hodges - Cootie Williams - Cat Anderson - The Charlie Parker Quintet - Dizzy Gillespie Big Band1991Compil.
The Jazz Singers - Vocals By Great InstrumentalistsLouis Armstrong, Fats Waller, Jack Teagarden, Dizzy Gillespie, Jelly Roll Morton, Bunny Berigan, Cootie Williams, Earl Hines, Roy Eldridge, Teddy Bunn, Don Redman, Lionel Hampton, Wingy Manone, George Brunies, Hot Lips Page, Henry "Red" Allen, Sy Oliver, Ray Nance, Charlie Shavers1991Compil.
Rhythm In A RiffBilly Eckstine And Cootie Williams1988Album
Rhythm And Jazz In The Mid FortiesCootie Williams1988Compil.
Cootie In Hi-FiCootie Williams1986Album
Cootie Williams And His Savoy Ballroom OrchestraCootie Williams And His Savoy Ballroom Orchestra Featuring Wini Brown With Larry Dale, George Clarke, Al Sears, Edwin Wilcox1986Album
Echoes Of HarlemCootie Williams1986Compil.
Cootie And The Boys From HarlemCootie Williams1986Compil.
TyphoonCootie Williams1985Compil.
I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 12Duke Ellington / Johnny Hodges / Cootie Williams / Cat Anderson1980Album
New York 1944 - Sextet And Big BandCootie Williams1975Album
Big Band BounceBenny Carter & Cootie Williams1972Compil.
Big Sound TrumpetsHot Lips Page, Cootie Williams1971Compil.
The Duke's MenDuke Ellington, Barney Bigard, Rex Stewart, Johnny Hodges, Cootie Williams1968Compil.
Hodge PodgeJohnny Hodges And His Orchestra Featuring Duke Ellington, Lawrence Brown & Cootie Williams1968Compil.
Hodge PodgeJohnny Hodges And His Orchestra Featuring Duke Ellington, Lawrence Brown & Cootie Williams1968Compil.
Era Of The Swing TrumpetRoy Eldridge, Jonah Jones, Cootie Williams, Bobby Hackett, Hot Lips Page, Sidney De Paris1964Compil.
The Solid Trumpet Of Cootie WilliamsCootie Williams1962Album
Do Nothing Till You Hear From . . . CootieCootie Williams1960Album
CootieCootie Williams1959Album
Around MidnightCootie Williams And Wini Brown1959Album
Porgy & Bess RevisitedRex Stewart - Cootie Williams1959Album
Rinky Dink / Please Give Your Love To MeCootie Williams / Larry Dale1957Single
Tea And TrumpetsRex Stewart And Cootie Williams1957Single
The Big ChallengeCootie Williams & Rex Stewart1957Album
It's All In Your MindWini Brown And Larry Dale With Cootie WilliamsSingle
Rex Stewart / Cootie WilliamsRex Stewart / Cootie WilliamsCompil.
Ellington SidemenJohnny Hodges, Cootie Williams, Rex Stewart, Barney BigardCompil.
Newport Jazz Festival 3 July 1958/ Paris Jazz Festival 3 November 1965Cootie Williams, Rex Stewart, Tyree Glenn, Hilton Jefferson, Ben Webster, Billy Strayhorn, Oscar Pettiford, Sonny Greer, Roy Eldridge, Stuff Smith, Don Byas, Earl Hines, Jimmy Woode, Kenny ClarkeAlbum
1941-1947/1940-1946Cootie Williams, Hot Lips PageCompil.
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