Cootie Williams

The story

Charles Melvin "Cootie" Williams was an American jazz, jump blues, and rhythm and blues trumpeter.

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Stories

Beyond the records: books, other lives and interviews.

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Records

• The Ellington's Days 1929/1940 · 2002 · compilation
• Jazz in Paris: Jazz at Midnight · 2002 · compilation
• Sextet & Big Band 1941/1944 · 1995 · compilation
• I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 12 · 1980 · compilation
• Hodge Podge · 1974 · compilation

Records from MusicBrainz, completed with the release lists of Deezer. Sleeves from the Cover Art Archive and the same lists.

Bands and projects

• 1940
  The Benny Goodman Sextet
• Cootie Williams and His Orchestra
• Cootie Williams and His Rug Cutters
• Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
• Cootie Williams Septet
• Rex Stewart and the Ellington Alumni All Stars
• Metronome All Stars
• Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra
• The Whoopee Makers
• Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra
• Duke Ellington And His Cotton Club Orchestra
• Benny Goodman And His Orchestra
• Benny Goodman Septet
• The Harlem Footwarmers
• Leonard Feather All Stars
• The Jungle Band
• The Georgia Syncopators
• Johnny Hodges And His Orchestra

The bands Cootie Williams played in, each with its own records. From MusicBrainz and Discogs.

Also plays on

Records by other artists with Cootie Williams in the credits, from the song and record credits of MusicBrainz and Discogs. Their own bands are above.

Playlists with Cootie Williams in them: Sonic Architects selections and Pause & Record tapes from linr listeners, Deezer’s editors and curators, radio shows on Mixcloud and ListenBrainz playlists. Every tile opens on linr first, with the original one link away.

If you like Cootie Williams

• Lucky Millinder3 sources agree
• Naomi & Her Handsome Devils3 sources agree
• Rex Stewart2 sources agree
• Erskine Hawkins2 sources agree
• Hot Sugar Band2 sources agree
• Mills Blue Rhythm Band2 sources agree
• Slim & Slam2 sources agree
• Brooks Prumo Orchestra2 sources agree
• The Big 182 sources agree
• Buddy Johnson2 sources agree
• Fats Waller2 sources agree
• Stan Kenton and His Orchestravia The Benny Goodman Sextet

Where the listeners of ListenBrainz, Last.fm and Deezer agree, with the circle of Cootie Williams’s own bands. A source that names other people with the same name is left out.