Booty Wood

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Mitchell W. Wood, better known as Booty Wood (December 27, 1919, Dayton, Ohio - June 10, 1987, Dayton) was an American jazz trombonist.

Wood played professionally on trombone from the late 1930s. He worked with Tiny Bradshaw and Lionel Hampton in the 1940s before joining the Navy during World War II. While there he played in a band with Clark Terry, Willie Smith, and Gerald Wilson. After his service ended he returned to play with Hampton, then worked with Arnett Cobb (1947–48), Erskine Hawkins (1948-50), and Count Basie (1951).

He spent a few years outside music, then played with Duke Ellington in 1959-60 and again in 1963; he returned once more early in the 1970s. He again played with the Count Basie Orchestra from 1979 into the middle of the following decade.

Discography[]

As leader[]

  • Chelsea Bridge (Black and Blue, 1998)

As sideman[]

With Count Basie

With Duke Ellington

  • Blues in Orbit (Columbia, 1960)
  • Swinging Suites by Edward E. and Edward G. (Columbia, 1960)
  • The Nutcracker Suite (Columbia, 1960)
  • Piano in the Background (CBS, 1962)
  • My People (Contact, 1964)
  • New Orleans Suite (Atlantic, 1971)
  • The London Concert (United Artists, 1972)
  • Memorial (CBS, 1974)
  • The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse (Fantasy, 1975)
  • The Ellington Suites (Pablo, 1976)
  • Hot Summer Dance (Red Baron, 1991)

With Ella Fitzgerald

  • A Perfect Match with the Count Basie Orchestra (Pablo, 1980)
  • A Classy Pair with the Count Basie Orchestra (Pablo, 1982)

With others

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