There have been very few products of this substance devoted specifically to Cootie Williams

Charles Melvin 'Cootie' Williams was a jazz trumpeter, born in Mobile Alabama in 1911, who enjoyed a lengthy career as a sideman and bandleader, and was especially renowned for his associations with Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman. This collection takes its title 'Concerto For Cootie' from a tune Duke Ellington composed in his honour. This collection is designed as a companion to a new biography of Cootie written by noted US writer and jazz researcher Steve Bowie which is being published by the University Press of Mississippi at the end of 2024. Mr. Bowie has researched, compiled and annotated this 93-track 4-CD collection, which comprises recordings made by Cootie across the first three decades and more of his career, and which represent his most important and most highly-regarded performances and collaborations. While well known for his solos with plunger muted trumpet, this collection also highlights Williams' range and versatility and virtuosity in his open trumpet and lead work. Inevitably, it features recordings made with many of the greatest names in jazz, swing and R&B, including not only Ellington and Goodman, but Charlie Christian, Charlie Parker, Pearl Bailey, Bud Powell, Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson, Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington, Rex Stewart, Johnny Hodges and many more. There have been very few products of this substance devoted specifically to Cootie Williams, so this will be a welcome addition offering an insight into his music and a varied and fascinating showcase for his huge contribution to the genre

Track Listing

• Mournful Tho'ts
• Chicago Blues
• Paducah
• Hot Feet
• Jazz Convulsions
• Oklahoma Stomp
• Ring Dem Bells
• Rockin' In Rhythm
• Echoes Of The Jungle
• It's Glory
• Bugle Call Rag
• Solitude
• Frolic Sam
• Caravan
• The New East St. Louis Toodle-O
• Digga Digga Do
• Blue Reverie
• Tiger Rag
• Alabamy Home
• Carelessly
• Stompology
• Peckin'
• Harmony In Harlem
• Echoes Of Harlem

• Chasin' Chippies
• Delta Mood
• The Boys From Harlem
• Mobile Blues
• Boudoir Benny
• Ain't The Gravy Good
• Savoy Strut
• Night Song
• Black Beauty
• Black Butterfly
• Tootin' Through The Roof
• Concerto For Cootie
• Harlem Air-Shaft
• Rumpus In Richmond
• In A Mellotone
• Wholly Cats
• Benny Rides Again
• Superman
• Let The Door Knob Hitcha
• Good Enough To Keep (Air Mail Special)
• Fiesta In Blue
• West End Blues
• Ain't Misbehavin'
• G-Men

• Fly Right (Epistrophy)
• Mop Mop
• Honeysuckle Rose
• Now I Know
• Tess's Torch Song (I Had A Man)
• Red Blues
• Roll 'Em
• You Talk A Little Trash
• Air Mail Special
• Round Midnight
• Floogie Boo
• Juice Head Baby
• House Of Joy
• Mood For Coot
• Echoes Of Harlem
• He Should'a Flip'd When He Flop'd
• Wrong Neighborhood
• Ain't Got No Blues Today
• I Can't Get Started
• Save The Bones For Henry Jones
• Typhoon
• Resolution Blues
• Let 'Em Roll
• Divorce Me C.O.D. Blues

• Lean, Baby
• Rinky Dink
• Alphonse And Gaston
• I Got A Right To Sing The Blues
• You've Been A Good Old Wagon
• Caravan
• Nevertheless I'm In Love With You
• New Concerto For Cootie
• Cootie's Blues (Cootie's Big Time Blues)
• Bess, You Is My Woman Now
• Night Train
• Lover
• Around Midnight
• It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing
• Some Of These Days
• September 12th Blues

Additional Details

Label: ACROBAT

Genre: Jazz

Run Time: 280 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 03/29/24

UPC: 824046718220