Mitchell W. Wood, better known as Booty Wood (December 27, 1919 – June 10, 1987) was an American

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a majo ...

trombonist.

Career

Wood played professionally on trombone from the late 1930s. He worked with

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- accessed July 2010 was an American

and

Lionel Hampton Lionel Leo Hampton (April 20, 1908 – August 31, 2002) was an American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, and bandleader. Hampton worked with jazz musicians from Teddy Wilson, Benny Goodman, and Buddy Rich, to Charlie Parker, Charle ...

in the 1940s before joining the

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during

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. While there he played in a band with

Clark Terry Clark Virgil Terry Jr. (December 14, 1920 – February 21, 2015) was an American swing and bebop trumpeter, a pioneer of the flugelhorn in jazz, and a composer and educator. He played with Charlie Barnet (1947), Count Basie (1948–51), Duke ...

, Willie Smith, and

Gerald Wilson Gerald Stanley Wilson (September 4, 1918 – September 8, 2014) was an American jazz trumpeter, big band bandleader, composer, arranger, and educator. Born in Mississippi, he was based in Los Angeles from the early 1940s. In addition to being a ...

. After his service ended he returned to play with Hampton, then worked with Arnett Cobb (1947–48),

Erskine Hawkins Erskine Ramsay Hawkins (July 26, 1914 – November 11, 1993) was an American trumpeter and big band leader from Birmingham, Alabama, dubbed "The 20th Century Gabriel". He is best remembered for composing the jazz standard " Tuxedo Junction ...

(1948-50), and

Count Basie William James "Count" Basie (; August 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984) was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. In 1935, he formed the Count Basie Orchestra, and in 1936 took them to Chicago for a long engagement and th ...

(1951). He spent a few years outside music, then played with

Duke Ellington Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra from 1923 through the rest of his life. Born and raised in Washington, D.C., Ellington was ba ...

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'' (

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, 1998)

As sideman

With

* ''

Digital III at Montreux ''Digital III at Montreux'' is a 1979 live album featuring a compilation of performances by Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Joe Pass, and Ray Brown, recorded at the 1979 Montreux Jazz Festival. It was produced and h ...

'' with Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Pass (Pablo, 1979) – first two tracks only * ''

Kansas City Shout ''Kansas City Shout'' is a 1980 studio album by Count Basie and his orchestra with singer Big Joe Turner and saxophonist/vocalist Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson. Track listing # "Just a Dream (On My Mind)" ( Big Bill Broonzy) – 3:44 # "Blues for Joe ...

'' (

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, 1980) * '' On the Road'' (Pablo, 1980) * '' Warm Breeze'' (Pablo, 1981) * '' Farmer's Market Barbecue'' (Pablo, 1982) * ''

88 Basie Street ''88 Basie Street'' is a 1983 studio album by Count Basie. At the 27th Grammy Awards, Count Basie won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Big Band for ''88 Basie Street''. Track listing Personnel * Count Basie – piano * ...

'' (Pablo, 1984) * '' Fancy Pants'' (Pablo, 1987) With

* ''

Blues in Orbit ''Blues in Orbit'' is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded for the Columbia label in 1959 and released in 1960.Columbia Columbia may refer to: * Columbia (personification), the historical female national personification of the United States, and a poetic name for America Places North America Natural features * Columbia Plateau, a geologic and geographic region in ...

, 1960) * '' Swinging Suites by Edward E. and Edward G.'' (Columbia, 1960) * ''

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'' (Columbia, 1960) * ''

Piano in the Background ''Piano in the Background'' is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded and released on the Columbia label in 1960.CBS, 1962) * '' My People'' (Contact, 1964) * ''

New Orleans Suite ''New Orleans Suite'' is a studio album by the American pianist, composer, and bandleader Duke Ellington, recorded and released on the Atlantic label in 1970.

'' (

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, 1971) * ''The London Concert'' (

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, 1972) * ''Memorial'' (CBS, 1974) * ''

The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse ''The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse'' (subtitled ''A Suite in Eight Parts'') is a studio album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded in 1971 and released on the Fantasy label in 1975. Like other world music-influenced suit ...

'' (

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, 1975) * ''

The Ellington Suites ''The Ellington Suites'' is an album by the American pianist, composer, and bandleader Duke Ellington. It collects three suites recorded in 1959, 1971, and 1972, and was released on the Pablo label in 1976.

'' (Pablo, 1976) * ''

Hot Summer Dance ''Hot Summer Dance'' is a live album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded at Mather Air Force Base in California and first released as a CD on Bob Thiele's Red Baron label in 1983.

'' (Red Baron, 1991) With

Ella Fitzgerald Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917June 15, 1996) was an American jazz singer, sometimes referred to as the "First Lady of Song", "Queen of Jazz", and "Lady Ella". She was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing, timing, i ...

* '' A Perfect Match'' with the Count Basie Orchestra (Pablo, 1980) * ''

A Classy Pair ''A Classy Pair'' is a 1979 studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, accompanied by the Count Basie Orchestra, with arrangements by Benny Carter. This was Fitzgerald and Basie's second studio recording after '' Ella and Basie!'' ...

'' with the Count Basie Orchestra (Pablo, 1982) With others *

Harry Carney Harry Howell Carney (April 1, 1910 – October 8, 1974) was a jazz saxophonist and clarinettist who spent over four decades as a member of the Duke Ellington Orchestra. He played a variety of instruments but primarily used the baritone saxophon ...

, ''Rock Me Gently'' (

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, 1961) * Arnett Cobb, '' Arnett Blows for 1300'' ( Delmark, 1994) *

Paul Gonsalves Paul Gonsalves ( – ) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist best known for his association with Duke Ellington. At the 1956 Newport Jazz Festival, Gonsalves played a 27-chorus solo in the middle of Ellington's " Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blu ...

, ''

Ellingtonia Moods and Blues ''Ellingtonia Moods and Blues'' is an album recorded in 1960 led by Paul Gonsalves. Reception In a review for AllMusic, Cub Koda called the album "one potent date," and wrote: "This is jazz from the days when albums were recorded in one day, and ...

'' (

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, 1971) *

Johnny Hodges Cornelius "Johnny" Hodges (July 25, 1907 – May 11, 1970) was an American alto saxophonist, best known for solo work with Duke Ellington's big band. He played lead alto in the saxophone section for many years. Hodges was also featured on sopran ...

, ''The Smooth One'' ( Verve, 1979) * Norris Turney, ''I Let a Song...'' (Black and Blue, 1978) * Sarah Vaughan, '' Send in the Clowns'' (Pablo, 1981)

References

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