Booty Wood | |
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| Birth name | Mitchell W. Wood |
| Born | December 27, 1919 Wedowee, Alabama, U.S.[1] |
| Died | June 10, 1987 (aged 67) Dayton, Ohio, U.S.[1] |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Instrument | Trombone |
Mitchell W. Wood, better known asBooty Wood (December 27, 1919 – June 10, 1987)[2] was an Americanjazz trombonist.
Wood played professionally on trombone from the late 1930s. He worked withTiny Bradshaw andLionel Hampton in the 1940s before joining theNavy duringWorld War II.[3] While there he played in a band withClark Terry,Willie Smith, andGerald Wilson.[3] After his service ended he returned to play with Hampton, then worked withArnett Cobb (1947–1948),Erskine Hawkins (1948–1950), andCount Basie (1951).[3]
He spent a few years outside music, then played withDuke Ellington in 1959–1960 and again in 1963; he returned once more early in the 1970s.[3] He again played with the Count Basie Orchestra from 1979 into the middle of the following decade.[4]
WithCount Basie
WithDuke Ellington
WithElla Fitzgerald
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