Booty Wood
Wood (December 27, 1919 – June 10, 1987), better known as Booty Wood, was an American jazz trombonist.
Also recorded as Mitchell W. Wood · Bootie Wood
Booty Wood
- Name
- Booty Wood
- Birth Name
- Mitchell W.
- Born
- December 27, 1919
- Birthplace
- Wedowee, Alabama, U.S.
- Died
- June 10, 1987 (aged 67)
- Place of death
- Dayton, Ohio, U.S.
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- trombonist · musician
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• Name — Booty Wood • Birth Name — Mitchell W. Wood • Born — December 27, 1919 • Birthplace — Wedowee, Alabama, U.S. • Died — June 10, 1987 (aged 67) • Place of death — Dayton, Ohio, U.S. • Genre — Jazz • Instrument — Trombone
Documentary record
Booty Wood (27 December 1919 – 10 June 1987) is described as a musician and jazz musician in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. Booty Wood was born in Dayton, Ohio, United States (27 December 1919) and died in Dayton, Ohio, United States (10 June 1987).
Career
Career
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 (1947–1948), Erskine Hawkins (1948–1950), and Count Basie (1951). He spent a few years outside music, then played with Duke Ellington in 1959–1960 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.
As leader
As leader
• Chelsea Bridge (Black & Blue, 1998)
As sideman
As sideman
With Count Basie • Digital III at Montreux with Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Pass (Pablo, 1979) – first two tracks only • Kansas City Shout (Pablo, 1980) • On the Road (Pablo, 1980) • Warm Breeze (Pablo, 1981) • Farmer's Market Barbecue (Pablo, 1982) • 88 Basie Street (Pablo, 1984) • Fancy Pants (Pablo, 1987) 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 • Harry Carney, Rock Me Gently (Metronome, 1961) • Arnett Cobb, Arnett Blows for 1300 (Delmark, 1994) • Paul Gonsalves, Ellingtonia Moods and Blues (RCA, 1971) • Johnny Hodges, The Smooth One (Verve, 1979) • Norris Turney, I Let a Song... (Black & Blue, 1978) • Sarah Vaughan, Send in the Clowns (Pablo, 1981)
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- 1.Dance, Stanley. Mitchell "Booty" Wood [Obituary]. Jazz Journal International. 40. 10. 26. 1987. 2041-8833.
- 2.Booty Wood Biography, Songs, & Albums. AllMusic.
- 3.Colin Larkin. The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Guinness Publishing. 2725. 1992. 0-85112-939-0.
- 4.Burnside, Vanessa Sorrell. Randolph County native Booty Wood left mark on jazz world. The Randolph Leader.
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