Booty Wood
American jazz musician
Mitchell W. Wood (December 27, 1919 – June 10, 1987), better known as Booty Wood, was an American jazz trombonist.
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.
Discography
As leader
Chelsea Bridge (Black & Blue, 1998)
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...
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