Booty Wood

Booty Wood
Born
Mitchell W. Wood

(1919-12-27)December 27, 1919
Wedowee, Alabama, U.S.
DiedJuly 10, 1987(1987-07-10) (aged 67)
Dayton, Ohio, U.S.
GenreJazz
OccupationMusician
InstrumentTrombone
Years active1930s–1980s
LabelBlack & Blue
Formerly of

Mitchell W. "Booty" Wood (December 27, 1919 – June 10, 1987) was an American jazz trombonist.

Career

Wood played professionally as a trombonist from the late 1930s. He worked with Tiny Bradshaw and Lionel Hampton in the 1940s before joining the U.S. Navy during World War II. While there, he played in a band with Clark Terry, Willie Smith, and Gerald Wilson. After his service, he returned to play with Hampton, then worked with Arnett Cobb (1947–1948), Erskine Hawkins (1948–1950), and the Count Basie Orchestra (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 Count Basie from 1979 into the middle of the following decade.

Discography

As leader

As sideman

With Count Basie and His Orchestra

With Duke Ellington

With Ella Fitzgerald

With others

References

  1. 1 2 Dance, Stanley (1987). "Mitchell 'Booty' Wood [Obituary]". Jazz Journal International. Vol. 40, no. 10. p. 26. ISSN 2041-8833.
  2. ↑ Wynn, Ron. "Booty Wood Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved July 30, 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Larkin, Colin, ed. (1998). "Wood, Booty". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 8 (3rd ed.). London: Muze UK Ltd. p. 5910. ISBN 978-1-56159-237-1. LCCN 98037439. OCLC 1033567597 – via Internet Archive.
  4. ↑ Burnside, Vanessa Sorrell (February 27, 2013). "Randolph County Native Booty Wood Left Mark on Jazz World". The Randolph Leader. Retrieved July 30, 2022.