Cootie Williams

About the artist

Charles Melvin ("Cootie") Williams (July 24, 1910 - September 15, 1985) was an American jazz and rhythm and blues trumpeter. He rose to prominence as a member of Duke Ellington's orchestra, with which he performed from 1929 to 1940. He also recorded his own sessions during this time, both freelance and with other Ellington sidemen. In 1940 he joined Benny Goodman's orchestra, then in 1941 formed his own orchestra, in which over the years he employed Charlie Parker

Top songs

  1. Juice Head Baby
  2. Slidin' And Glidin'
  3. Round midnight
  4. Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me
  5. Diga Diga Doo
  6. Just in Time
  7. Rinky Dink - Remastered
  8. You Talk A Little Trash
  9. Rinky Dink
  10. Blue Skies
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  1. Summit Ridge Drive
  2. Echoes of Harlem
  3. Drop Me Off In Harlem
  4. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
  5. Mack The Knife
  6. It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing
  7. I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good
  8. Juice Head Baby (05-29-45)
  9. I Found A New Baby
  10. Caravan
  11. Always
  12. Slidin' And Glidin' (03-02-49)
  13. Sweet Lorraine
  14. Block Rock
  15. Delta Mood
  16. Somebody's Gotta Go
  17. My Old Flame
  18. Alabamy Home
  19. Swingin' Down the Lane
  20. Floogie Boo
  21. Air Mail Special
  22. When The Saints Go Marching In
  23. Mercenary Papa
  24. I'll See You in My Dreams
  25. Concerto For Cootie
  26. Airmail Special
  27. Honeysuckle Rose
  28. New Concerto for Cootie
  29. Gator Tail - Part 1
  30. On the Street Where You Live
  31. Do Some War Work Baby
  32. You Talk A Little Trash (12-27-47)
  33. West End Blues
  34. If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight
  35. Contrasts
  36. 'Round Midnight
  37. Concerto for Cootie - 1999 Remastered
  38. Slidin' and Glidin' - Remastered
  39. I Don't Know
  40. There's No You
  41. Rangoon
  42. Ol' Man River
  43. Doin' The Gator Tail
  44. Gator Tail - Part 2
  45. Cherry Red Blues
  46. Please Give Your Love to Me
  47. Let 'em Roll
  48. 'Gator Tail
  49. Stingy Blues
  50. When My Baby Left Me
  51. Ol' Man River (Smoke a Little Tea)
  52. Blue Garden Blues
  53. Typhoon
  54. Loddy Miss Claudy
  55. Blue Sunday
  56. Night Train
  57. Do Some War Work, Baby (01-04-44)
  58. Everything But You
  59. Fly Right
  60. Mobile Blues
  61. Nevertheless, I'm in Love With You
  62. Ain't Misbehavin'
  63. Black Beauty
  64. Fly Right (Epistrophy)
  65. Now I Know
  66. Bring 'em Down Front
  67. G-Men
  68. It's All in Your Mind
  69. Things Ain't What They Used to Be
  70. Ain't Got No Blues Today
  71. Sound Track
  72. Save The Bones For Henry Jones
  73. You Talk a Little Trash - Remastered
  74. Blues In My Condition
  75. Fine and Dandy
  76. Smooth Sailing
  77. High Society
  78. Do Some War Work, Baby
  79. Boomerang
  80. Now That You've Loved Me
  81. Stompology
  82. I Can't Get Started
  83. Available Lover
  84. Bundle of Blues
  85. Nevertheless I'm In Love With You
  86. It Hurts Me
  87. Percy Speaks
  88. Lil' Darling
  89. Marcheta
  90. Lazy Rhapsody

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