Heypally's 78 RPMs: Cootie Williams

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Mills Ten Blackberries - Velvet Tone 7082 & 7088 (1930)

Here we have the complete recording session output by Duke Ellington & His Orchestra from June 12, 1930.

Duke Ellington p, a, dir / Arthur Whetsel, Freddy Jenkins, Cootie Williams t / Joe Nanton tb / Johnny Hodges cl, ss, as / Harry Carney cl, as bar / Barney Bigard cl, ts / Fred Guy bj / Wellman Braud sb / Sonny Greer d.

Recorded in New York on June 12, 1930.

The New York Age

July 12, 1930

Harlem Hot Chocolates - Hit Of The Week 1046 (1930)

This completes the run of Duke's two sides for the Hit Of The Week label.

Sing You Sinners can be heard here.

Duke Ellington p, a, dir / Arthur Whetsel, Freddy Jenkins, Cootie Williams t / Joe Nanton tb / Juan Tizol vtb / Johnny Hodges cl, ss, as / Harry Carney cl, as, bar / Barney Bigard cl, ts / Fred Guy bj / Wellman Braud sb / Sonny Greer d / Irving Mills v.

Recorded in New York in March, 1930.

Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Bluebird 6335 (1929/1930)

Duke Ellington p, a dir / Arthur Whetsel, Freddy Jenkins, Cootie Williams t / Joe Nanton tb / Johnny Hodges cl, as, ss / Harry Carney cl, as, bar / Barney Bigard cl, ts / Fred Guy bj / Wellman Braud sb / Sonny Greer d.

Recorded in New York on March 7, 1929.

Duke Ellington p, a dir / Arthur Whetsel, Freddy Jenkins, Cootie Williams t / Joe Nanton tb / Juan Tizol vtb / Johnny Hodges cl, as, ss / Harry Carney cl, as, bar / Barney Bigard cl, ts / Fred Guy bj / Wellman Braud sb / Sonny Greer d.

Recorded in New York on June 4, 1930.

Duke Ellington And His Cotton Club Orchestra - Victor 38053 (1929)

Duke Ellington p, a, dir / Freddy Jenkins, Cootie Williams t / Johnny Hodges cl, ss, as / Harry Carney cl, as, bar / Barney Bigard cl, ts / Fred Guy bj / Wellman Braud sb / Sonny Greer d.

Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Victor 24617 (1934)

Duke Ellington p, a, dir / Arthur Whetsel, Freddy Jenkins, Cootie Williams t / Joe Nanton, Lawrence Brown tb / Juan Tizol vtb / Johnny Hodges cl, ss, as / Harry Carney cl, as, bar / Barney Bigard, cl ts / Fred Guy bj / Wellman Braud sb / Sonny Greer d.

Recorded in New York on April 12, 1934.

The Jungle Band - Brunswick 4705 (1929)

Duke Ellington p, a, dir / Arthur Whetsel, Freddy Jenkins, Cootie Williams t / Joe Nanton tb / Juan Tizol vtb / Johnny Hodges cl, ss, as / Harry Carney cl, as, bar / Barney Bigard, cl ts / Fred Guy bj / Wellman Braud sb / Sonny Greer d.

Recorded in New York on September 13, 1929.

Jimmy Johnson & His Orchestra - Columbia 14234 (1928)

Always fun to glean a nugget of information gold when it comes to a record.

In researching this 78, it was revealed that this is Mobile, Alabama's native son, seventeen year old Cootie Williams' debut recording.

Cootie Williams and another t / tb / ? Charlie Holmes cl, as, ss / cl, ts / James P. Johnson, Fats Waller p / Joe Watts sb / Perry Bradford speech (Chicago Blues).

Recorded in New York on June 18, 1928.

Duke Ellington's Orchestra (Hot Dance Orchestra) - Victor 38045 (1929)

Duke Ellington p, a, dir / Arthur Whetsel, Freddy Jenkins, Cootie Williams t / Joe Nanton tb / Johnny Hodges cl, as, ss / Harry Carney cl, as, bar / Barney Bigard cl, ts / Fred Guy bj / Wellman Braud sb / Sonny Greer d.

Recorded in New York on February 18, 1929.

Johnny Hodges & Orchestra (An Ellington Unit) - Bluebird 11021 (1940)

To me, there's not much that can compare to the sound of Hodges' alto.

Cootie Williams t / Lawrence Brown tb / Johnny Hodges as / Harry Carney bar / Duke Ellington p / Jimmy Blanton sb / Sonny Greer d / Billy Strayhorn a (Day Dream).

Recorded in Chicago on November 2, 1940

Duke Ellington & His Orchestra / Mills' Blue Rhythm Band - Victor 22800 (1931)

Duke Ellington p, a, dir / Arthur Whetsel. Freddy Jenkins, Cootie Williams t / Joe Nanton tb / Juan Tizol vtb / Johnny Hodges cl, ss, as / Harry Carney cl, as, bar / Barney Bigard cl, ts / Fred Guy bj / Wellman Braud sb / Sonny Greer d.

Recorded in Camden, NJ on June 17, 1931.

Bob Stephens dir / Wardell Jones, Shelton Hemphill, Ed Anderson t / Harry White, Henry Hicks tb / Charlie Holmes cl, as / Ted McCord, Castor McCord cl, ts / Edgar Hayes p / Benny James bj / Hayes Alvis sb / Willie Lynch d / George Morton v.

Recorded in New York on June 18, 1931.

Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra - Brunswick 6317 (1932)

Duke Ellington p, a, dir / Arthur Whetsol, Freddy Jenkins, Cootie Williams t / "Tricky Sam" Nanton, Lawrence Brown tb / Juan Tizol vtb / Johnny Hodges cl, ss, as / Harry Carney cl, as, bat / Barney Bigard cl, ts / Fred Guy bj, g / Wellman Braud sb / Sonny Greer d.

Recorded in New York on February 2 & 4, 1932.

Benny Goodman & His Orchestra - Harmony 1061 (1941/46)

Kind of an odd pairing in that these two songs were recorded five years apart yet this appears to be the only release for either. (I could be wrong)

Benny Goodman cl, dir / Billy Butterfield, Jimmy Maxwell, Cootie Williams, Irving Goodman t / Lou McGarity, Cutty Cutshall tb / Les Robinson, Gus Binova as / Georgie Auld, Pete Mondello ts / Skippy Martin bar / Johnny Guarnieri p / Mike Bryan g / Artie Bernstein sb / Dave Tough d / Jimmy Mundy a.

Recorded in New York on March 27, 1941.

Johnny Best, Nate Kazebier, Dick Main, Dale Pierce t / Cutty Cutshall, Leon Cox tb / Addison Collins fhr / Benny Goodman cl / Bill Shine, Larry Molinelli as / Cliff Strickland, John 'Zoot' Sims ts / John Rotella bar / strings / Joe Bushkin p / Barney Kessel g / Harry Babasin sb / Louie Bellson d.

Recorded in New York on October 15, 1946.

Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Montgomery Ward 4989 (1929-30)

Recorded in New York on June 4, 1930.

The Jungle Band - Brunswick 01145 (1931)

Duke Ellington p, a, dir / Arthur Whetsel, Freddy Jenkins, Cottie Williams t / Joe Nanton tb / Juan Tizol vtb / Johnny Hodges cl, as, ss / Harry Carney cl, as bar / Barney Bigard cl, ts / Fred Guy bj, g / Wellman Braud sb / Sonny Greer d.

Recorded in New York on January 20, 1931.