Booty Wood


Mitchell W. Wood, 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, Erskine Hawkins, and Count Basie.
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''

As sideman

With Count BasieDigital III at Montreux with Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Pass – first two tracks onlyKansas City Shout On the Road Warm Breeze Farmer's Market Barbecue 88 Basie Street Fancy Pants
With Duke EllingtonBlues in Orbit Swinging Suites by Edward E. and Edward G. The Nutcracker Suite Piano in the Background My People New Orleans Suite The London Concert Memorial The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse The Ellington Suites Hot Summer Dance
With Ella FitzgeraldA Perfect Match with the Count Basie Orchestra A Classy Pair with the Count Basie Orchestra
With others