Britt Woodman


Britt Woodman was an American jazz trombonist.

Career

Woodman was a childhood friend of Charles Mingus, but first worked with Phil Moore and Les Hite. After service in World War II he played with Boyd Raeburn before joining with Lionel Hampton in 1946. During the 1950s he worked with Ellington. As a member of Ellington's band he can be heard on Such Sweet Thunder, Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book, Black, Brown, and Beige and Ellington Indigos.
In 1960 he left Ellington to work in a pit orchestra. Later he worked with Mingus and can be heard on the album Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus. In the 1970s, he led his own octet and worked with pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi. In 1989, he was in the personnel for the album Epitaph dedicated to the previously unrecorded music of Charles Mingus.
He died in Hawthorne, California at the age of 80, having suffered severe respiratory problems.

Discography

As sideman

With Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big BandLong Yellow Road Tales of a Courtesan Insights
With Bill BerryHot & Happy Hello Rev For Duke
With Duke EllingtonEllington Uptown Seattle Concert Ellington '55 Dance to the Duke! Ellington Showcase Historically Speaking Duke Ellington Presents... Such Sweet Thunder A Drum Is a Woman Ellington at Newport Indigos Newport 1958 The Cosmic Scene Black, Brown, and Beige Ellington Moods Ellington Jazz Party The Nutcracker Suite Solitude Piano in the Background Selections from Peer Gynt Suites Concert at Carnegie Hall The Elegant Mister Ellington Jungle Triangle All Star Road Band Hot Summer Dance
With Ella FitzgeraldElla Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook Rhythm Is My Business Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook Vol. One Things Ain't What They Used to Be
With Lionel HamptonIn Concert Hamp's Big Band Live! Leapin' with Lionel Newport Uproar!
With Johnny HodgesEllingtonia '56 The Big Sound Everybody Knows
With Charles MingusMingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Epitaph The Complete Town Hall Concert
With Jimmy SmithBashin': The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith Plays Walk On the Wild Side and the Preacher Peter and the Wolf Hoochie Coochie Man
With others