Booty Wood

Mitchell W. Wood, better known as Booty Wood (December 27, 1919, Dayton, Ohio - June 10, 1987, Dayton) was an American jazz trombonist.

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 (1947–48), Erskine Hawkins (1948-50), and Count Basie (1951).

He spent a few years outside music, then played with Duke Ellington in 1959-60 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 (Black and Blue, 1998)

As sideman

With Count Basie

  • Kansas City Shout (Pablo, 1980)
  • On the Road (Pablo, 1980)
  • A Perfect Match with Ella Fitzgerald (Pablo, 1980)
  • Digital III at Montreaux with Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Pass (Pablo, 1980)
  • Warm Breeze (Pablo, 1981)
  • Farmers Market Barbecue (Pablo, 1982)
  • A Classy Pair with Ella Fitzgerald (Pablo, 1982)
  • 88 Basie Street (Pablo, 1984)
  • Fancy Pants (Pablo, 1987)

With Duke Ellington

  • Blues in Orbit (Columbia, 1960)
  • Selections from Peer Gynt Suite (Columbia, 1960)
  • The Nutcracker Suite (Columbia, 1960)
  • Piano in the Background (CBS, 1962)
  • My People (Contact, 1964)
  • New Orleans Suite (Atlantic, 1971)
  • The London Concert (United Artists, 1972)
  • Memorial (CBS, 1974)
  • The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse (Fantasy, 1975)
  • The Ellington Suites (Pablo, 1976)
  • Hot Summer Dance (Red Baron, 1991)

With others

References
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