Cootie Williams, 77, a jazz trumpeter, was the last surviving member of the Duke Ellington Orchestra that played the Cotton Club in Harlem during the 1920s. Playing professionally for more than 50 ...

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Every successful big band leader featured brilliant soloists: Count Basie had Lester Young, Fletcher Henderson had Coleman Hawkins, Benny Goodman had Gene Krupa. But the Maestro, Duke Ellington, ...

One of the greatest jazz trumpeters of all time, Charles M. “Cootie” Williams, has died at his home in Long Island, N.Y. He was 77. Williams spent a total of more than 24 years, in three periods ...

In 1943, the country was coping with a recording ban launched by the American Federation of Musicians in mid-1942. With live music under assault by new technology ranging from records and radio to the ...

Duke Ellington's biographer Harvey Cohen joins Alyn Shipton to select highlights from the composer and pianist's 1920s and 30s recordings, including jungle music and small groups. Show more Duke ...

1. Cootie Williams, His Hot Trumpet and Orchestra; black and white, 142 feet Copyright: 1943 Corporate Creator: Columbia Pictures, "Film Vodvil" Series 1, Number 2 ...

April 12, 2011 • Every successful big band leader featured brilliant soloists, but Duke Ellington spotlighted his men apart from the rest. Ellington specifically targeted his musicians' strengths and ...