Cootie Williams
Sign in to saveAlso known as Charles Melvin "Cootie" Williams, Charles Cootie Williams
American jazz trumpeter (1911–1985)
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- Works
- 1
Top works
- 'Round Midnight
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1932-02-08
Discography
- The John Towner Touch1957
- World on a String1957
- Rhythm in Motion1961
- How to Steal a Million1966
- Williams: Sinfonietta for Wind Ensemble / Penderecki: Pittsburgh Overture / Mayuzumi: Music with Sculpture1970
- Music for Cello and Piano1974
- Jaws: Original Motion Picture Score1975
- Music From John Williams' Classic Film Scores: Close Encounters of the Third Kind / Star Wars1978
- Pops in Space1980
- Pops on the March1980
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- 15,245
- Total plays
- 76,916
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Charles Melvin ("Cootie") Williams (July 24, 1910 - September 15, 1985) was an American jazz and rhythm and blues trumpeter. He rose to prominence as a member of Duke Ellington's orchestra, with which he performed from 1929 to 1940. He also recorded his own sessions during this time, both freelance and with other Ellington sidemen. In 1940 he joined Benny Goodman's orchestra, then in 1941 formed his own orchestra, in which over the years he employed Charlie Parker <a href="https://www.last.fm/m
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Williams
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Mobile
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- composer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- Dixieland jazz
- Instrument
- trumpet
- Record label
- Vocalion Records
- Image
- Cootie Williams (Gottlieb1).jpg
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- Commons category
- Cootie Williams
- date of birth
- 1911-07-10
- date of death
- 1985-09-15
- birth name
- Charles Melvin Williams
- cause of death
- disease
- start of work period
- 1925-00-00
- name in native language
- Charles Cootie Williams
- copyright representative
- American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- manner of death
- natural causes
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