Cootie Williams

Cootie Williams

Charles Melvin "Cootie" Williams (July 10, 1911 – September 15, 1985) was an American jazz, jump blues, and rhythm and blues trumpeter.

Birth and Death Data: Born July 10, 1911 (Mobile), Died September 15, 1985 (New York City)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1929 - 1942

Roles Represented in DAHR: trumpet, vocalist, composer

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	BVE-49767	10-in.	3/7/1929	The dicty glide	Cotton Club Orchestra ; Duke Ellington	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BVE-49768	10-in.	3/7/1929	Hot feet	Cotton Club Orchestra ; Duke Ellington	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, trumpet, vocalist
Victor	BVE-49769	10-in.	3/7/1929	Sloppy Joe	Cotton Club Orchestra ; Duke Ellington	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BVE-49770	10-in.	3/7/1929	Stevedore stomp	Cotton Club Orchestra ; Duke Ellington	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	CVE-51158	12-in.	4/12/1929	A night at the Cotton Club, part 1	Cotton Club Orchestra ; Duke Ellington ; Irving Mills	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	CVE-51159	12-in.	4/12/1929	A night at the Cotton Club, part 2	Cotton Club Orchestra ; Duke Ellington ; Irving Mills	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BVE-51971	10-in.	5/3/1929	Cotton Club stomp	Cotton Club Orchestra ; Duke Ellington	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BVE-51972	10-in.	5/3/1929	Misty mornin'	Cotton Club Orchestra ; Duke Ellington	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BVE-51973	10-in.	5/3/1929	Arabian lover	Cotton Club Orchestra ; Duke Ellington	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BVE-51974	10-in.	5/3/1929	Saratoga swing	Cotton Club Orchestra ; Duke Ellington	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BVE-55845	10-in.	9/16/1929	Mississippi	Duke Ellington Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BVE-55846	10-in.	9/16/1929	The Duke steps out	Duke Ellington Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer, instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BVE-55847	10-in.	9/16/1929	Haunted nights	Duke Ellington Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BVE-55848	10-in.	9/16/1929	Swanee shuffles	Duke Ellington Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BVE-57542	10-in.	11/14/1929	Breakfast dance	Cotton Club Orchestra ; Duke Ellington	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BVE-57543	10-in.	11/14/1929	Jazz lips	Cotton Club Orchestra ; Duke Ellington	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BVE-57544	10-in.	11/14/1929	March of the hoodlums	Cotton Club Orchestra ; Duke Ellington	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BVE-59692	10-in.	4/11/1930	Double check stomp	Cotton Club Orchestra ; Duke Ellington	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BVE-59693	10-in.	4/11/1930	My gal is good for nothing but love	Cotton Club Orchestra ; Duke Ellington	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BVE-59694	10-in.	4/11/1930	I was made to love you	Cotton Club Orchestra ; Duke Ellington	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	PBVE-61011	10-in.	8/20/1930	Ring dem bells	Duke Ellington Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	vocalist, instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	PBVE-61012	10-in.	8/20/1930	Old man blues	Duke Ellington Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	PBVE-61013	10-in.	8/20/1930	Three little words	Duke Ellington Orchestra ; Rhythm Boys	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BVE-62192	10-in.	6/4/1930	Sweet dreams of love	Cotton Club Orchestra ; Duke Ellington	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BVE-62193	10-in.	6/4/1930	Jungle nights in Harlem	Cotton Club Orchestra ; Duke Ellington	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BVE-62194	10-in.	6/4/1930	Sweet jazz o' mine	Cotton Club Orchestra ; Duke Ellington	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BVE-62195	10-in.	6/4/1930	Shout 'em, Aunt Tillie	Cotton Club Orchestra ; Duke Ellington	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BVE-63360	10-in.	10/2/1930	Hittin' the bottle	Cotton Club Orchestra ; Duke Ellington ; Dick Robertson	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BVE-63361	10-in.	10/2/1930	That Lindy hop	Cotton Club Orchestra ; Duke Ellington ; Dick Robertson	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BVE-63362	10-in.	10/2/1930	You're lucky to me	Cotton Club Orchestra ; Duke Ellington ; Dick Robertson	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BVE-63363	10-in.	10/2/1930	Memories of you	Cotton Club Orchestra ; Duke Ellington ; Dick Robertson	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BVE-64378	10-in.	11/26/1930	What good am I without you?	Cotton Club Orchestra ; Duke Ellington ; Dick Robertson	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BVE-64379	10-in.	11/26/1930	Blue again	Cotton Club Orchestra ; Duke Ellington ; Sid Garry	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BVE-64380	10-in.	11/26/1930	When a black man's blue	Cotton Club Orchestra ; Duke Ellington ; Bennie Payne	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo (takes 3 and 4); with male vocal trio (takes 1 and 2)	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BVE-64812	10-in.	11/21/1930	Nine little miles from Ten-Ten-Tennessee	Smith Ballew ; Cotton Club Orchestra ; Duke Ellington	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BVE-64813	10-in.	11/21/1930	I'm so in love with you	Smith Ballew ; Cotton Club Orchestra ; Duke Ellington	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BVE-67401	10-in.	1/16/1931	Rockin' in rhythm	Duke Ellington Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BVE-67798	10-in.	1/16/1931	The river and me	Chick Bullock ; Cotton Club Orchestra ; Duke Ellington	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BVE-67799	10-in.	1/16/1931	Keep a song in your soul	Chick Bullock ; Cotton Club Orchestra ; Duke Ellington	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BVE-67800	10-in.	1/16/1931	Sam and Delilah	Chick Bullock ; Cotton Club Orchestra ; Duke Ellington	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	CRC-68231	12-in.	6/11/1931	Creole rhapsody	Duke Ellington Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BRC-68232	10-in.	6/11/1931	Creole rhapsody	Duke Ellington Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	CRC-68233	12-in.	6/11/1931	Creole rhapsody	Duke Ellington Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BRC-68237	10-in.	6/16/1931	Limehouse blues	Cotton Club Orchestra ; Duke Ellington	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BRC-68238	10-in.	6/16/1931	Echoes of the jungle	Cotton Club Orchestra ; Duke Ellington	Jazz/dance band	composer, instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BRC-68239	10-in.	6/17/1931	It's glory	Duke Ellington Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BRC-68240	10-in.	6/17/1931	The mystery song	Duke Ellington Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	LBRC-71811	10-in. (33-1/3 rpm)	2/3/1932	Mood indigo	Duke Ellington Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	LBSHQ-71812	10-in. (33-1/3 rpm)	2/3/1932	Mood indigo	Duke Ellington Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	LBRC-71836	10-in. (33-1/3 rpm)	2/9/1932	East St. Louis toddle	Duke Ellington Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	LBSHQ-71837	10-in. (33-1/3 rpm)	2/9/1932	East St. Louis toddle	Duke Ellington Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BRC-71838	10-in.	2/9/1932	Dinah	Duke Ellington Orchestra ; Sonny Greer ; Cootie Williams	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet	vocalist, instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BRC-71839	10-in.	2/9/1932	Bugle call rag	Duke Ellington Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BS-73557	10-in.	9/21/1932	Maori	Duke Ellington Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BS-73558	10-in.	9/21/1932	Jive	Duke Ellington Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BS-73559	10-in.	9/21/1932	My sophisticated daddy	Duke Ellington Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BS-73560	10-in.	9/21/1932	Margie	Duke Ellington Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BS-77025	10-in.	9/26/1933	Rude interlude	Duke Ellington Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BS-77026	10-in.	9/26/1933	Dallas doings	Duke Ellington Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BS-77199	10-in.	12/4/1933	Dear old Southland	Duke Ellington Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BS-77200	10-in.	12/4/1933	Awful sad	Duke Ellington Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BS-77201	10-in.	12/4/1933	Daybreak Express	Duke Ellington Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	PBS-79155	10-in.	4/12/1934	Ebony rhapsody	Ivie Anderson ; Duke Ellington Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	PBS-79156	10-in.	4/12/1934	Cocktails for two	Duke Ellington Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	PBS-79157	10-in.	4/12/1934	Live and love tonight	Duke Ellington Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	PBS-79169	10-in.	4/17/1934	I met my Waterloo	Duke Ellington Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	PBS-79211	10-in.	5/9/1934	Troubled waters	Ivie Anderson ; Duke Ellington Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	PBS-79212	10-in.	5/9/1934	My old flame	Ivie Anderson ; Duke Ellington Orchestra	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BS-80144	10-in.	1/9/1934	Delta serenade	Duke Ellington Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BS-80145	10-in.	1/9/1934	Stompy Jones	Duke Ellington Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BS-80149	10-in.	1/10/1934	Solitude	Duke Ellington Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BS-80150	10-in.	1/10/1934	Blue feeling	Duke Ellington Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BS-07792	10-in.	4/14/1937	Buzzin' 'round with the bee	Lionel Hampton Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BS-07793	10-in.	4/14/1937	Whoa babe	Lionel Hampton Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BS-07794	10-in.	4/14/1937	Stompology	Lionel Hampton Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BS-035563	10-in.	4/5/1939	Echoes of Harlem	Charlie Barnet Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	BS-044887	10-in.	3/6/1940	You, you darlin'	Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra ; Herb Jeffries	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BS-044888	10-in.	3/6/1940	Jack the Bear	Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BS-044889	10-in.	3/6/1940	Ko-ko	Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BS-044890	10-in.	3/7/1940	Morning glory	Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BS-044891	10-in.	3/7/1940	So far, so good	Ivie Anderson ; Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BS-049015	10-in.	3/15/1940	Conga brava	Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BS-049016	10-in.	3/15/1940	Concerto for Cootie	Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BS-049017	10-in.	3/15/1940	Me and you	Ivie Anderson ; Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	PBS-049655	10-in.	5/4/1940	Cotton tail	Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	PBS-049656	10-in.	5/4/1940	Don't get around much anymore	Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BS-053020	10-in.	5/28/1940	Dusk	Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BS-053021	10-in.	5/28/1940	Bojangles	Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BS-053022	10-in.	5/28/1940	A portrait of Bert Williams	Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BS-053023	10-in.	5/28/1940	Blue goose	Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BS-053427	10-in.	9/5/1940	There shall be no night	Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra ; Herb Jeffries	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BS-053428	10-in.	9/5/1940	In a mellotone	Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BS-053429	10-in.	9/5/1940	Five o'clock whistle	Ivie Anderson ; Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BS-053430	10-in.	9/5/1940	Warm valley	Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BS-053552	10-in.	10/17/1940	The flaming sword	Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BS-053579	10-in.	10/28/1940	Across the track blues	Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BS-053580	10-in.	10/28/1940	Chlo-e	Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BS-053581	10-in.	10/28/1940	I never felt this way before	Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra ; Herb Jeffries	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BS-053603	10-in.	11/2/1940	Day dream	Johnny Hodges Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BS-053604	10-in.	11/2/1940	Good Queen Bess	Johnny Hodges Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BS-053605	10-in.	11/2/1940	That's the blues, old man	Johnny Hodges Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BS-053606	10-in.	11/2/1940	Junior hop	Johnny Hodges Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BS-054606	10-in.	7/22/1940	Harlem air-shaft	Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BS-054607	10-in.	7/22/1940	At a Dixie roadside diner	Ivie Anderson ; Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BS-054608	10-in.	7/22/1940	All too soon	Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BS-054609	10-in.	7/22/1940	Rumpus in Richmond	Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BS-054624	10-in.	7/24/1940	My greatest mistake	Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BS-054625	10-in.	7/24/1940	Sepia panorama	Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BS-060331	10-in.	1/16/1941	Bugle call rag	Metronome All Star Band	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BS-060332	10-in.	1/16/1941	One o'clock jump	Metronome All Star Band	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
OKeh	W404519	10-in.	10/30/1930	Ring dem bells	Duke Ellington Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	vocalist
OKeh	W404522	10-in.	10/30/1930	Sweet chariot	Harlem Footwarmers	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	vocalist
Brunswick	B20911	10-in.	3/31/1937	Carelessly	Billie Holiday ; Teddy Wilson Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	instrumentalist, trumpet
Brunswick	B20912	10-in.	3/31/1937	How could you?	Billie Holiday ; Teddy Wilson Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	instrumentalist, trumpet
Brunswick	B20913	10-in.	3/31/1937	Moanin' low	Billie Holiday ; Teddy Wilson Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	70306	10-in.	2/11/1942	'Deed I do	Snub Mosley and his Band		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	70307	10-in.	2/11/1942	case of the blues	Snub Mosley and his Band		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	70308	10-in.	2/11/1942	Blues at high noon-1	Snub Mosley and his Band		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	70309	10-in.	2/11/1942	Between you and the devil	Snub Mosley and his Band		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	GB 6038	10-in.	7/13/1933	Hyde Park (Every tub)	Duke Ellington Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	GB 6039	10-in.	7/13/1933	Harlem speaks	Duke Ellington Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	GB 6040	10-in.	7/13/1933	Ain't misbehavin'	Duke Ellington Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	GB 6041	10-in.	7/13/1933	Chicago	Duke Ellington Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Williams, Cootie," accessed November 21, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/103275.

Williams, Cootie. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/103275.

"Williams, Cootie." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 21 November 2024.