Mitchell W. Wood, better known as Booty Wood (December 27, 1919 – June 10, 1987)[2] was an American jazz trombonist.
Booty Wood | |
---|---|
Birth name | Mitchell W. Wood |
Born | December 27, 1919 Wedowee, Alabama, U.S.[1] |
Died | June 10, 1987 (aged 67) Dayton, Ohio, U.S.[1] |
Genres | Jazz |
Instrument(s) | Trombone |
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.[3] While there he played in a band with Clark Terry, Willie Smith, and Gerald Wilson.[3] 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).[3]
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.[3] He again played with the Count Basie Orchestra from 1979 into the middle of the following decade.[4]
With Count Basie
With Duke Ellington
With Ella Fitzgerald
With others