Musical Bacon: Cootie Williams

Artist name	Roles	Recordings
Larry Dale	vocal, guitar	Easy Swing, Lil' Darling, Mood Indigo, Night Train, Three O'Clock in the Morning
George Clarke (Jazz saxophonist)	tenor saxophone	Easy Swing, Lil' Darling, Mood Indigo, Night Train, Three O'Clock in the Morning
Lester Jenkins	drums	Easy Swing, Lil' Darling, Mood Indigo, Night Train, Three O'Clock in the Morning
Daniel Filipacchi	producer	Easy Swing, Lil' Darling, Mood Indigo, Night Train, Three O'Clock in the Morning
Arnold Jarvis (Organ player)	organ	Easy Swing, Lil' Darling, Mood Indigo, Night Train, Three O'Clock in the Morning

Artist name	Roles	Recordings
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra	vocal, trumpet	(A) Gypsy Without a Song, (I Want) Something to Live For, (There Is) No Greater Love, A Beautiful Friendship, A Blues Serenade, A Lonely Co-Ed, A Portrait of Bert Williams, A Spoonful of Sugar, Absinthe, Accent on Youth, Across the Track Blues, Ad Lib on Nippon, Admiration (matrix B17409), Admiration (matrix C883), Afro-Bossa, Agra, Alabamy Home, Alabamy Home (alternate take 2), All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm (matrix M519 alternate take 2), All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm (matrix M519), All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm (matrix M520 alternate take 2), All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm (matrix M520), All My Loving, All Too Soon, All of Me, Almighty God, Amad, Angu, Any Time, Any Day, Any Where, Any Time, Any Day, Any Where (alternate take B), Asphalt Jungle, At a Dixie Roadside Diner, Azure (alternate take 2), Baby When You Ain’t There, Baby! (alternate take A), Baby! (alternate take B), Baby! (alternate take D), Baby! (master take C), Battle of Swing, Battle of Swing (alternate take 1), Beautiful Woman Walks Well, Best Wishes, Best Wishes (alternate take A), Black Butterfly, Black Butterfly (alternate take 2), Black and Tan Fantasy, Blackbird Medley, Part 1: I Can’t Give You Anything But Love / Doin’ the New Low Down / I Must Have That Man! / Baby!, Blackbird Medley, Part 1: I Can’t Give You Anything But Love / Doin’ the New Low Down / I Must Have That Man! / Baby! (alternate take B), Blackbird Medley, Part 2: Dixie / Diga Diga Do / Porgy / I Can’t Give You Anything But Love, Blackbird Medley, Part 2: Dixie / Diga Diga Do / Porgy / I Can’t Give You Anything But Love (alternate take B), Blackbird Medley, Part 2: Dixie / Diga Diga Do / Porgy / I Can’t Give You Anything But Love (alternate take C), Blowin' In the Wind, Blue Goose, Blue Harlem, Blue Mood, Blue Mood (alternate take B), Blue Mood (alternate take C), Blue Pepper (Far East of the Blues), Blue Ramble, Blue Ramble (alternate take B), Blue Serge, Blue Tune, Blue Tune (alternate take B), Bluebird of Delhi (Mynah), Bojangles, Bonga, Bouncing Buoyancy, Boy Meets Horn (Twits and Twerps), Braggin’ in Brass, Braggin’ in Brass (alternate take 2), Buffet Flat, Bula, Bundle of Blues, Bundle of Blues (alternate take B), Caliné (Silk Lace), Call Me Irresponsible, Caravan, Carnival in Caroline, Charade, Chatter-Box (Jumpy), Chim Chim Cheree, Chloe (Song of the Swamp), Chromatic Love Affair, Clarinet Lament, Clouds in My Heart, Clouds in My Heart (alternate take A), Concerto for Cootie, Conga Brava, Cop Out, Cotton, Cotton Club Stomp, Cotton Tail, Country Gal, Creole Love Call, Creole Love Call (alternate take B), Crescendo in Blue, Crescendo in Blue (alternate take 2), Danke Schoen, Days of Wine and Roses, Delta Bound, Delta Bound (alternate take B), Depk, Diga Diga Do, Diga Diga Do (alternate take B), Diminuendo in Blue, Diminuendo in Blue (alternate take 2), Diminuendo in Blue / Blow by Blow, Dinah Lou, Dinah Lou (alternate take 3), Dinah’s in a Jam, Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me, Doin’ the Voom Voom, Don't Get Around Much Anymore, Don't Get Down on Your Knees to Pray Until You Have Forgotten Everyone, Down a Carolina Lane, Drop Me Off in Harlem, Drop Me Off in Harlem (alternate take B), Ducky Wucky, Ducky Wucky (alternate take B), Dusk, Dusk on the Desert, Dusk on the Desert (alternate take 1), E.S.P. (Extra Sensory Perception), Echoes of Harlem, Eerie Moan, Eerie Moan (alternate take B), Eighth Veil, Exposition Swing, Exposition Swing (alternate take 2), Farewell Blues, Fast and Furious, Father Forgive, Feed the Birds, Five O'Clock Whistle, Fly Me to the Moon, Get Yourself a New Broom (And Sweep the Blues Away), Grievin’ (matrix WM 1064), Grievin’ (matrix WM 1093), Guitar Amour (Paris Blues), Happy as the Day Is Long, Happy-Go-Lucky Local, Harlem Air Shaft, Harlem Speaks, Harmony in Harlem, Harmony in Harlem (alternate take 1), Harmony in Harlem (alternate take X), Heaven, Hello, Dolly!, Hip Chic, I Can't Stop Loving You, I Can’t Give You Anything But Love, I Can’t Give You Anything But Love (alternate take B), I Don't Know What Kind of Blues I Got, I Don’t Know Why I Love You So, I Don’t Know Why I Love You So (alternate take 2), I Left My Heart in San Francisco, I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart, I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart (alternate take 1), I Love to Laugh, I Must Have That Man! (alternate take A), I Must Have That Man! (alternate take B), I Must Have That Man! (alternate take D), I Must Have That Man! (master take C), I Never Felt This Way Before, I Never Felt This Way Before (alternate take B), I Want to Hold Your Hand, I got It Bad and That Ain't Good, If You Were in My Place (What Would You Do?), If You Were in My Place (What Would You Do?) (alternate take 1), In a Jam, In a Mellotone, In a Mizz, In a Sentimental Mood, In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree, Isfahan, Isn’t Love the Strangest Thing?, It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing), It Was a Sad Night in Harlem, It's Freedom, It’s Swell of You, It’s Swell of You (alternate take 2), I’m Checkin’ Out - Go’om Bye, I’m Satisfied, I’m Slappin’ Seventh Avenue (With the Sole of My Shoe), I’ve Got the World on a String, I’ve Got to Be a Rug Cutter, I’ve Got to Be a Rug Cutter (alternate take 2), Jack the Bear, Jam With Sam, Jazz Cocktail, Jazz Cocktail (alternate take B), Jazz Potpourri, Jive Stomp, Jive Stomp (alternate take B), Johnny Come Lately, Jolly Holiday, Jubilesta, Just A-Settin' and A-Rockin', Killin’ Myself, Kinda Dukish, Kinda Dukish / Rockin' in Rhythm, Kissin’ My Baby Good-Night, La De Doody Doo, Lady in Blue, Lady in Blue (alternate take X), Lambeth Walk, Lazy Rhapsody, Lazy Rhapsody (alternate take B), Let's Go Fly a Kite, Let’s Have a Jubilee, Lightnin’, Lightnin’ (alternate take B), Little Posey, Lost in Meditation, Love Is Like a Cigarette, Love in Swingtime, Mack the Knife, Madness in Great Ones, Main Stem, Mara Gold, Margie, Me and You, Meditation, Merry-Go-Round (matrix B17408), Merry-Go-Round (matrix W265049 alternate take 2), Merry-Go-Round (matrix W265049-3), Mighty Like the Blues, Mighty Like the Blues (alternate take 1), Mood Indigo, Moon Over Dixie, Moon River, Moonbow, Moonglow, More (Theme From Mondo Cane), Morning Glory, Mount Harissa, Never on Sunday, Oh, Babe! Maybe Someday, Old King Dooji, On the Sunny Side of the Street, Passion Flower, People, Perdido, Porgy, Porgy (alternate take B), Porgy (alternate take C), Porto Rican Chaos (Moonlight Fiesta) (alternate take matrix B16974-2), Porto Rican Chaos (Moonlight Fiesta) (alternate take matrix C886-2), Porto Rican Chaos (Moonlight Fiesta) (master take B16974-1), Portrait of the Lion, Portrait of the Lion (alternate take 2), Praise God, Praise God and Dance, Prelude to a Kiss, Prelude to a Kiss (alternate take 2), Prologue to Black and Tan Fantasy, Purple Gazelle, Pussy Willow, Pyramid, Pyramid (alternate take 2), Raisin’ the Rent, Red Roses for a Blue Lady, Reminiscing in Tempo, Part 1, Reminiscing in Tempo, Part 2, Reminiscing in Tempo, Part 3, Reminiscing in Tempo, Part 4, Riding on a Blue Note, Riding on a Blue Note (alternate take 2), Rockin' in Rhythm, Rocks in My Bed, Rose Room, Rose of the Rio Grande, Rose of the Rio Grande (alternate take 2), Rue Bleu, Rumpus in Richmond, Saddest Tale, Satin Doll, Scattin’ at the Cotton Club (Scattin’ at the Kit Kat), Scattin’ at the Kit Kat (Scattin’ at the Cotton Club), Scattin’ at the Kit Kat (Scattin’ at the Cotton Club) (alternate take 2), Sempre amoré, Sepia Panorama, Serenade to Sweden, Shoe Shine Boy, Showboat Shuffle, Silk Lace, Sister Suffragette, Skin Deep, Skrontch (Scrounch), Skrontch (Scrounch) (alternate take 1), Slap Happy, Slap Happy (alternate take 2), Slippery Horn, Slippery Horn (alternate take B), Smorgasbord and Schnapps, So Far, So Good, Solid Old Man, Solitude, Something 'Bout Believing, Sophisticated Lady, Sophisticated Lady (alternate take 1), St. Louis Blues, St. Louis Blues (alternate take A), Star-Crossed Lovers, Stars, Stars (alternate take B), Stay Awake, Step in Time, Stepping Into Swing Society, Stormy Weather, Stranger on the Shore, Subtle Lament, Subtle Lament (alternate take X), Such Sweet Thunder, Suite Thursday: Lay-By, Suite Thursday: Misfit Blues, Suite Thursday: Schwiphti, Suite Thursday: Zweet Zurzday, Sump’n ’Bout Rhythm, Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, Supreme Being, Swamp Goo, Swampy River, Swing Low, Swing Low (alternate take B), Swingtime in Honolulu, T.G.T.T. (Too Good to Title), T.T. on Toast (Lady in Doubt), T.T. on Toast (Lady in Doubt) (alternate take 2), Take the "A" Train, Take the "A'' Train, The Biggest and Busiest Intersection, The Blues (From Black, Brown and Beige), The Eighth Veil, The Flaming Sword, The Gal From Joe’s, The Gal From Joe’s (alternate take 2), The Good Life, The Goutelas Suite: Fanfare, The Goutelas Suite: Get-With-Itness, The Goutelas Suite: Goutelas, The Goutelas Suite: Having at It, The Goutelas Suite: Something, The Life I Lead, The Mooche, The New Birmingham Breakdown, The New Birmingham Breakdown (alternate take 2), The New Black and Tan Fantasy, The New East St. Louis Toodle-O, The New East St. Louis Toodle-O (alternate take 2), The Peking Theme (So Little Time), The Perfect Nanny, The Second Time Around, The Sergeant Was Shy, The Sheik of Araby, The Shepherd, The Shepherd (Who Watches Over the Flock), The Star-Crossed Lovers, The Stevedore’s Serenade, The UWIS Suite: Klop, The UWIS Suite: Loco Madi, The UWIS Suite: UWIS, Theme from "Asphalt Jungle", There Shall Be No Night, There’s a Lull in My Life, There’s a Lull in My Life (alternate take 2), Things Ain't What They Used to Be, Tigress, Tone Parallel to Harlem, Tootin’ Through the Roof, Tootin’ Through the Roof (alternate take B), Tourist Point of View, Truckin’, Trumpet in Spades, Tutti for Cootie, Twits and Twerps (Boy Meets Horn) (matrix M898-1), Twits and Twerps (Boy Meets Horn) (matrix M898-2), Up Jump, Uptown Downbeat (Blackout), Volupté, Watermelon Man, Way Low, Weely, What Am I Here For?, When My Sugar Walks Down the Street (All the Little Birdies Go Tweet-Tweet-Tweet), Wild Onions, Wings and Things, Yearning for Love, You Can Count on Me, You Can’t Run Away From Love Tonight, You Can’t Run Away From Love Tonight (alternate take 2), You Gave Me the Gate (And I’m Swingin’), You, You Darlin', Your Love Has Faded
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra	trumpet	Air Mail Special, Benny Rides Again, Benny Rides Again (alternate take 3), Caprice XXIV Paganini, Cherry, Cherry (alternate take 2), Cherry (alternate take 3), Clarinet a la King, Clarinet a la King (matrix 31393-2), Clarinet a la King (matrix 3980-2), Clarinet a la King (matrix 3980-3), Clarinet a la King (matrix 3980-4), Don't Be That Way, Fiesta in Blue, Fiesta in Blue (alternate take 2), Frenesi, Henderson Stomp, I'm Here, I'm Here (alternate take 2), I'm Not Complainin', I'm Not Complainin' (alternate take 1), I'm Not Complainin' (alternate take 2), Intermezzo, La Rosita, Let the Door Knob Hitcha, Let the Door Knob Hitcha (alternate take 2), Let the Door Knob Hitcha (alternate take 3), Moonlight on the Ganges (take 1), Moonlight on the Ganges (take 2), Moonlight on the Ganges (take 3), Pound Ridge, Pound Ridge (alternate take 1), Pound Ridge (alternate take 3), Pound Ridge (alternate take 4), Roll 'Em, Part 1, Roll 'Em, Part 2, Scarecrow, Scarecrow (alternate take 1), Scarecrow (alternate take 2), Scarecrow (alternate take 3), Solo Flight, Solo Flight (alternate take 2), Somebody Stole My Gal, Somebody Stole My Gal (alternate take 3), Something New (Negra Soy), Something New (Negra Soy) (alternate take 2), Superman, Superman (alternate take 2), Superman (alternate take 3), Take It, Take It (alternate take 2), Take It (alternate take 3), The Birth of the Blues, The Count, The Count (alternate take 2), The Count (alternate take 3), The Earl, The Earl (alternate take 1), The Earl (alternate take ?), Tuesday at Ten, Tuesday at Ten (alternate take 1)
Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra	trumpet	A Blues Serenade, A Sailboat in the Moonlight (alternate take), A Salboat in the Moonlight, Dance of the Goons, Dancing on the Stars, Dooji Wooji, Dream Blues, Empty Ballroom Blues, Foolin' Myself, Foolin' Myself (alternate take), Good Gal Blues, Hodge Podge, Home Town Blues, I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart, I'm in Another World, If You Were in My Place (What Would You Do)?, Jeep's Blues, Jitterbug's Lullaby, Kitchen Mechanic's Day, Krum Elbow Blues, Like a Ship in the Night, Lost in Meditation, Lost in Meditation (alternate take), Love in Swingtime, Mississippi Dreamboat, My Day, My Heart Jumped Over the Moon, Peckin', Prelude to a Kiss, Pyramid, Rendezvous With Rhythm, Rent Party Blues, Savoy Strut, Savoy Strut (alternate take), Silvery Moon and Golden Sands, Swingin' in the Dell, Swingin' on the Campus, The Jeep Is Jumpin', There's Something About an Old Love, Wanderlust, You Can Count on Me, You Walked Out of the Picture, You Walked Out of the Picture (alternate take), You'll Never Go to Heaven (If You Break My Heart), You'll Never Go to Heaven (If You Break My Heart) (alternate take)
Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters	vocal, trumpet	A Lesson in C, Ain't the Gravy Good, Ain't the Gravy Good?, Ain't the Gravy Good? (alternate take), Beautiful Romance, Blue Is the Evening, Blue Reverie, Blue Reverie (alternate take), Boudoir Benny, Carnival in Caroline, Chasin' Chippies, Delta Mood, Digga Digga Do, Digga Digga Do (alternate take), Downtown Uproar, Downtown Uproar (alternate take), Dry Long So, Echoes of Harlem, Echoes of Harlem (alternate take), Echoes of Harlem (rehearsal take), Gal-Avantin', I Can't Believe That You Are in Love With Me, I Can't Believe That You Are in Love With Me (alternate take), I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Jubilesta, Lost in Meditation, Lost in Meditation (alternate take), Mobile Blues, Mobile Blues (alternate take), Ol' Man River, Pigeons and Peppers, Sharpy, She's Gone, Swing Pan Alley, Swingtime in Honolulu, The Boys From Harlem, Tiger Rag, Watchin'
Nyke	trumpet	Grievin', Hey Baby, I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good), I'm Checking Out, Go'om Bye, If You Were in My Place (What Would You Do?), It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing), Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin', Me and You, Mood Indigo, Passion Flower, Sophisticated Lady
Lionel Hampton	trumpet	Buzzin' 'Round With the Bee, Don’t Be That Way, Ring Dem Bells, Stompology, The Sun Will Shine To-night, The Sun Will Shine To-night (alternate take), Whoa Babe, You’re My Ideal
Benny Goodman	trumpet	A Smo-O-O-Th One, As Long as I Live, Benny's Bugle, Blue Reverie, Breakfast Feud, Gilly, On the Alamo
Duke Ellington	vocal, trumpet	Concerto for Cootie, Cotton Tail, In a Mellow Tone, Ko Ko, She's Gone, Warm Valley
Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters	trumpet	Caravan, Clouds in My Heart, Clouds in My Heart (alternate take), Frolic Sam, Frolic Sam (alternate take), Stompy Jones
The Gotham Stompers	trumpet	Alabamy Home, Did Anyone Ever Tell You?, Did Anyone Ever Tell You? (alternate take), My Honey's Lovin' Arms, Where Are You?
About E	trumpet	Boff Boff, Esquire Blues, Esquire Bounce, My Ideal
Edna Bentz Woods	vocal, trumpet	Baby, When You Ain't There, Ko-Ko, My Greatest Mistake, Never No Lament
Charlie Christian	trumpet	I Found a New Baby, Solo Flight
Sick Llama	trumpet	Concerto for Cootie
Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra	vocal	Hot Feet
The Jungle Band	trumpet	Rockin’ in Rhythm
The Washingtonians	vocal	Who Said ''It's Tight Like That''?
Keklik Aile	trumpet	Diga Diga Doo
ヲタみん	trumpet	I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart
小池珠美	trumpet	Royal Garden Blues
David Sapadin	trumpet	Cotton Tail
Cootie Williams and His Orchestra	vocal	Let's Do the Whole Thing or Nothing at All
Charlie Parker	trumpet	Floogie Boo
Ocean City Defender	trumpet	Mississippi Dreamboat
White Cascade	trumpet	Blue Rose

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