Cootie Williams

E142385
bandleader human jazz trumpeter

Cootie Williams was an influential American jazz trumpeter and bandleader, best known for his work with Duke Ellington and his pioneering use of the plunger mute.

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Label Occurrences
Cootie Williams canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bandleader ⓘ
human ⓘ
jazz trumpeter ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1970s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1920s ⓘ
associatedAct Benny Goodman ⓘ
Cootie Williams and His Orchestra ⓘ
Duke Ellington ⓘ
associatedWith Harlem jazz scene ⓘ
birthDate 1911-07-10 ⓘ
birthPlace Mobile, Alabama ⓘ
surface form: Mobile, Alabama, United States
burialPlace Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York City ⓘ
surface form: Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1985-09-15 ⓘ
deathPlace New York City, New York, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
ethnicity African American ⓘ
fullName Charles Melvin Williams ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genre big band jazz ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
swing music ⓘ
givenName Charles ⓘ
influenced use of growl and wah-wah effects in jazz trumpet ⓘ
instrument trumpet ⓘ
led Cootie Williams and His Orchestra ⓘ
memberOf Benny Goodman Orchestra ⓘ
Duke Ellington Orchestra ⓘ
movement swing era ⓘ
nickname Cootie ⓘ
notableFor pioneering use of the plunger mute on trumpet ⓘ
work with Duke Ellington ⓘ
notableInstrumentTechnique growl trumpet ⓘ
wah-wah mute effects ⓘ
notableWork Concerto for Cootie ⓘ
Do Nothing till You Hear from Me ⓘ
Echoes of Harlem ⓘ
occupation bandleader ⓘ
musician ⓘ
trumpeter ⓘ
recordedWith Benny Goodman ⓘ
Duke Ellington ⓘ
Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ
Rex Stewart ⓘ
recordLabel Okeh Records ⓘ
RCA Victor ⓘ
residence New York City ⓘ
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
style plunger mute trumpet style ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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Flushing Cemetery, Queens, New York, United States → notableBurial → Cootie Williams ⓘ
subject surface form: Flushing Cemetery
Duke Ellington → collaboratedWith → Cootie Williams ⓘ
Johnny Hodges → associatedAct → Cootie Williams ⓘ
Duke → associatedAct → Cootie Williams ⓘ
subject surface form: Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington Orchestra → associatedAct → Cootie Williams ⓘ
Mercer Ellington → collaboratedWith → Cootie Williams ⓘ
Taft Jordan → associatedAct → Cootie Williams ⓘ