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When Cootie Left the Duke, Pt. III (Podcast #17-011)
https://ellingtonreflections.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/when-cootie-left-the-duke-part-iii-5-sept.mp3“…Benny Goodman, just back from Russia, persuaded [Cootie] Williams and Teddy Wilson to rejoin him. It was an amusing stint [Williams] recalled. “Sometimes Goodman would let you play,” he explained, “and other times he wouldn’t. He has his ways, as everyone knows. At Freedomland one night there was no bass player – he’d forgotten he’d fired him the evening before. Benny, though, is a great musician,” he laughed, “but…
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