Cootie plays Duke, Part II (Podcast #22-013)

Ellington Reflections · Dec 29, 2022 · 37m

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The recordings heard on this podcast episode:

Concerto for Cootie (CD: Benny Goodman and Sid Catlett “Roll ’em!,” Vintage Jazz Classics VJC-1032)

Recorded 1941

Cootie Williams,

Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me (CD: “The Jubilee Shows – No. 77 and No. 78,” The Jubilee Shows 501 1004)

Recorded 1 May 1944, Hollywood

Ella Fitzgerald – vocal; Cootie Williams, Ermit V. Perry, George Treadwell, Harold “Money” Johnson – trumpet; Ed Burke or George Stevenson, Robert…