Tag: Cootie Williams

From the Record Shelves #156 - A Lonely Co-EdFrom the Record Shelves #156 – A Lonely Co-Ed – The title number of the LP that starts and finishes the record in two different takes is of course impressive and tempting to chose, with its pyrotechnics with trumpets and trombones that make you think about (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #139 - Creole RhapsodyFrom the Record Shelves #139 – Creole Rhapsody. This classic LP is from an Ellington period 1929-1931 when the trumpet player Bubber Miley, one of the most important members of the band during the Cotton Club era, had left. His replacement Cootie Williams (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #131 - Your Love Has FadedFrom the Record Shelves #131 – Your Love Has Faded. To some extent Ivie Anderson could compete with Billie Holiday as a singer of sad songs. Especially around 1940. I love her warm voice and sensitive singing on tunes like this. (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #46 - John Hardy’s WifeFrom the Record Shelves #46 – John Hardy’s Wife. It’s hard to pick out one tune from this double album because once you get in an “Ellington mood” you like everything. I’ve chosen a tune written by Mercer Ellington (…) read more and listenread more and listen