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Another of the musicians who excelled on mutes in the
Ellington band,
Booty Wood provided humorous, effective, and exuberant trombone solos with the plunger, and several solid unmuted ones. He began his professional career in the late '30s and worked with
Tiny Bradshaw and
Lionel Hampton in the early '40s.
Wood played in a Navy band with
Clark Terry,
Willie Smith, and
Gerald Wilson, then reteamed with
Hampton after his discharge. He joined
Arnett Cobb's small band in 1947 and 1948, played with
Erskine Hawkins from 1948 to 1950, and with
Count Basie in 1951.
Wood left music for a while before joining
Ellington in 1959 and working with him until 1960. He rejoined in 1963, but only stayed briefly.
Wood returned a third time in the early '70s. He also worked with
Earl Hines in 1968, and with
Mercer Ellington in the '70s.
Wood recorded with
the Count Basie Orchestra from 1979 to the mid-'80s. He can be heard on
Ellington's and
Basie's reissued CDs, as well as some
Hampton discs. ~ Ron Wynn