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Al Grey
Al Grey
American jazz musician
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Charlie Fowlkes
Charlie Fowlkes
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Buster Cooper
Buster Cooper
American trombonist
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Bobby Durham
Bobby Durham
American musician
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Eddie Preston
Eddie Preston
American musician
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Butch Miles
Butch Miles
American jazz drummer
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Cat Anderson
Cat Anderson
American jazz trumpeter
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Snooky Young
Snooky Young
American musician
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Count Basie Orchestra
Count Basie Orchestra
American big band led by Count Basie
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Jimmy Hamilton
Jimmy Hamilton
American jazz musician
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Russell Procope
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Britt Woodman
Britt Woodman
American jazz trombonist
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Frank Wess
Frank Wess
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Count Basie
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
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Joe Newman
Joe Newman
American musician
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Speedy Jones
Speedy Jones
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Quentin Jackson
Quentin Jackson
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Butch Ballard
Butch Ballard
American jazz drummer
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Freddie Green
Freddie Green
American jazz guitarist
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Clark Terry
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
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Gus Johnson
Gus Johnson
American musician
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Bobby Plater
Bobby Plater
American musician
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Juan Tizol
Juan Tizol
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Harry Edison
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
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Sam Woodyard
Sam Woodyard
American jazz drummer
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Jimmy Forrest
Jimmy Forrest
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Benny Powell
Benny Powell
American jazz trombonist
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Wild Bill Davis
Wild Bill Davis
American jazz pianist, organist, and arranger
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Buddy DeFranco
Buddy DeFranco
American jazz clarinetist and bandleader
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Matthew Gee
Matthew Gee
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Thad Jones
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Joe Williams
Joe Williams
American jazz singer
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Gerald Wilson
Gerald Wilson
American trumpetist (1918-2014)
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Jo Jones
Jo Jones
American jazz drummer
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Illinois Jacquet
Illinois Jacquet
American jazz tenor saxophonist, songwriter
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Marshal Royal
Marshal Royal
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Billy Mitchell
Billy Mitchell
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George Duvivier
George Duvivier
American musician
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Bennie Green
Bennie Green
American musician
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Arnett Cobb
Arnett Cobb
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
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Joe Temperley
Joe Temperley
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Frank Foster
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
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Bill Hughes
Bill Hughes
jazz musician
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Aaron Bell
Aaron Bell
American musician
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Paul Smith
Paul Smith
jazz pianist from the United States
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Claude Bolling
Claude Bolling
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Chris Columbus
Chris Columbus
American jazz drummer
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Louie Bellson
Louie Bellson
American jazz drummer, a composer, arranger, bandleader, and jazz educator
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Budd Johnson
Budd Johnson
American musician
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Willie Cook
Willie Cook
American musician
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Urbie Green
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
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J. C. Heard
J. C. Heard
American musician
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Oscar Brashear
Oscar Brashear
American trumpeter
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Lawrence Brown
Lawrence Brown
jazz trombonist
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Buddy Tate
Buddy Tate
American musician
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Zoot Sims
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
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Norris Turney
Norris Turney
American musician
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Ray Nance
Ray Nance
American musician
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Reunald Jones
Reunald Jones
American musician
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Dick Vance
Dick Vance
American musician
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Emil Richards
Emil Richards
American musician
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Jimmy Woode
Jimmy Woode
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Al Aarons
Al Aarons
American jazz trumpeter
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Milt Jackson
Milt Jackson
American musician
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Taft Jordan
Taft Jordan
Jazz trumpeter
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Roy McCurdy
Roy McCurdy
jazz drummer
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Jackie Kelso
Jackie Kelso
musician
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Chris Woods
Chris Woods
American jazz saxophonist
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Harold Jones
Harold Jones
American musician and drummer
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Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald
American jazz singer
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Jeff Hamilton
Jeff Hamilton
American musician
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Herbie Jones
Herbie Jones
American musician
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Bill Doggett
Bill Doggett
American jazz and rhythm and blues pianist and organist
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Eddie Vinson
Eddie Vinson
American jump blues, jazz, bebop and R&B alto saxophonist and blues shouter
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Johnny Griffin
Johnny Griffin
American musician
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Henry Coker
Henry Coker
American musician
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Harry Carney
Harry Carney
American jazz musician
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Ernie Royal
Ernie Royal
American jazz trumpeter
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Eddie Jones
Eddie Jones
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Wendell Culley
Wendell Culley
American jazz trumpeter
Booty Wood
American jazz musician

Booty Wood

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Mitchell W. Wood, better known as Booty Wood (December 27, 1919, Dayton, Ohio - June 10, 1987, Dayton) was an American jazz trombonist.

Wood played professionally on trombone from the late 1930s. He worked with Tiny Bradshaw and Lionel Hampton in the 1940s before joining the Navy during World War II. While there he played in a band with Clark Terry, Willie Smith, and Gerald Wilson. After his service ended he returned to play with Hampton, then worked with Arnett Cobb (1947–48), Erskine Hawkins (1948-50), and Count Basie (1951).

He spent a few years outside music, then played with Duke Ellington in 1959-60 and again in 1963; he returned once more early in the 1970s. He again played with the Count Basie Orchestra from 1979 into the middle of the following decade.