Charles Ives (Ingo Metzmacher)

USA

Born: 10 July 1911

Died: 15 September 1985

Years Active: 40, 50, 60, 70

Genres: Jazz, Blues, R&B

Styles: Swing, Big Band/Swing, Jazz Blues, Jump Blues/Piano Blues, Piano Blues, New York Blues, East Coast Blues, Urban Blues, West Coast Blues, Big Band, Jump Blues, Early R&B, R&B/Soul

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Cootie Williams, one of the finest trumpeters of the 1930s, expanded upon the role originally formed by Bubber Miley with Duke Ellington's Orchestra. Renowned for his work with the plunger mute, Cootie was also a fine soloist when playing open. Starting as a teenager, Cootie Williams played with a variety of local bands in the South, coming to New York with Alonzo Ross' Syncopators. He played for a short time with the orchestras of Chick Webb and Fletcher Henderson (recording with the latter), before joining Duke Ellington as Miley's replacemen...

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