1941 COOTIE WILLIAMS Orch HOT Trumpet WEST END BLUES/ G-Men OKeH 6370
Okeh – 6370. COOTIE WILLIAMS AND HIS ORCHESTRA. Cootie Williams, trp. Orig Issue pre war gold label OkeH 10″ 78 rpm record. Cootie Williams was renowned for his growling «jungle» style trumpet playing (in the tradition of trumpeter Bubber Miley and trombonist Joe «Tricky Sam» Nanton) and for his use of the plunger mute, and was reputed to have inspired Wynton Marsalis’s use of it.