THINGS AIN'T WHAT THEY USED TO BE
Cootie WILLIAMS
- Ref. UW6388
- JUKEBOX LIL, 1944-1948.
And His Orchestra. Tracks 2 to 4 recorded probably in 1950/51 or in late 1947. Track 1 is played by the Hot Lips Page Orchestra.
Interprètes
- Cootie WILLIAMS & HIS ORCHESTRA:
- Cootie WILLIAMS : Voix, Trompette
- Bob MERRILL : Voix, Trompette
- Ermit V. PERRY : Trompette
- Otis GAMBLE : Trompette
- Billy FORD : Trompette
- Clarence REDD : Trompette
- Ed BURKE : Trombone
- Ed JOHNSON : Trombone
- Julius WATSON : Trombone
- Rupert COLE : Saxophone alto, Clarinette
- Daniel WILLIAMS : Saxophone alto
- Charles CLARKE : Saxophone ténor
- Edwin JOHNSON : Saxophone ténor
- Bob ASHTON : Saxophone baryton
- Arnold JARVIS : Piano
- William TINNEY : Guitare
- Norman KEENAN : Contrebasse
- Butch BALLARD : Drums
- Ella FITZGERALD : Voix
- Willis JACKSON : Saxophone ténor
- Lester FAUNTLEROY : Piano
- Leonard SWAIN : Contrebasse
- Gus JOHNSON : Drums
- Bill PARKER : Saxophone ténor
- Sylvester PAYNE : Drums
- Eddie MACK : Voix
- Hot Lips PAGE ORCHESTRA:
- Hot Lips PAGE : Trompette
- Vic DICKENSON : Trombone
- Lucky THOMPSON : Saxophone ténor
- Hank JONES : Piano
- Sam ALLEN : Guitare
- Carl WILSON : Contrebasse
- Jesse PRICE : Drums
Pistes
- 1 Big "D" blues
- 2 Echoes of Harlem (Cootie's concerto)
- 3 'Gator tail
- 4 Things ain't what they used to be
- 5 Soft winds
- 6 Ooh la la
- 7 Across the alley from the Alamo
- 8 I shoulda' been thinkin' instead of drinkin'
- 9 Lady be good!
- 10 Bring 'em down front*'Round midnight
- 11 Ain't got no blues today
- 12 Slidin' and glidin'
- 13 Wrong neighbourhood
- 14 I may be easy but I'm no fool
- 15 Let 'em roll
- 16 Bring 'em down front