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Cootie Williams and his Orchestra filmed in New York, mid June, 1943. From the Columbia Pictures film “Film Vodvil (series 1, release no. 2), According to Mark Cantor (via Tom Lord) the on-screen personnel is also the personnel to be heard on the soundtrack: Cootie Williams, Louis Bacon, Ermit V. Perry, Frank “Fat Man“ Humphries (tp) Ed Burke, Bob Horton (tb) prob. Jonas Walker (tb) Charles Holmes (as) Eddie “Cleanhead“ Vinson (as,vcl) Sam “The Man“ Taylor, Lee Pope (ts) Greely Walton (bar) Fletcher Smith (p) Norman Keenan (b) George “Butch“ Ballard (d) Laurel Watson (vcl) Douglas Brothers (tap dancing-1) Lindy Hoppers (dancing-2) [ Leon James (dancing-2) & Dottie Mae Johnson (dancing-2) , Russell Williams (dancing-2) & Connie Hill (dancing-2) ] • Let's keep on jumping/Get hep • unidentified tune (1) • Giddap mule • Let's keep on jumping (2) Please also visit my blog:
