Britt Woodman
Britt Woodman (born June 4, 1920 in Los Angeles , † October 13, 2000 in Hawthorne (California) ) was an American jazz trombonist .
Woodman grew up in a musical environment: his father William O. Woodman was also a jazz trombonist (recordings with Sonny Clay and Teddy Buckner ); Britt first played with the Woodman Brothers , a family combo. After a first jazz combo with his childhood friends Buddy Collette and Charles Mingus , he toured with Phil Moore in 1938 and with Floyd Turnham in 1939/40 , before playing with Les White until 1942 . After military service he worked for Boyd Raeburn in 1946 and for Lionel Hampton from 1946 to 1947 . After his studies from 1948 to 1950 at Westlake College and studio activities, Woodman was active in the orchestra of Duke Ellington from 1951 to 1960 . During the 1960s he lived in New York City and initially worked in Broadway orchestras, but also recorded with John Coltrane / Eric Dolphy ( Africa / Brass ), Quincy Jones and Charles Mingus, but also worked with Toshiko Akiyoshi and others. a. in their big band with Lew Tabackin ( Insights , 1976), only to return to Los Angeles and lead their own octet. He had been back in New York since the 1980s; he was a member of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra , but also participated in the recording of Mingus Epitaph in 1989.
Discography (selection)
- Miles Davis : Blue Moods (Debut / OJC, 1955)
- Duke Ellington: The Cosmic Scene: Duke Ellington's Spacemen (1958)
- Charles Mingus: Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus ( Impulse! Records , 1963)
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SURNAME | Woodman, Britt |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz trombonist |
DATE OF BIRTH | 4th June 1920 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | los Angeles |
DATE OF DEATH | October 13, 2000 |
Place of death | Hawthorne (California) |