found: Ellington, D. New Orleans suite [SR] 198-?:container (Booty Wood, trombone)
found: Feather, L. Biog. ency. of jazz, 1999(Wood, Booty (Mitchell Jr.); b. Dec. 27, 1919, Weedowee, Ala., d. June 10, 1987, Dayton, Ohio; trombone)
found: New Grove dict. of jazz(Wood, Booty (Bootie, Mitchell W.); b. Dec. 27, 1919, Dayton, Ohio, d. June 10, 1987, Dayton, Ohio; trombonist)
found: OCLC database, Oct. 24, 2000(hdgs.: Wood, Booty; Wood, Mitchell, 1919-1987)
found: Chelsea Bridge, 1998:label (Booty Wood) container (Michael "Booty" Wood)
found: Wikipedia, December 18, 209(Booty Wood; Mitchell W. Wood, better known as Booty Wood (December 27, 1919, Dayton, Ohio - June 10, 1987, Dayton) was an American jazz trombonist; Wood played professionally on trombone from the late 1930s; he worked with Tiny Bradshaw and Lionel Hampton in the 1940s before joining the Navy during World War II; while there he played in a band with Clark Terry, Willie Smith, and Gerald Wilson; after his service ended he returned to play with Hampton, then worked with Arnett Cobb (1947-1948), Erskine Hawkins (1948-1950), and Count Basie (1951); he spent a few years outside music, then played with Duke Ellington in 1959-1960 and again in 1963; he returned once more early in the 1970s; he again played with the Count Basie Orchestra from 1979 into the middle of the following decade)
