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Cootie Williams in Hi-Fi
Studio album by
Released1958
RecordedMarch 5 & 25 and April 8, 1958
Studio Webster Hall, New York City
Genre Jazz
Length39:49
Label RCA Victor
LPM 1718
ProducerFred Reynolds
Cootie Williams chronology
The Big Challenge
(1957)
Cootie Williams in Hi-Fi
(1958)
Porgy & Bess Revisited
(1959)

Cootie Williams in Hi-Fi is an album by trumpeter Cootie Williams, recorded in 1958 and released on the RCA Victor label. [1]

Reception

Professional ratings
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SourceRating
AllMusic [2]

Cub Koda on AllMusic said the album "shows that Williams' broad style was still mightily intact some 30 years after joining the Ellington fold". [2]

Track listing

  1. " Just in Time" ( Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green) – 3:29
  2. "Summit Ridge Drive" ( Artie Shaw) – 3:18
  3. " Nevertheless I'm in Love with You" ( Harry Ruby, Bert Kalmar) – 3:41
  4. " On the Street Where You Live" ( Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner) – 3:28
  5. " I'll See You in My Dreams" ( Isham Jones, Gus Kahn) – 3:20
  6. "Contrasts" ( Jimmy Dorsey) – 2:55
  7. " Caravan" ( Juan Tizol, Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) – 3:40
  8. " If I Could Be with You (One Hour Tonight)" ( James P. Johnson, Henry Creamer) – 2:39
  9. " Air Mail Special" ( Charlie Christian, Benny Goodman, Jimmy Mundy) – 3:13
  10. "My Old Flame" ( Arthur Johnston, Sam Coslow) – 3:40
  11. " Swingin' Down the Lane" (Jones, Kahn) – 3:24
  12. "New Concerto for Cootie" (Cootie Williams) – 3:02
  • Recorded at Webster Hall in NYC on March 5 (tracks 6–8 & 12), March 25 (tracks 1 & 9–11) and April 8 (tracks 2–5), 1958

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