Cootie Williams in Hi-Fi

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

• "Just in Time" (Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green) – 3:29 • "Summit Ridge Drive" (Artie Shaw) – 3:18 • "Nevertheless I'm in Love with You" (Harry Ruby, Bert Kalmar) – 3:41 • "On the Street Where You Live" (Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner) – 3:28 • "I'll See You in My Dreams" (Isham Jones, Gus Kahn) – 3:20 • "Contrasts" (Jimmy Dorsey) – 2:55 • "Caravan" (Juan Tizol, Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) – 3:40 • "If I Could Be with You (One Hour Tonight)" (James P. Johnson, Henry Creamer) – 2:39 • "Air Mail Special" (Charlie Christian, Benny Goodman, Jimmy Mundy) – 3:13 • "My Old Flame" (Arthur Johnston, Sam Coslow) – 3:40 • "Swingin' Down the Lane" (Jones, Kahn) – 3:24 • "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 ==Personnel==

• Cootie Williams – trumpet • Billy Byers, Bobby Byrne, Chauncy Welsch (tracks 2–5), Lou McGarity (tracks 1, 6 & 12), Richard Hixon – trombone • Boomie Richman (tracks A1-A5 & 9–11), Al Klink (tracks 1 & 6–12), Elwyn Fraser, Nick Caizza (tracks: 6–8 & 12), Phil Bodner, Romeo Penque, Stanley Webb (tracks 2–5) – saxophones • Barry Galbraith (track 2–5), George Barnes (tracks 6–8 & 12), Tony Mottola (tracks 1 & 9–11) – guitar • Hank Jones (tracks 1 & 9–11), Henry Rowland (track 2–5), Lou Stein (track 6=8 & 12) – piano • Eddie Safranski – double bass • Don Lamond (track 6–8 & 12), Osie Johnson (tracks 1–5 & 9–11) – drums • Bill Stegmeyer – arranger ==References==