Booty Wood

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.^[3] While there he played in a band with Clark Terry, Willie Smith, and Gerald Wilson.^[3] 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).^[3]

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.^[3] He again played with the Count Basie Orchestra from 1979 into the middle of the following decade.^[4]

• Chelsea Bridge (Black & Blue, 1998)

With Count Basie

• Digital III at Montreux with Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Pass (Pablo, 1979) – first two tracks only
• Kansas City Shout (Pablo, 1980)
• On the Road (Pablo, 1980)
• Warm Breeze (Pablo, 1981)
• Farmer's Market Barbecue (Pablo, 1982)
• 88 Basie Street (Pablo, 1984)
• Fancy Pants (Pablo, 1987)

With Duke Ellington

• Blues in Orbit (Columbia, 1960)
• Swinging Suites by Edward E. and Edward G. (Columbia, 1960)
• The Nutcracker Suite (Columbia, 1960)
• Piano in the Background (CBS, 1962)
• My People (Contact, 1964)
• New Orleans Suite (Atlantic, 1971)
• The London Concert (United Artists, 1972)
• Memorial (CBS, 1974)
• The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse (Fantasy, 1975)
• The Ellington Suites (Pablo, 1976)
• Hot Summer Dance (Red Baron, 1991)

With Ella Fitzgerald

• A Perfect Match with the Count Basie Orchestra (Pablo, 1980)
• A Classy Pair with the Count Basie Orchestra (Pablo, 1982)

With others

• Harry Carney, Rock Me Gently (Metronome, 1961)
• Arnett Cobb, Arnett Blows for 1300 (Delmark, 1994)
• Paul Gonsalves, Ellingtonia Moods and Blues (RCA, 1971)
• Johnny Hodges, The Smooth One (Verve, 1979)
• Norris Turney, I Let a Song... (Black & Blue, 1978)
• Sarah Vaughan, Send in the Clowns (Pablo, 1981)