Cootie Williams in Hi-Fi
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{{Infobox album
| name = Cootie Williams in Hi-Fi
| type = Studio
| artist = Cootie Williams
| cover = Cootie Williams in Hi-Fi.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1958
| recorded = March 5 & 25 and April 8, 1958
| venue =
| studio = Webster Hall, New York City
| genre = Jazz
| length = 39:49
| label = RCA Victor
LPM 1718
| producer = Fred Reynolds
| chronology = Cootie Williams
| prev_title = The Big Challenge
| prev_year = 1957
| next_title = Porgy & Bess Revisited
| next_year = 1959
}}
Cootie Williams in Hi-Fi is an album by trumpeter Cootie Williams, recorded in 1958 and released on the RCA Victor label.[https://www.bsnpubs.com/rca/rca/06%20-%20LPM%201600-1899.pdf Both Sides Now: RCA Victor 12 Inch Popular Series LPM/LSP 1600–1899]. Retrieved December 6, 2018
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}
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Cub Koda on AllMusic said the album "shows that Williams' broad style was still mightily intact some 30 years after joining the Ellington fold".{{allMusic|first=Cub|last=Koda|class=album|id= mw0000644877 |title=Cootie Williams: Cootie Williams in Hi Fi – Review|accessdate= December 6, 2018}}
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