Cutty Cutshall
Robert Dewees "Cutty" Cutshall (December 29, 1911 – August 16, 1968) was an American jazz trombonist. Cutshall was born in Huntington Co., Pennsylvania, on December 29, 1911. He played in Pittsburgh early in his career, making his first major tour in 1934 with Charley Dornberger. He joined Jan Savitt's orchestra in 1938, then played with Benny Goodman in the early 1940s. Later in the decade he worked frequently with Billy Butterfield and did some freelance work in New York City. He started working with Eddie Condon in 1949, an association which lasted over a decade. Cutshall was touring with Condon in Toronto when the trombonist died of a heart attack in his hotel room on August 16, 1968. Cutshall's credits include work with Peanuts Hucko, Bob Crosby, Ella Fitzgerald, and Louis Armstrong. |
Birth and Death Data: Born December 29, 1911 (Huntingdon), Died August 16, 1968 (Toronto)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1939 - 1962
Roles Represented in DAHR: trombone
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Recordings (Results 76-100 of 191 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Decca | 76001 | 3/22/1950 | Jazz me blues | Eddie Condon Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
Decca | 76002 | 3/22/1950 | Everybody loves my baby | Eddie Condon Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
Decca | 76117 | 4/10/1950 | Washington Post march | Bob Crosby Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
Decca | 76118 | 4/10/1950 | My Scandinavian baby | Bob Crosby Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
Decca | 76119 | 4/10/1950 | Stars and stripes forever | Bob Crosby Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
Decca | 76120 | 4/10/1950 | Your heart of stone | Bob Crosby Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
Decca | 76121 | 4/10/1950 | Black bottom | Bob Crosby Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
Decca | 76122 | 4/10/1950 | Charleston | Bob Crosby Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
Decca | 76401 | 5/22/1950 | Semper fidelis | Bob Crosby Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
Decca | 76402 | 5/22/1950 | El Capitan | Bob Crosby Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
Decca | 76403 | 5/22/1950 | The thunderer | Bob Crosby Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
Decca | 76473 | 6/9/1950 | Black bottom | Eddie Condon Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
Decca | 76474 | 6/9/1950 | Original Charleston | Eddie Condon Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
Decca | 76475 | 6/9/1950 | Yellow dog blues | Eddie Condon Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
Decca | 76476 | 6/9/1950 | Ragging the scales | Eddie Condon Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
Decca | 76895 | 10/2/1950 | Raggin' the scale | Eddie Condon Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
Decca | 76896 | 10/2/1950 | Grace and beauty-1 | Eddie Condon Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
Decca | 76897 | 10/2/1950 | Everybody loves my baby | Eddie Condon Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
Decca | 76898 | 10/2/1950 | A hundred years from today | Eddie Condon Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
Decca | 81307 | 7/24/1951 | A kiss to build a dream on | Louis Armstrong | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
Decca | 81308 | 7/24/1951 | I get ideas | Louis Armstrong | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
Decca | 81357 | 8/6/1951 | Lemme go | Tamara Hayes | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
Decca | 81358 | 8/6/1951 | Dreamy melody | Tamara Hayes | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
Decca | 81359 | 8/6/1951 | I got it bad | Tamara Hayes | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
Decca | 81360 | 8/6/1951 | The day isn't long enough | Tamara Hayes | instrumentalist, trombone |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Cutshall, Cutty," accessed November 25, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/310567.
Cutshall, Cutty. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 25, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/310567.
"Cutshall, Cutty." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 November 2024.
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