Britt Woodman

Britt Woodman (June 4, 1920, Los Angeles – October 13, 2000, Hawthorne, California) was a jazz trombonist. He is perhaps best known for his work with Duke Ellington and Charles Mingus.

He knew Mingus from childhood, but first worked with Phil Moore and Les Hite. After service in World War II he played with Boyd Raeburn before joining with Lionel Hampton in 1946. In the 1950s he would work with Ellington. As a member of Ellington's band he can be heard on The Complete Porgy and Bess, Such Sweet Thunder, Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook, Black, Brown, and Beige and Indigos.

In 1960 he moved on from Ellington to work in a pit orchestra. Later he worked with Mingus and can be heard on the 1963 album Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus. In the 1970s he led his own octet and worked with Toshiko Akiyoshi. In 1989 he was in the personnel for the album Epitaph (Mingus).

Steve Turre, among others, have cited him as an influence.

Discography
With Gene Ammons With John Coltrane With Tadd Dameron With Miles Davis With Duke Ellington With Dizzy Gillespie With Hank Jones and Oliver Nelson With Junior Mance With Charles Mingus With Blue Mitchell With Zoot Sims with the Benny Carter Orchestra With Billy Taylor With Clark Terry With Teri Thornton With Jimmy Woode
 * Free Again (Prestige, 1971)
 * Africa Brass (Impulse, 1961)
 * The Magic Touch (Riverside, 1962)
 * Blue Moods (Debut, 1955)
 * The 1952 Seattle Concert (RCA Victor, 1954)
 * The Complete Porgy and Bess (Bethlehem, 1956)
 * Such Sweet Thunder (Columbia, 1957)
 * Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook (Verve, 1957) - with Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington
 * Indigos (Columbia, 1957)
 * Black, Brown, and Beige (Columbia, 1958) - featuring Mahalia Jackson
 * Gillespiana (Verve, 1960)
 * Carnegie Hall Concert (Verve, 1961)
 * Happenings (Impulse!, 1966)
 * The Soul of Hollywood (Jazzland, 1962)
 * The Complete Town Hall Concert (Blue Note, 1962 [1994])
 * Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus (Impulse!, 1963)
 * Epitaph (Columbia, 1989)
 * Smooth as the Wind (Riverside, 1961)
 * Passion Flower: Zoot Sims Plays Duke Ellington (1979)
 * Taylor Made Jazz (Argo, 1959)
 * Duke with a Difference (Riverside, 1957)
 * Devil May Care (Riverside, 1961)
 * The Colorful Strings of Jimmy Woode (Argo, 1957)