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Booty Wood was born Mitchell W. Wood on December 27, 1919 in Dayton, Ohio. He began playing professionally on trombone in the late 1930s. The following decade he worked with Tiny Bradshaw and Lionel Hampton before joining the Navy during World War II. While there he played in a band with Clark Terry, Willie Smith, and Gerald Wilson.

After his service ended he returned to play with Hampton, then worked with Arnett Cobb, Erskine Hawkins and Count Basie. After spending a few years outside music, Booty returned to play with Duke Ellington in 1959-60 and again in 1963. He returned once more early in the 1970s.

Wood once again played with the Count Basie Orchestra from 1979 into the middle of the following decade. Trombonist Booty Wood transitioned on June 10, 1987 in Dayton.

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