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Swingin' With Pee Wee

Label: Prestige Records
Released: 2001
Track listing: What Can I Say Dear, After I Say I

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Pee Wee Russell: Swingin' With Pee Wee

Read "Swingin' With Pee Wee" reviewed by Mike Neely


Pee Wee Russell was an odd-duck of a clarinetist who in his idiosyncratic way foreshadowed some of the innovations of modern jazz. His playing at times seems “off" in the way that some of the earliest jazz sounds almost otherworldly with its unique tones and timbres. Russell’s expressive slides and dips pre-figure the likes of the ...

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Pee Wee Russell: Swingin' with Pee Wee

Read "Swingin' with Pee Wee" reviewed by AAJ Staff


“We just made a record,” he said at the bar. “And it was a good one – I think.” The formula was simple: after Buck Clayton was picked for the front line, the producer was told to get a rhythm section. “You go ahead and surprise me. I trust your judgment. But don’t make it a ...

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Pee Wee Russell: Swingin' with Pee Wee

Read "Swingin' with Pee Wee" reviewed by AAJ Staff


“We just made a record,” he said at the bar. “And it was a good one – I think.” The formula was simple: after Buck Clayton was picked for the front line, the producer was told to get a rhythm section. “You go ahead and surprise me. I trust your judgment. But don’t make it a ...

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Swingin' With Pee Wee

Label: Ember Records
Released: 1960


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