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Thursday, December 1, 2022

Pee Wee Russell – Jazz Original

 


Charles Ellsworth "Pee Wee" Russell (March 27, 1906 – February 15, 1969), was an American jazz musician. Early in his career he played clarinet and saxophones, but he eventually focused solely on clarinet.

With a highly individualistic and spontaneous clarinet style that "defied classification", Russell began his career playing Dixieland jazz, but throughout his career incorporated elements of newer developments such as swing, bebop and free jazz. Writing in 1961, the poet Philip Larkin commented: "No one familiar with the characteristic excitement of his solos, their lurid, snuffling, asthmatic voicelessness, notes leant on till they split, and sudden passionate intensities, could deny the uniqueness of his contribution to jazz."

January 17, 1938

1 Eddie Condon And His Windy City Seven– Love Is Just Around The Corner 3:06

July 12, 1938: "Jam Session At Commodore, No. 2"

2 Eddie Condon And His Windy City Seven– Embraceable You 4:02

3 Eddie Condon And His Windy City Seven– Serenade To A Shylock 4:34

4 Eddie Condon And His Windy City Seven– Serenade To A Shylock - Alternate 4:33

November 12, 1938

5 Eddie Condon And His Band– Sunday - Alternate 2:59

November 30, 1939

6 Eddie Condon And His Band– (I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody) None Of My Jelly Roll 2:56

November 14, 1940

7 Eddie Condon And His Band– Georgia Grind 2:57

March 25, 1941

8 The Three Deuces– Jig Walk 2:41

9 The Three Deuces– Deuces Wild 2:55

10 The Three Deuces– The Last Time I Saw Chicago 2:55

11 The Three Deuces– About Face 2:48

January 28, 1942

12 Eddie Condon And His Band– Don't Leave Me, Daddy 2:35

September 27, 1944

13 Muggsy Spanier And His Ragtimers– Rosetta - Alternate 3:14

January 19, 1945

14 Wild Bill Davison And His Commodores– Squeeze Me - Alternate 2:30

September 30, 1944

15 Pee Wee Russell's Hot Four– Take Me To The Land Of Jazz 3:02

16 Pee Wee Russell's Hot Four– Take Me To The Land Of Jazz - Alternate 3:02

17 Pee Wee Russell's Hot Four– Rose Of Washington Square 2:39

18 Pee Wee Russell's Hot Four– Rose Of Washington Square - Alternate 2:44

19 Pee Wee Russell's Hot Four– Keepin' Out Of Mischief Now - Alternate 3:04

20 Pee Wee Russell's Hot Four– D.A. Blues 3:48

21 Pee Wee Russell's Hot Four– D.A. Blues - Alternate 3:26

22 Pee Wee Russell's Hot Four– Wailin' D.A. Blues 3:59


Pee Wee Russell – Jazz Original