Pee Wee Russell
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Biography
[Edit]Pee Wee Russell, although never a virtuoso, was one of the giants of jazz. A highly expressive and unpredictable clarinetist, Russell was usually grouped in Dixieland-type groups throughout his career, but his advanced and spontaneous solos (which often sounded as if he were thinking aloud) defied classification. A professional by the time he was 15, Pee Wee Russell played in Texas with Peck Kelley's group (meeting Jack Teagarden) and then in 1925 he was in St. Louis jamming with Bix Beiderbecke. Russell moved to New York in 1927 and gained some attention for his playing with Red Nichols' Five Pennies. Russell freelanced during the era, making some notable records with Billy Banks in 1932 that matched him with Red Allen. He played clarinet and tenor with Louis Prima during 1935-1937, appearing on many records and enjoying the association.
After leaving Prima, he started working with Eddie Condon's freewheeling groups and would remain in Condon's orbit on and off for the next 30 years. Pee Wee Russell's recordings with Condon in 1938 made him a star in the trad Chicago jazz world. Russell was featured (but often the butt of jokes) on Condon's Town Hall Concerts. Heavy drinking almost killed him in 1950, but Russell made an unlikely comeback and became more assertive in running his career. He started leading his own groups (which were more swing- than Dixieland-oriented), was a star on the 1957 television special The Sound of Jazz, and by the early '60s was playing in a piano-less quartet with valve trombonist Marshall Brown whose repertoire included tunes by John Coltrane and Ornette Coleman; he even sat in with Thelonious Monk at the 1963 Newport Jazz Festival and took up abstract painting. But after the death of his wife in 1967, Pee Wee Russell accelerated his drinking and went quickly downhill, passing away less than two years later.
Title: Pee Wee Russell in England (feat. Johnny Armatage's Band)
Artist: Pee Wee Russell
Genre: Jazz
Title: Milestones Of A Legend - Coleman Hawkins, Vol. 5
Artist: Coleman Hawkins, Pee Wee Russell
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jam Session In Swingville
Artist: Coleman Hawkins, Pee Wee Russell
Genre: Blues, Jazz, Bop, Easy Listening
Title: Pee Wee Russell Plays With Buck Clayton, Vic Dickenson & Bud Freeman
Artist: Pee Wee Russell
Genre: Jazz
Collections
Title: The Very Best of Dixieland Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: Rare Jazz Sessions - (1938-1944)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Top 100 Classics - The Very Best of the 1930's, Vol. 1
Genre: Jazz
Title: Boardwalk Empire - The Unofficial Soundtrack
Genre: Jazz
Title: 101 - The Best of Vintage Jazz
Genre: Electronica, Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: Priceless Jazz Collection: Irving Berlin Songbook
Genre: Jazz
Title: V-Disc Jazz Essentials
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz of the Forties, Vol. One: Jazz At Town Hall
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Golden Age Of Music
Genre:
Title: Jazz Legends
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz Swing Stories, Vol. 2
Genre: Jazz
Title: Period's Jazz Digest
Genre: Jazz
Title: The House That Trane Built: The Story of Impulse Records
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Sound of Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Best Coltrane Covers
Genre: Jazz
Title: A Tribute To Thelonious Monk
Title: The Jazzman
Genre: Jazz
Title: V-Disc Era 1943-1949
Genre: Pop
Title: The Ornette Coleman Songbook
Genre: Jazz
Title: Best of Dixieland Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jean Harlow & the Old Hollywood Jazz Era
Genre: Jazz
Title: Dixieland! Sounds of Main Street, U.S.A.
Genre: Kids
Title: The Commodore Story
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Thelonious Monk Songbook
Genre: Jazz
Title: Working Jazz Hero - Songs of Thelonius Monk
Genre: Jazz
Title: The John Coltrane Songbook
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz Compilation, Vol.4
Genre: Jazz
Title: Best of Jazz Clarinet
Genre: Jazz
Title: Mad Music Presents Swingin' Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: Clarinet Masters
Genre: Jazz
Title: Stuyvesant Casino Nights
Genre: Jazz
Title: United States of Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: A Vegetarian's Thanksgiving Playlist
Genre:
Title: Tasty Tracks
Genre: Pop
Title: Late Night Jazz - The Essential Late Night Collection
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz Is Love
Genre: Jazz
Title: When Swing was King Vol 6
Genre: Jazz
Title: When Swing Was King Vol 2
Genre: Jazz
Title: When Swing was King Vol 5
Genre: Jazz
Title: The No 1 Dixieland Album
Genre: Jazz
Title: Candid Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Greatest BeBop
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Ultimate Jazz Archive, Set 6
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Complete HRS Sessions (CD1)
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Original Jazz Masters Series Vol. 2 (CD2)
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Original Jazz Masters Series Vol. 1 (CD3)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Early Morning Jazz For Lovers
Genre: Jazz
Title: Chill Out With Jazz
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Smooth Jazz
Title: Simply Road Trip (CD2)
Genre: Chill Out, Blues, Jazz, Instrumental, Lounge, Instrumental
Title: Round Midnight: Jazz Classics
Genre: Jazz
Title: Enjoy Great Jazz, Vol. 11
Genre: Jazz
Title: Soul Jazz And Bossa Nova
Title: Winter Jazz Snow Night
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz, Cigar And Love
Genre: Jazz
Title: Erotic Emotions Jazz, Vol. 6
Genre: Jazz
Title: Erotic Emotions Jazz, Vol. 8
Genre: Jazz
Title: Oldies In Jazz, Vol. 12
Genre: Jazz
Title: Erotic Emotions Jazz, Vol. 9
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz Night All Light Songs
Genre: Jazz
Title: Impulse 60 The Best Of Impulse Records (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Blues, Gospel, Jazz, Country
Title: Overdrive - The Sound Of Summer
Genre: Jazz
Featuring albums
Title: Various Artists
Artist: 100 Clarinet Classics
Genre: Electronica, Techno, Jazz, Drum & Bass, Dancefloor, World Music, Dance Pop, Hardcore
Title: Eddie Condon - The Town Hall Concerts Seventeen and Twenty
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Jazz
