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Pee Wee Russell

Maplewood, United States • 1906-03-27 – 1969-02-15

Pee Wee Russell is credited on 1,043 releases across 269 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2023 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,043

Pressings credited

269

Albums

8

Decades active

66

In collections

Biography

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 traditional 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."

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1,043 releases · 269 albums · active 1950–2023

  • Performance · 1,728
  • Other credits · 39

Studios: Newport Jazz Festival · Brandeis University · Village Gate · Nola Recording Studios

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