A Portrait of Pee Wee

Pee Wee Russell

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A Portrait of Pee Wee Review

by Scott Yanow

Issued originally on Counterpoint and reissued many times since by budget labels like Everest, this CD version has superior sound. From 1958, this set matches the great clarinetist Pee Wee Pussell with an all-star horn section (trumpeter Ruby Braff, trombonist Vic Dickenson and tenor-saxophonist Bud Freeman) on a program of swing standards along with "Pee Wee Blues." Russell, a bit weary of playing Dixieland by this time, was starting to look toward more modern eras of music, although in reality his own playing was always beyond categorization.

Track Listing

Title/Composer Performer Time Stream
1
That Old Feeling
Lew Brown / Sammy Fain
Pee Wee Russell 04:17 SpotifyAmazon
2
World on a String
Nat Pierce
Pee Wee Russell 04:27 SpotifyAmazon
3
Exactly Like You
Joe Burke / Dorothy Fields / Jimmy McHugh
Pee Wee Russell 03:04 SpotifyAmazon
4
It All Depends on You
Lew Brown / Buddy DeSylva / Ray Henderson
Pee Wee Russell 04:01 SpotifyAmazon
5
If I Had You
Jimmy Campbell / Reginald Connelly / Ted Shapiro
Pee Wee Russell 03:22 SpotifyAmazon
6
Out of Nowhere
Johnny Green / Edward Heyman
Pee Wee Russell 04:51 SpotifyAmazon
7
Pee Wee's Blues
Nat Pierce / Pee Wee Russell
Pee Wee Russell 04:22 SpotifyAmazon
8
I Used to Love You
Lew Brown / Albert Von Tilzer
Pee Wee Russell 05:04 SpotifyAmazon
9
Oh No!
David Lowery / Nat Pierce / Pee Wee Russell
Pee Wee Russell 04:51 SpotifyAmazon
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