Clarinetist (and occasional tenor saxophonist) Pee Wee Russell had an idiomatic and homespun approach to his playing that had some in his lifetime contending that he couldn't really play. However, his tremeloed pitch and occasionally odd sense of line found appreciation from fellow musicians, from Bix Beiderbecke in the '20s through to Thelonious Monk in the '60s. Retrospect has brought greater appreciation for the beauty of his highly personal approach.

Listen to Pee Wee Russell at Finetune.

• (2003)  Ask Me Now!
• (1997)  Jazz Original
• (1960)  Swingin' With Pee Wee

• Pee Wee Blues
• The Very Thought of You
• Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams
• D. A. Blues
• Midnight Blue

• Thelonious Monk
• Coleman Hawkins
• Louis Prima
• Sidney Bechet
• Bix Beiderbecke
• Eddie Condon
• Red Nichols
• Jack Teagarden
• Woody Herman
• Count Basie
• Art Tatum
• Duke Ellington
• Benny Goodman
• Billie Holiday
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Sonny Rollins
• Don Byron
• Joe Maneri
• Kenny Davern
• Keith Jarrett

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