Swingin' with Pee Wee
1960 studio album by Pee Wee Russell with Buck Clayton
Swingin' with Pee Wee | ||||
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Studio album by Pee Wee Russell with Buck Clayton | ||||
Released | 1960 | |||
Recorded | March 29, 1960 | |||
Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 38:44 | |||
Label | Swingville SV 2008 | |||
Producer | Esmond Edwards | |||
Pee Wee Russell chronology | ||||
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Buck Clayton chronology | ||||
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Swingin' with Pee Wee is an album by clarinetist Pee Wee Russell with trumpeter Buck Clayton which was recorded in 1960 and released on the Swingville label.[1][2]
Reception
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [3] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [4] |
Scott Yanow of AllMusic states, "Russell and trumpeter Buck Clayton make for a perfectly compatible team on the 1960 date ... His playing is much more consistent and comfortable on the mid-tempo material than usual and he mostly gets to avoid the overly hyper Dixieland warhorses. A gem".[3]
Track listing
- "What Can I Say Dear" (Walter Donaldson, Abe Lyman) – 5:00
- "Midnight Blue" (Pee Wee Russell) – 5:38
- "The Very Thought of You" (Ray Noble) – 4:40
- "Lulu's Back In Town" (Harry Warren, Al Dubin) – 5:02
- "Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams" (Harry Barris, Ted Koehler, Billy Moll) – 5:37
- "I Would Do Most Anything for You" (Mack David) – 6:07
- "Englewood" (Russell) – 6:40
Personnel
- Pee Wee Russell – clarinet
- Buck Clayton – trumpet
- Tommy Flanagan – piano
- Wendell Marshall – bass
- Osie Johnson – drums
References
- ^ Prestige Records discography accessed June 30, 2017
- ^ Swingville Label Discography accessed June 30, 2017
- ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Swingin' with Pee Wee – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved June 30, 2017.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1252. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
or co-leader
- Newport Jazz Festival All Stars (1959)
- Swingin' with Pee Wee (and Buck Clayton, 1960)
- Jazz Reunion (and Coleman Hawkins, 1961)
- Ask Me Now! (1963)
- The College Concert (and Henry "Red" Allen, 1966)
- The Spirit of '67 (arranged by Oliver Nelson, 1967)