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Pee Wee Russell

Jazz
Charles Ellsworth "Pee Wee" Russell, born March 27, 1906 in Maplewood, Missouri, was an American clarinetist. Inspired by Alcide "Yellow" Nuñez, he settled on the clarinet and began his professional career in 1922 with various touring acts. His debut recording was "Fuzzy Wuzzy Bird" with Herb Berger’s Band in 1924. In the late 1920s, Russell joined Bix Beiderbecke's band. Throughout the 1930s, he collaborated with artists like Adrian Rollini and Louis Prima. He moved to New York in the mid-1940s and performed regularly at Greenwich Village clubs. In the 1950s, Russell frequently ...
Songs
It Had to Be You
It Had to Be YouMax Kaminsky and Pee Wee Russell

Dance Party

4:36

If I Had You
If I Had YouPee Wee Russell

We're In the Money

7:00

Diane
DianeJack Teagarden, Eddie Condon, Bud Freeman, Bobby Hackett and Pee Wee Russell

The Golden Horn of Jack Teagarden

3:04

But Not For Me
But Not For Me 

From Girl Crazy

Lee Wiley, Eddie Condon, Bud Freeman, Max Kaminsky, Pee Wee Russell, Fats Waller, Artie Shapiro and Max Kaminsky's Orchesta

Bud Freeman

2:25

She's Funny That Way
She's Funny That WayPee Wee Russell

We're In the Money

2:12

Keepin' Out of Mischief Now
Keepin' Out of Mischief NowScott Joplin and Pee Wee Russell

George Wein & the Newport All-Stars

3:07

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