Pee Wee Russell & Friends - Portrait of Pee Wee (1958) {DCC 180g} 24-bit/96kHz Vinyl Rip plus Redbook CD Version

Pee Wee had one of the most distinctive sounds in jazz music and is one of the giants of classical jazz - who played distinctively within classical genres, but also ventured into modern jazz. The almost ethereal sound of his clarinet - woody, tart and lyrical - is a revelation. allmusic 3/5 stars downbeat 3.5/5 stars

LP track listing

Side One

1. "That Old Feeling" (Lew Brown, Sammy Fain) - 4:15
2. "I've Got the World on a String" (Ted Koehler, Harold Arlen) - 4:25
3. "Exactly Like You" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) - 3:01
4. "It All Depends on You" (Buddy G. DeSylva, Lew Brown, Ray Henderson) - 3:58
5. "If I Had You" (Ted Shapiro, Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly) - 3:20

Side Two

6. "Out of Nowhere" (Darren Hayman, Johnny Green) - 4:48
7. "Pee Wee Blues" (Pee Wee Russell) - 4:20
8. "I Used to Love You" (Lew Brown, Albert Von Tilzer) - 5:00
9. "Oh No!" (Pee Wee Russell) - 4:49

NOTE: There are tape dropouts on tracks 3 and 7. They are also on the CD, so they must be on the master tape.


Released: 1958 [this DCC release is 1996]
Recorded: February 18-19, 1958 at Beltone Recording Studios, New York
Genre: Jazz
Length: 37:56
Label: DCC/Counterpoint
Producer: William Fox

Personnel

* Pee Wee Russell - clarinet
* Ruby Braff - trumpet
* Bud Freeman - tenor saxophone
* Vic Dickenson - trombone
* Karl Kiffe - drums
* Charles Potter - bass
* Nat Pierce - piano and arrangements