Pee Wee Russell

clarinet, saxophone · 1906–1969 · Maplewood

Clarinetist with an inimitable phrasing, he settled at Nick's, in Greenwich Village, from 1937 and often played with Eddie Condon. Late in his life, he recorded for Impulse! with Oliver Nelson and played with Thelonious Monk at Newport.

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Styles

• Chicago
• Dixieland (ODJB, 1917)

Landmark tracks

• Hello Lola (1929)

Sources

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