| Other author/creator | Braff, Ruby, 1927-2003, instrumentalist. |
| Other author/creator | Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991, instrumentalist. |
| Other author/creator | Dickenson, Vic, instrumentalist. |
| Other author/creator | Flanagan, Tommy, instrumentalist. |
| Other author/creator | Freeman, Bud, 1906-1991 instrumentalist. |
| Other author/creator | Johnson, Osie, instrumentalist. |
| Other author/creator | Kiffe, Karl, 1927- instrumentalist. |
| Other author/creator | Marshall, Wendell instrumentalist. |
| Other author/creator | Pierce, Nat arranger of music, instrumentalist. |
| Other author/creator | Potter, Tommy, 1918-1988, instrumentalist. |
| Variant title |
Swinging with Pee Wee |
| Contents |
(What can I say, dear) after I say I'm sorry / Donaldson, Lyman (5:00) -- Midnight blue / Pee Wee Russell (5:38) -- The very thought of you / Ray Noble (4:40) -- Lulu's back in town / Warner, Dubin (5:02) -- Englewood / Russell (6: 40) -- I would do most anything for you / Mack David (6: 07) -- Wrap your troubles in dreams / Barris, Koehler, Moll (5:37) -- That old feeling / Fain, Brown (4:17) -- I've got the world on a string / Arlen, Koehler (4:25) -- Exactly like you / McHugh, Fields (3:02) -- It all depends on you / DeSylva, Brown, Henderson (4:00) -- If I had you / Shapiro, Campbell, Connelly (3:20) -- Out of nowhere / Heyman, Green (4:49) -- Pee Wee blues / Russell, Pierce (4 :20) -- I used to love you / Brown, Von Tilzer (5:03) -- Oh, no! / Russell, Cary (4:51). |
| General note | Jazz quintets and septets; arr. by Nat Pierce (8th-17 selections). |
| General note | The 1st-7th selections originally released in 1960 as Swingin' with Pee Wee (Prestige/Swingville: 2008); the 8th -16th selections originally released (in 1958?) as Portrait of Pee Wee (Counterpoint: 565). The first of these was reissued (in 1969?) as The Pee Wee Russell memorial album (Prestige 7672). Notes from these three releases, by Nat Hentoff, Dan Morgenstern, and Charles Edward Smith, are reproduced as accompanying material (1 folded sheet ([10] p.)). |
| Performer |
In the 1st-7th selections: Pee Wee Russell, clarinet ; Buck Clayton, trumpet ; Tommy Flanagen, piano ; Wendell Marshall, bass ; Osie Johnson, drums. In the 8th-16th selections: Pee Wee Russell, clarinet ; Ruby Braff, trumpet ; Bud Freeman, tenor saxophone ; Vic Dickenson, trombone ; Nat Pierce, piano ; Tommy Potter, bass ; Karl Kiffe, drums. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Mar. 29, 1960 (1st-7th selections) and in New York City, Feb. 18-19, 1958 (remainder). |
| Other title | Pee Wee Russell memorial album. |
| Other title | Portrait of Pee Wee. |