Pee Wee Russell ‎– New Groove + The College Concert

2 LPs ON 1 CD

INCLUDES 1 BONUS TRACK

This edition contains two amazing original albums by the great Pee Wee Russell. New Groove (Columbia CS-8785) presents him fronting his own quartet accompanied by trombone, and a piano-less rhythm section of bass and drums. The second LP, The College Concert of Pee Wee Russell and Henry Red Allen (Impulse AS-9137), appears here for the first time ever on CD. It features the clarinettist in a quintet format co-led by Allen, backed by an impressive modern rhythm section composed of Steve Kuhn on piano, Charlie Haden on bass, and Marty Morell on drums. As a bonus, “Mariooch”, which marks the only quartet song featuring Russell from the larger group album Jazz Reunion.

PERSONNEL:

PEE WEE RUSSELL clarinet on all tracks, plus:

[1-9]: New Groove (5 Stars Down Beat Magazine – 4 Stras All Music Guide)
MARSHALL BROWN, valve trombone & bass trumpet
RUSSELL GEORGE, bass
RON LUNDBERG, drums
New York, November-December, 1962.
Original sessions produced by Frank Driggs

[10-15]: The College Concert (4 Stars All Music Guide)
HENRY “RED” ALLEN, trumpet & vocals
STEVE KUHN, piano
CHARLIE HADEN, bass
MARTY MORELL, drums
Live at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Cambridge, Massachusetts, October 29, 1966.
Original session produced by Bob Thiele

[16]: Bonus track:
Pee Wee Russell (cl), Nat Pierce (p), Milt Hinton (b), Jo Jones (d).
New York, February 23, 1961

INCLUDES 16-PAGE BOOKLET

TRACKS:

01. My Mother’s Eyes
02. Chelsea Bridge
03. Red Planet
04. Pee Wee’s Blues
05. Moten Swing
06. ‘Round Midnight
07. Good Bait
08. Old Folks
09. Taps Miller
10. Blue Monk*
11. I Want A Little Girl*
12. Body And Soul*
13. ee Wee’s Blues*
14. Two Degrees East, Three Degrees West*
15. Graduation Blues*
16. Mariooch**

Total Time: 76:50