[Tradjazz] Pee Wee Russell

[Steve Barbone]

"trevor rippingale" <trevrip at bigpond.com> wrote

> Bruce my dear chap,
> "One never knows.....do one?"  Maybe Charles Ellsworth and Bob Helm are a bit
> like drinking good whisky ...they're an acquired taste........like bass
> saxophones(?).....and even banjos (?).....and flageolets(?).........and all
> the best things in life.
> I certainly share your love of Bob Helm's playing : its stylistically sincere
> and original, and it suits perfectly the context of the Watters/ Murphy groups
> and their repertoire. Like Pee Wee, Bob has his own sort of "chops" and fresh
> ideas to burn. What more can we ask ?
> But I do hope you'll also keep listening to Pee Wee and I'll just  keep hoping
> the light will dawn for you one day......'one never knows.....do one?"
> Trevor

I'm with you Trevor.

Another thing I love about Pee Wee Russell is what Gerry Mulligan said in an
interview long ago:

"Harmonically, Pee Wee Russell is further out than I am."

And the fact that he was a certified character. Who else ever played with
both Bix and Monk? And BTW, what he did with Bix was pure genius.

Cheers,
Steve Barbone