Biography
Charles Ellsworth "Pee Wee" Russell (March 27, 1906 β February 15, 1969) was an American jazz musician. Early in his career he played clarinet and saxophones, but he eventually focused solely on clarinet.
With a highly individualistic and spontaneous clarinet style that "defied classification", Russell began his career playing traditional jazz, but throughout his career incorporated elements of newer developments such as swing, bebop, and free jazz. Writing in 1961, the poet Philip Larkin commented: "No one familiar with the characteristic excitement of his solos, their lurid, snuffling, asthmatic voicelessness, notes leant on till they split, and sudden passionate intensities, could deny the uniqueness of his contribution to jazz."
Filmography
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Movies 6
self 5
Self (voice) (archive footage)
Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes (2019)
Movie
Himself (archive footage)
Louis Prima: The Wildest! (1999)
Movie
The Sound of Jazz (1957)
Movie
Self
Jazz Dance (1954)
Movie
Pee Wee Russell - Band Member
Swing It (1936)
Movie
Self / Musician
Red Nichols and His Five Pennies (1929)
Movie
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1929
1954
1957
2019
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1906-03-27
Deathday1969-02-15 (62 years old)
Birth PlaceMaplewood, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsCharles Ellsworth Russell
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