[Tradjazz] Pee Wee Russell

[trevor rippingale]

Hi Steve, I agree entirely : Bix & Monk both welcomed him : how unique ! 
We'll just have to keep working on bruce. I'nm sure his musical taste will 
win through in the end!
Trevor
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Barbone" <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
To: <tradjazz at list.okom.com>
Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 12:52 PM
Subject: [Tradjazz] Pee Wee Russell


> "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
>
>
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