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Pee Wee Speaks
Hilbert, Robert; Niven, David
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Description for Pee Wee Speaks
Hardback. Series: Studies in Jazz. Num Pages: 399 pages, Fr.Ill. BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVH; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Great changes occurred on the jazz scene during Charles Ellsworth 'Pee Wee' Russell, Jr's four-decade recording career, and Pee Wee was always ahead of his contemporaries. Beginning with the previously undocumented first recording session of 16-year-old Russell in 1922, and ending in 1968 with a Mississippi riverboat party shortly before his death, this discography includes all his known commercial recordings worldwide as well as much new information on film soundtracks, private recordings, broadcasts, and concerts. Pee Wee's lengthy recording career spanned sessions with jazz greats from Bix Beiderbecke to Thelonious Monk.
Great changes occurred on the jazz scene during Charles Ellsworth 'Pee Wee' Russell, Jr's four-decade recording career, and Pee Wee was always ahead of his contemporaries. Beginning with the previously undocumented first recording session of 16-year-old Russell in 1922, and ending in 1968 with a Mississippi riverboat party shortly before his death, this discography includes all his known commercial recordings worldwide as well as much new information on film soundtracks, private recordings, broadcasts, and concerts. Pee Wee's lengthy recording career spanned sessions with jazz greats from Bix Beiderbecke to Thelonious Monk.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
399
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Jazz
Number of Pages
399
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810826342
SKU
V9780810826342
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About Hilbert, Robert; Niven, David
Robert Hilbert, a full time jazz student, has written numerous articles on the subject as well as a discography of James P. Johnson with Scott Brown (Scarecrow, 1986), and a biography of Pee Wee Russell .
Reviews for Pee Wee Speaks
...a major addition to the library of anyone interested in jazz...it doesn't get any better than this...
The IAJRC Journal
...it is almost mandatory to have a copy of Pee Wee Speaks nearby for handy, supplemental reference...the most complete, up to date, and accurate accounting of Russell's documented recordings extant...meticulously detailed...
JazzTimes Magazine
...a major addition ... Read more
The IAJRC Journal
...it is almost mandatory to have a copy of Pee Wee Speaks nearby for handy, supplemental reference...the most complete, up to date, and accurate accounting of Russell's documented recordings extant...meticulously detailed...
JazzTimes Magazine
...a major addition ... Read more