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1960 studio album by Pee Wee Russell with Buck Clayton
Swingin' with Pee Wee
Studio album by Pee Wee Russell with Buck Clayton
Released1960
RecordedMarch 29, 1960
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
GenreJazz
Length38:44
LabelSwingville
SV 2008
ProducerEsmond Edwards
Pee Wee Russell chronology
Newport Jazz Festival All Stars
(1959) 		Swingin' with Pee Wee
(1960) 		Jazz Reunion
(1962)
Buck Clayton chronology
Copenhagen Concert
(1959) 		Swingin' with Pee Wee
(1960) 		Goin' to Kansas City
(1960)

Swingin' with Pee Wee is an album by clarinetist Pee Wee Russell with trumpeter Buck Clayton which was recorded in 1960 and released on the Swingville label.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

Scott Yanow of AllMusic states, "Russell and trumpeter Buck Clayton make for a perfectly compatible team on the 1960 date ... His playing is much more consistent and comfortable on the mid-tempo material than usual and he mostly gets to avoid the overly hyper Dixieland warhorses. A gem".

Track listing

  1. "What Can I Say Dear" (Walter Donaldson, Abe Lyman) – 5:00
  2. "Midnight Blue" (Pee Wee Russell) – 5:38
  3. "The Very Thought of You" (Ray Noble) – 4:40
  4. "Lulu's Back In Town" (Harry Warren, Al Dubin) – 5:02
  5. "Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams" (Harry Barris, Ted Koehler, Billy Moll) – 5:37
  6. "I Would Do Most Anything for You" (Mack David) – 6:07
  7. "Englewood" (Russell) – 6:40

Personnel

References

  1. Prestige Records discography accessed June 30, 2017
  2. Swingville Label Discography accessed June 30, 2017
  3. ^ Yanow, Scott. Swingin' with Pee Wee – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved June 30, 2017.
  4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1252. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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