Hot House by Pee Wee Russell
"These tracks represent a creative high point of Pee Wee's middle years. An artist's greatest achievement is successful originality, and Pee Wee accomplished exactly that. In retrospect, it's easy to hear that aspects of his musical searches were part of the wave of the future in jazz."
- Joe Muranyi
Tracklist
| 1. | At Sundown | 4:44 |
| 2. | Keep Smiling at Trouble | 5:30 |
| 3. | What's the Pitch | 3:18 |
| 4. | I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter | 2:44 |
| 5. | Pee Wee's Blues | 3:30 |
| 6. | Sugar | 2:38 |
| 7. | Somebody Else Is Taking My Place | 6:45 |
| 8. | Dreamin' and Schemin' | 3:24 |
| 9. | Chicago | 5:57 |
| 10. | Oh, No | 2:22 |
| 11. | I Can't Get Started | 6:11 |
| 12. | Cutie Pie | 2:29 |
| 13. | Nobody's Sweetheart | 3:21 |
| 14. | Pee Wee's Song | 4:10 |
| 15. | Sunday | 5:37 |
| 16. | The Reverend's in Town | 3:04 |
| 17. | Are You Here | 2:24 |
| 18. | I'm Coming Virginia | 6:05 |
| 19. | Marie | 4:46 |
| 20. | Liza | 3:01 |
| 21. | Write Me a Love Song, Baby | 1:07 |
| 22. | Down Hearted Blues | 6:30 |
| 23. | China Boy | 2:32 |
| 24. | This Is It | 2:13 |
| 25. | Sweet Georgia Brown | 6:03 |
| 26. | Sometimes I'm Happy | 2:51 |
| 27. | Oh, Yes | 3:00 |
| 28. | Missy | 5:02 |
| 29. | Did I Remember | 5:17 |
| 30. | But Why | 1:40 |
| 31. | It's Been so Long | 7:23 |
| 32. | I Want a Little Girl | 3:56 |
Credits
released March 29, 2021
Pee Wee Russell - clarinet
Bobby Hackett - trumpet, cornet
Bud Freeman - tenor sax
Miff Mole - trombone
Jack Teagarden - trombone
Jess Stacy - piano
Joe Sullivan - piano
Eddie Condon - guitar
Sid Weiss - bass
George Wettling - drums
plus
Various Artists
Pee Wee Russell - clarinet
Bobby Hackett - trumpet, cornet
Bud Freeman - tenor sax
Miff Mole - trombone
Jack Teagarden - trombone
Jess Stacy - piano
Joe Sullivan - piano
Eddie Condon - guitar
Sid Weiss - bass
George Wettling - drums
plus
Various Artists
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Pee Wee Russell (March 27, 1906 – February 15, 1969), was an American jazz musician.
With a highly individualistic and spontaneous clarinet style that "defied classification", Russell began his career playing Dixieland jazz, but moved further with swing, and bebop.
Russell's unique and sometimes derided approach was praised as ahead of its time, and cited by some as an early example of free jazz.