Pee Wee Russell Maplewood, Missouri
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.
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