sidewinder Posted September 25, 2021 Report Share Posted September 25, 2021 (edited) Sad to report that saxophonist/arranger/bandleader Pee Wee Ellis has just passed away. For many years he has lived here in the UK in the Frome, Somerset area in the SW of England, active in and very supportive of the local scene and will be very much missed. RIP. Edited September 25, 2021 by sidewinder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted September 25, 2021 Report Share Posted September 25, 2021 That's sad I didn't realise he was UK based. I listened to a lot of his work as MD and arranger for Van Morrison. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted September 25, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2021 Yes, Van also has a home in the Frome area I think. Pee Wee was patron of Bristol’s Jazz and Blues Festival and usually put in an appearance with his band. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted September 25, 2021 Report Share Posted September 25, 2021 One of the unsung architects of Black American Music, the man who translated James Brown. Plus, a pretty damn good tenor player RIP and thank you. Beyond that, words fail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjzee Posted September 25, 2021 Report Share Posted September 25, 2021 Interesting how Sonny Rollins was a part of his story: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/pee-wee-ellis-obit-dead-1232060/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardbopjazz Posted September 25, 2021 Report Share Posted September 25, 2021 RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted September 25, 2021 Report Share Posted September 25, 2021 A man of wide interests. Even worked with Oumou Sangare. RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted September 26, 2021 Report Share Posted September 26, 2021 (edited) R.I.P. Without his participation, many bands and albums would have sounded very different from what they were. Will spin this tomorrow in memoriam: Edited September 26, 2021 by mikeweil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhatta Posted September 28, 2021 Report Share Posted September 28, 2021 RIP. My personal favorite is Blues Mission (1993). The personnel is nice 'n weird -- Pee Wee is joined by Jack Walrath, Jean Paul Bourelly, Masabumi "Poo" Kikuchi, and Clyde Stubblefield. And somehow it works. Also, a duo album with Horace Parlan is touching. Better than the albums with Archie Shepp, I think. It also contains Parlan's best work from his later years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danasgoodstuff Posted September 28, 2021 Report Share Posted September 28, 2021 Might have to buy that duet album with Parlan, if I can find it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted September 28, 2021 Report Share Posted September 28, 2021 It's somewhere on the web as a DL. Amazon maybe. MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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