pee wee marquette

tales of times square/black cracker scribe josh alan friedman sent this pic of pee wee marquette, the diminutive "voice of birdland" whose introductions graced a number of blue note recordings from the '50s, famously sampled by us3 on "cantaloop (flip fantasia)" in 1993.



last year, some nutball released a compilation cd of pee wee's spiel, entitled every night at birdland: the lost introductions. could be the greatest thing to hit wax (or shiny silver disc, whatevah) since having fun with elvis onstage. you see one of these, you let me know.