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.
Ha ha - just saw this!
ReplyDeleteBlue Note CEO Bruce Lundvall told me that Miles Davis used to call him "half a motherfucker"!
Classic!
Geoff Wilkinson
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i just noticed the date of the review of the "pee wee album" on allaboutjazz..........
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Geoff Wilkinson
Us3
Actually, it was Lester Young who first called Pee Wee "half a mutherfucker."And for good reason. Pee Wee was known to take no shit off anyone, ever.
ReplyDeleteactually it was Not
Deleteaccording to Pee Wee who was. friend of mine