Ask Me Now!

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Ask Me Now!
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Studio album by
Pee Wee Russell
Released1965
RecordedApril 9 & 10, 1963
Genre Jazz
Length38:02
Label Impulse!
Producer Bryan Koniarz
Pee Wee Russell chronology
Gumbo
(1965)		Ask Me Now!
(1965)		 The College Concert
(1966)

Ask Me Now! is an album by American jazz clarinetist Pee Wee Russell featuring trombonist Marshall Brown recorded in 1963 for the Impulse! label. [1]

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 5 stars stating "It is a remarkable and very lyrical date that briefly rejuvenated the career of this veteran individualist". [2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The Vinyl DistrictA+ [4]

Track listing

  1. "Turnaround" (Ornette Coleman) - 4:14
  2. "How About Me?" (Irving Berlin) - 4:16
  3. "Ask Me Now!" (Thelonious Monk) - 2:30
  4. "Some Other Blues" (John Coltrane) - 3:16
  5. "I'd Climb the Highest Mountain" (Lew Brown, Sidney Clare) - 3:26
  6. "Licorice Stick" (Marshall Brown) - 3:36
  7. "Prelude to a Kiss" (Duke Ellington, Irving Gordon, Irving Mills) - 2:41
  8. "Baby, You Can Count on Me" (Freddie Stewart) - 5:01
  9. "Hackensack" (Monk) - 3:37
  10. "Angel Eyes (Earl Brent, Matt Dennis) - 2:51
  11. "Calypso Walk" (Marshall Brown) - 2:34

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Impulse! Records discography accessed April 11, 2011
  2. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed April 11, 2011
  3. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1252. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. ↑ Neff, Joseph. Graded on a Curve: The Pee Wee Russell Quartet, Ask Me Now! accessed March 31, 2021
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