Ask Me Now!

Ask Me Now!
Ask Me Now!
Studio album by Pee Wee Russell
Released	1965
Recorded	April 9 & 10, 1963
Genre	Jazz
Length	38:02
Label	Impulse!
Producer	Bryan Koniarz
Pee Wee Russell chronology

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]

Reception[edit]

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
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[3]
The Vinyl District	A+^[4]

Track listing[edit]

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

Recorded in New York City on April 9 & 10, 1963

Personnel[edit]

Pee Wee Russell - clarinet
Marshall Brown - valve trombone, bass trumpet
Russell George - double bass
Ronnie Bedford - drums

References[edit]

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

[Impulse!_Records_discography-1] Impulse! Records discography accessed April 11, 2011

[Allmusic-2] Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed April 11, 2011

[Penguin-3] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1252. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[Vinyl-4] Neff, Joseph. Graded on a Curve: The Pee Wee Russell Quartet, Ask Me Now! accessed March 31, 2021

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v t e Pee Wee Russell
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	Newport Jazz Festival All Stars (1959) Swingin' with Pee Wee (and Buck Clayton, 1960) Jazz Reunion (and Coleman Hawkins, 1961) Ask Me Now! (1963) The College Concert (and Henry "Red" Allen, 1966) The Spirit of '67 (arranged by Oliver Nelson, 1967)
With others	The Ruby Braff Octet with Pee Wee Russell & Bobby Henderson at Newport (1957) Miles & Monk at Newport (Thelonious Monk, 1963) George Wein & the Newport All-Stars (1962)