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Ellis, Pee Wee

LC control no.n 91106544
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Personal name headingEllis, Pee Wee
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Variant(s)Ellis, Alfred, 1941-
Associated countryUnited States
LocatedTexas Rochester (N.Y.)
Birth date1941-04-21
Death date2021-09-23
Place of birthBradenton (Fla.)
Field of activityFunk (Music) Jazz Soul music
Profession or occupationSaxophonists Band directors Jazz musicians Composers
Arrangers (Musicians) Soul musicians Funk musicians
Found inBenson, G. Body talk [SR] p1973: container insert (Pee Wee Ellis)
Brown, J. James Brown [SR] p2003: booklet (Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis)
All music guide WWW site, Dec. 15, 2005 (Pee Wee Ellis; b. Alfred Ellis; served as James Brown's band director; plays several saxophones)
Rykodisc WWW site, Dec. 15, 2005 (Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis; saxophonist; native of Rochester, N.Y.)
ukhh.com WWW site, Dec. 15, 2005: Features, Interviews, Pee Wee Ellis (Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis; saxophonist; b. 1941, Florida; raised in Texas and Rochester, N.Y.)
Oxford music online, February 3, 2016: New Grove dict. of jazz, 2nd ed. (Ellis, Pee Wee (Alfred); born April 21, 1941, Bradenton, FL; American saxophonist, composer, and arranger)
New York times online, viewed September 27, 2021 (obituary dated September 27, 2021: Pee Wee Ellis; born Alfred James Ellis, April 21, 1941, Bradenton, Florida; died Thursday [September 23] at age 80; saxophonist, arranger and composer who fused jazz, funk and soul as the musical director for James Brown)
Not found inInt. ww in pop. mus., 5th-6th ed.; The Rolling stone encyclopedia of rock & roll, c2001