LC control no. | n 91106544 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Ellis, Pee Wee |
Variant(s) | Ellis, Alfred, 1941- |
Associated country | United States |
Located | Texas Rochester (N.Y.) |
Birth date | 1941-04-21 |
Death date | 2021-09-23 |
Place of birth | Bradenton (Fla.) |
Field of activity | Funk (Music) Jazz Soul music |
Profession or occupation | Saxophonists Band directors Jazz musicians Composers Arrangers (Musicians) Soul musicians Funk musicians |
Found in | Benson, 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 in | Int. ww in pop. mus., 5th-6th ed.; The Rolling stone encyclopedia of rock & roll, c2001 |