Ask Me Now!
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{{Infobox album|
| name = Ask Me Now!
| type = Album
| artist = Pee Wee Russell
| cover = Ask Me Now!.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1965
| recorded = April 9 & 10, 1963
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 38:02
| label = Impulse!
| producer = Bryan Koniarz
| chronology = Pee Wee Russell
| prev_title = Gumbo
| prev_year = 1965
| next_title = The College Concert
| next_year = 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.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/impulse-records/catalog-9000-series/#a-96 Impulse! Records discography] accessed April 11, 2011
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".Yanow, S. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/ask-me-now-r146762 Allmusic Review] accessed April 11, 2011
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
|rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
|rev2score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=1252}}
|rev3 = The Vinyl District
}}
Track listing
- "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
- Pee Wee Russell - clarinet
- Marshall Brown - valve trombone, bass trumpet
- Russell George - double bass
- Ronnie Bedford - drums
References
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Category:Impulse! Records albums