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- Mr. Brown and Mr. Ellis wrote “ Say It Loud — I’m Black and I’m Proud,” another funk milestone, in response to the murder of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968 and the subsequent summer of racial unrest.
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Sep 30, 2021 · Richard Williams. Thu 30 Sep 2021 11.43 EDT. In the summer of 1968, with black America aflame following the assassination of Martin Luther King, the singer James Brown summoned his musical...
Pee Wee joined the James Brown Revue in 1965, became bandleader within six months, and soon began writing with James Brown. He co-authored “Cold Sweat,” which is widely considered the first ...
Sep 26, 2021 · Pee Wee Ellis, a saxophonist who was the musical director for soul star James Brown in the late 1960s and is considered an architect of funk music for his groundbreaking songwriting and...
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Nov 22, 2011 · Ellis was influenced by jazz tunes, as he was when married the horn line to Miles Davis's tune "So What" to the James Brown hit "Cold Sweat." The music allowed Brown to improvise on the dance...
He co-wrote 26 songs with Brown including “Cold Sweat” and “Say It Loud – I’m Black And I’m Proud,” helping to create the funk music that James Brown popularized.
Sep 27, 2021 · Pee Wee Ellis was a saxophone player who led James Brown’s (1933–2006) and Van Morrison’s bands as well as co-writing songs such as “Say it Loud – I’m Black and I’m Proud.”
Sep 27, 2021 · By Jon Pareles. Published Sept. 27, 2021 Updated Nov. 8, 2021. Alfred (Pee Wee) Ellis, a saxophonist, arranger and composer who fused jazz, funk and soul as the musical director for James...
