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In July 2014, Pee Wee Ellis was honored with a doctorate by Bath Spa University, and he continued to support local music as patron (and a principal performer) of the Bristol International Blues and Jazz Festival. He died on September 23, 2021, at the age of 80.
Sep 30, 2021 · Refused attention at a whites-only hospital, he died while lying on a trolley. The killer was never identified. His mother moved her son and his two younger sisters out of the segregated south-west...
Sep 27, 2021 · Alfred (Pee Wee) Ellis, a saxophonist, arranger and composer who fused jazz, funk and soul as the musical director for James Brown and Van Morrison, died on Thursday. He was 80.
- Jon Pareles
Sep 27, 2021 · Details of death: Died at his home in England of heart complications at the age of 80. We invite you to share condolences for Pee Wee Ellis in our Guest Book. Video unavailable. Watch...
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...
- Matt Schudel
Sep 24, 2021 · Pee Wee Ellis, the influential jazz saxophonist best known for his work with James Brown, Van Morrison, and Ginger Baker, has died at age 80. His death was announced Friday on Ellis’...
Sep 24, 2021 · Alfred ‘Pee Wee’ Ellis, the songwriter, arranger, and multi-instrumentalist best known as James Brown’s bandleader died at 80 years old.
