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1. • • Best known for his work with artists including Van Morrison and James Brown, the Florida-born musician passed away at his home in Wiltshire following complications with his heart. He was 80.
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   • 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’ Facebook page. “With great sadness we have to announce that Pee Wee passed away last night following complications with his heart,” read the statement.

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   • 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. The cause was “complications with his heart,” his Facebook page said. It did not say where he died; he lived in Dorset County, England.

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   • As musical director for the bands behind Mr. Brown and also Van Morrison, Mr. Ellis helped forge new hybrids, meshing pop, jazz, R&B and more. Pee Wee Ellis performing in Rochester, N.Y., in 1958 with Ron Carter on bass. Mr. Ellis bridged jazz and funk, and brought his fusion sensibility to James Brown’s band as an arranger and composer.

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   • (Heritage Images/Getty Images) 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 arrangements on such songs as “Cold Sweat” and “Say It Loud — I’m Black and I’m Proud,” died Sept. 23 at age 80.

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   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. The cause was...

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   Ellis in Milan, 2007. Alfred James Ellis (April 21, 1941 – September 23, 2021), known as Pee Wee Ellis due to his diminutive stature, was an American saxophonist, composer, and arranger. [3] With a background in jazz, he was a member of James Brown 's band in the 1960s, appearing on many of Brown's recordings and co-writing hits like "Cold ...

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   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’ Facebook...

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   Sep 26, 2021 · 0. 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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   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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   Sep 27, 2021 · Quoted by CNN, the New York Times, and Macleans. Pee Wee Ellis, bandleader for James Brown and Van Morrison, died Thursday of heart complications at his home in Wiltshire, England at the age of 80.

9. londonjazznews.com › 2021/09/27 › pee-wee-ellis-aPee Wee Ellis: a Tribute by Denny Ilett – London Jazz News

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   Sep 27, 2021 · londonjazz on 27 September 2021 • ( 2 Comments ) In this tribute, Denny Ilett (*) remembers his close colleague and friend Pee Wee Ellis, who passed away on 23 September 2021 at the age of 80. Pee Wee Ellis. Bristol Jazz & Blues Festival 2014. Pboto copyright Tim Dickeson All Rights Reserved.