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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Pee_Wee_EllisPee Wee Ellis - Wikipedia

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   In 1995, showing the diversity of his musical interests and talents, Ellis played tenor sax and arranged the horns for the album Worotan, by Mali's Oumou Sangare, the so-called "Songbird of Wassoulou" and worked with many other artists on the World Circuit label including Ali Farka Toure, Cheikh Lo, Anga Diaz and renowned Cuban bassist Cachao.

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     Van Morrison Tupelo Honey Live with great solo by Pee Wee Ellis

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     PEE WEE ELLIS LIVE Make it funky

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3. www.robertchristgau.com › get_albumRobert Christgau: Album: Oumou Sangaré: Worotan

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   She's proud to be a griot, an earth mother, a modern woman, a star--an effective progressive in music as well as politics, up to and including some Pee Wee Ellis horn charts to freshen her funk. She exploits possibilities she finds in Europe and America, and she gives new possibilities back.

4. www.theguardian.com › 30 › pee-wee-ellis-obituaryPee Wee Ellis obituary | Jazz | The Guardian

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   Sep 30, 2021 · Pee Wee Ellis obituary. American jazz saxophonist, arranger and bandleader who played with James Brown and Van Morrison. Richard Williams. Thu 30 Sep 2021 11.43 EDT. Last modified on Wed 17...

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   Who was Pee Wee Ellis?

   • 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.

   Pee Wee Ellis, James Brown’s Partner in Funk, Dies at 80

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   Was Pee Wee Ellis a saxophonist?

   • 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”, has died aged 80.

   Pee Wee Ellis: Saxophonist who helped put the funk in James Brown’s

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   Who was Alfred (Pee Wee) Ellis?

   • 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.

   Pee Wee Ellis, James Brown’s Partner in Funk, Dies at 80

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   Who were Pee Wee Ellis bandmates?

   • In the ’90s and 2000s Mr. Ellis rejoined the saxophonist Maceo Parker and the trombonist Fred Wesley, bandmates from his years with Mr. Brown, to perform and make albums under various names, including the J.B. Horns and the J.B.’s Reunion. He led his own group, the Pee Wee Ellis Assembly, and made more than a dozen jazz albums as a leader.

   Pee Wee Ellis, James Brown’s Partner in Funk, Dies at 80

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6. www.nytimes.com › music › pee-wee-ellis-deadPee Wee Ellis, James Brown’s Partner in Funk, Dies at 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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7. www.independent.co.uk › news › obituariesPee Wee Ellis: Saxophonist who helped put the funk in James ...

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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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8. www.amazon.com › Worotan-Oumou-Sangare › dpOumou Sangaré - Worotan - Amazon.com Music

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   Feb 10, 2007 · Worotan . Oumou Sangare Format: Audio CD. 4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 11 ratings. $17.17 $ 17. 17 $. See all ... Mali songstress Feat Pee Wee Ellis, Nitin Sawhney.

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9. amphitheater.ucsd.edu › event › oumou-sangareOumou Sangaré - Epstein Family Amphitheater

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   Jul 21, 2023 · She’s earned acclaim for her many recording landmarks, from her 1989 debut Moussolou, with its traditional wassalou sound; to 1996’s Worotan, which featured a horn section arranged by funk legend Pee Wee Ellis; to 2009’s Seya, which won Sangaré the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary World Music Album. Her 2017 release, Mogoya, featured a ...