Pee Wee Ellis - The Storyteller - CD

In 1994 the Pee Wee Ellis Trio toured in Europe. Here is the complete concert from March 21st 1994 in Cologne captured in pristine audiophile sound. "The Storyteller" is a highlight in the history of the classic jazz line-up of tenor, bass and drums and features compositions of Ellington, Rollins, Coltrane and Ellis himself. In his book "Kill 'Em and Leave" James McBride sums up the importance of Pee Wee Ellis "the principle architect of James Brown's sound". The ironic thing about Pee Wee's entry into the Brown cosmos was his original motivation: he wanted to earn money to be able to devote himself more to his true love, jazz. In 1957 he met Sonny Rollins. From then on Pee Wee flew down to New York once a week to have one-to-one lessons. This led to a lifelong friendship. After ending his work with James Brown Pee Wee helped to develop the sound of the legendary CTI label. After touring with Maceo Parker 1993 the Pee Wee Ellis Trio with Dwayne Dolphin on bass and Bruce Cox on drums took to the big stage and they recorded Pee Wee's first ever jazz album in Cologne's "Schmuckkästchen" club. The New York Times voted the resulting CD "Twelve & More Blues", one of the best in 1993. 1994 the trio came back and two evenings were recorded. Here is the complete first evening from March 21st 1994 captured in pristine audiophile sound.