Ask Me Now! Explained

Ask Me Now!
Type:	Album
Artist:	Pee Wee Russell
Cover:	Ask Me Now!.jpg
Released:	1965
Recorded:	April 9 & 10, 1963
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	38:02
Label:	Impulse!
Producer:	Bryan Koniarz
Chronology:	Pee Wee Russell
Prev Title:	Gumbo
Prev Year:	1965
Next Title:	The College Concert
Next Year:	1966

Ask Me Now! is an album by American jazz clarinetist Pee Wee Russell featuring trombonist Marshall Brown recorded in 1963 for the Impulse! label.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 5 stars stating "It is a remarkable and very lyrical date that briefly rejuvenated the career of this veteran individualist".^[2]

Track listing

1. "Turnaround" (Ornette Coleman) - 4:14
2. "How About Me?" (Irving Berlin) - 4:16
3. "Ask Me Now!" (Thelonious Monk) - 2:30
4. "Some Other Blues" (John Coltrane) - 3:16
5. "I'd Climb the Highest Mountain" (Lew Brown, Sidney Clare) - 3:26
6. "Licorice Stick" (Marshall Brown) - 3:36
7. "Prelude to a Kiss" (Duke Ellington, Irving Gordon, Irving Mills) - 2:41
8. "Baby, You Can Count on Me" (Freddie Stewart) - 5:01
9. "Hackensack" (Monk) - 3:37
10. "Angel Eyes (Earl Brent, Matt Dennis) - 2:51
11. "Calypso Walk" (Marshall Brown) - 2:34

• Recorded in New York City on April 9 & 10, 1963

Personnel

• Pee Wee Russell - clarinet
• Marshall Brown - valve trombone, bass trumpet
• Russell George - double bass
• Ronnie Bedford - drums

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/impulse-records/catalog-9000-series/#a-96 Impulse! Records discography
2. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed April 11, 2011