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]

Ask Me Now!
Studio album by
Released1965
RecordedApril 9 & 10, 1963
GenreJazz
Length38:02
LabelImpulse!
ProducerBryan Koniarz
Pee Wee Russell chronology
Gumbo
(1965)
Ask Me Now!
(1965)
The College Concert
(1966)

Reception

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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]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic     [2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings    [3]
The Vinyl DistrictA+[4]

Track listing

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  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

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References

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  1. ^ Impulse! Records discography accessed April 11, 2011
  2. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed April 11, 2011
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1252. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. ^ Neff, Joseph. Graded on a Curve: The Pee Wee Russell Quartet, Ask Me Now! accessed March 31, 2021