Snookum Russell

Snookum Russell (born Columbia, South Carolina, April 6, 1913; died August 1981) was a pianist and leader of a territory band that played tobacco warehouses and dance halls in the South and Midwest^[1] in the 1930s, '40s and '50s.

Members of his bands included J. J. Johnson, who joined shortly after, and played with^[1]^[2] Fats Navarro,^[3] Ray Brown, Tommy Turrentine and Herbie Phillips.

Discography

1962: Jazz at Preservation Hall 4: The George Lewis Band of New Orleans - The George Lewis Band of New Orleans, with George Lewis (cl) Isaac "Snookum" Russell (p) Papa John Joseph (b) Joe Watkins (d) (Atlantic LP 1411)^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b Feather, Leonard. Liner notes on Early Bones
^ J. J. Johnson obituary in The Last post
^ Feather, Leonard & Gitler, Ira The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz Oxford University Press US, 2007 ISBN 019532000X, 9780195320008
^ Atlantic Records discography

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Name	Russell, Snookum
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Date of birth	April 6, 1913
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Date of death	1981
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