Snookum Russell (April 6, 1913 – August 1981) was an American

pianist A pianist ( , ) is an individual musician who plays the piano. Since most forms of Western music can make use of the piano, pianists have a wide repertoire and a wide variety of styles to choose from, among them traditional classical music, j ...

and leader of a territory band that played tobacco warehouses and dance halls in the South and Midwest in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. Russell was born in

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, United States. Members of his bands included J. J. Johnson, who joined shortly after, and played with
Fats Navarro, 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)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Russell, Snookum American jazz pianists American male pianists American jazz bandleaders 1913 births 1981 deaths 20th-century American pianists 20th-century American male musicians American male jazz musicians