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Pee Wee Ellis, saxophonist and arranger for James Brown and others who was central in creating funk – obituary

He worked with Brown on the hit song Say it Loud (I’m Black and Proud), written on a napkin after the assassination of Martin Luther King

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Pee Wee Ellis obituary

Pee Wee Ellis obituary
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