Throwback Thursday: Pee Wee Ellis at Bimhuis

My latest mix is now online. Venus Tunes Sessions is a monthly mix by Susanne Alt on Freak31, aired every first Sunday of the month at 19:00h. In addition, earlier Venus Tunes Sessions shows are repeated every Friday between 20:00-21:00 and Tuesday 21:00-22:00.Freak 31 has around 250 daily listeners (less during the week, more in the weekend) and a total of +10.000 listeners every month. In addition to Mixcloud and Hearthis, all mixes are also available as podcasts on Deezer and iTunes.It was in 2015 when I had my first official dj gig and since 2016 I started to perform regularly. This took place in Amsterdam's Skyybar, Floor17 and The Harbourclub Zuid... bit by bit, other places like Momo and W Amsterdam followed, leading to club bookings as a dj and festival bookings with Venus Tunes Live in the Netherlands and abroad. All of this in addition to my normal life as a musician. I love dj'ing as it adds another facet to my musicianship.Listen to all editions of the Venus Tunes Sessions where you like; choose your platform: Venus Tunes Sessions is a monthly guest mix by Susanne Alt on Freak31, aired every first Sunday of the month at 1900h. Streaming Dance, straight from Amsterdam. - From left to right: Pee Wee Ellis, Susanne Alt, Michael Mondesir (photo: Robert Glass)They made me giggle!This photo was taken backstage after a concert of Ginger Baker Jazz Confusion at Bimhuis, Amsterdam in 2015. I first saw Pee Wee in the early 90's when he was on tour with Maceo Parker. It took me years to get to know about the history! I got to know them as Maceo, Pee Wee & Fred, the horn players who took center stage and had this great funky concerts who went on for 4 or 5 hours with the grooving rhythm sections together with Bruno Speight (guitar), Will Boulware (keys), Jerome Preston (bass) and Jamal Thomas (drums). The audience was exhausted from dancing. Youth sentiment! Tenor saxophone player Pee Wee Ellis was an important band member of James Brown and wrote important saxophone tunes like Cold Sweat, The Chicken and one of James Brown's most important statement tunes Say it loud - I am black and I am proud. But he was so much more: Read more about him on Wikipedia.