{{short description|American jazz pianist and bandleader (1913–1981)}}

thumb|Snookum Russell, c. 1943 '''Isaac "Snookum" Russell''' (April 6, 1913 &ndash; August 1981) was an American pianist and leader of a territory band that played tobacco warehouses and dance halls in the South and Midwest<ref name="feather"/> in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s.

Russell was born in Columbia, South Carolina, United States. Members of his bands included J. J. Johnson, who joined shortly after, and played with<ref name="feather">{{Cite web |title=Early Bones: Liner Notes |url=http://www.gerrymulligan.info/recordings/earlybones.html |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080703155738/http://www.gerrymulligan.info/recordings/earlybones.html |archive-date=2008-07-03 |website=Gerry Mulligan Recordings}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Mathieson |first=Kenny |date=2001 |title=J. J. Johnson: 1924-2001 |url=http://www.jazzhouse.org/gone/lastpost2.php3?edit=981455192 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010531004738/http://jazzhouse.org/gone/lastpost2.php3?edit=981455192 |archive-date=2001-05-31 |accessdate=2013-03-11 |website=Jazzhouse.org |publisher=The Scotsman}}</ref> Fats Navarro,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Feather |first1=Leonard |url=https://archive.org/details/biographicalency00feat/page/492 |title=The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz |last2=Gitler |first2=Ira |date=1999-11-18 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780199729074 |page=492 |oclc=181917455 |url-access=registration}}</ref> 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)<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.jazzdisco.org/atlantic-records/discography-1962/ |title=Atlantic Records Discography: 1962 |publisher=Jazzdisco.org |date= |accessdate=2013-03-11}}</ref>

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