John W. Russell (June 4, 1909, Charlotte, North Carolina - July 26, 1991, New York City) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Russell was raised in New York, and began on violin at age nine, later picking up saxophone and clarinet. He played in both capacities with in 1926, then worked at the Strand Danceland under Earle Howard. While he continued to play violin in live settings, no recordings of him as a violinist are known. After working in the early 1930s with Harry White, Russell replaced Chu Berry in Benny Carter's ensemble in 1933-34, then joined up with Willie Bryant in 1935-36. He toured with Bobby Martin's orchestra in Europe in 1938, and played with this group on the soundtrack to the 1938 Erich von Stroheim film, L'alibi; it is for his solos in this recording that he is best
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