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Instruments
  
Saxophone

Role
  
Record Producer

Name
  
Dave Pell


Years active
  
1940s–present

Genres
  
Jazz

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Born
  
February 26, 1925 (age 99) Brooklyn, New York (
1925-02-26
)

Occupation(s)
  
saxophonist, bandleader

Albums
  
Jazz Goes Dancing (Prom to Prom)

Record labels
  
RCA Records, Capitol Records, Atlantic Records, Kapp Records, Coral Records

Similar People
  
Don Fagerquist, Marty Paich, Shorty Rogers, Jack Sheldon, Bob Cooper

Associated acts
  
The Dave Pell Octet

The Dave Pell Octet - Would You Like to Take a Walk (with Tommy Tedesco on guitar)


David Pell (February 26, 1925 – May 7, 2017) was an American jazz saxophonist and bandleader. He was best known for leading a cool jazz octet in the 1950s.

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The dave pell octet by the river sainte marie with tommy tedesco on guitar


Biography

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Pell first played in his teens with the big bands of Tony Pastor, Bob Astor, and Bobby Sherwood, and then moved to California in the middle of the 1940s. There he played on Bob Crosby's radio show in 1946, and was a member of Les Brown's band from 1947 to 1955.

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In 1953, he began working with his own ensembles, mostly as an octet: Pell on tenor sax, another saxophone (either a baritone or an alto), trumpet and trombone, guitar, and a piano-bass-drums rhythm section). Among the octet players were Pepper Adams, Benny Carter, Mel Lewis, Red Mitchell, Marty Paich, Art Pepper and, early his career, John Williams. These ensembles recorded in the 1950s for Atlantic, Kapp, Coral, Capitol, and RCA Victor; alongside this, he played as a sideman for Shorty Rogers, Pete Rugolo, Benny Goodman, and Gene Krupa. He also produced in the 1950s and 1960s for Tops, Uni and Liberty; among his credits in production were some singles by Gary Lewis & the Playboys.

In 1961, Pell switched to alto sax and clarinet for I Remember John Kirby, a tribute album to bassist/bandleader Kirby who led a successful small group in the 1930s and 1940s.

Pell was the recording session leader for the 1965 hit song "No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In)", performed by Los Angeles studio musicians known as The Wrecking Crew but attributed to The T-Bones.

In the 1970s, he assembled the group Prez Conference, a Lester Young tribute ensemble. In the 1980s, he returned to the octet format, and played on and off into the 1990s.

Personal life

Pell had two daughters, Sandra and Suzanne. He died on May 7, 2017, at the age of 92.

As leader

  • The Dave Pell Octet Plays Irving Berlin (Kapp/Fresh Sound Records, 1953) with Don Fagerquist, Ray Sims
  • The Dave Pell Octet Plays Again (Fresh Sound Records, 1954)
  • Jazz & Romantic Places (Atlantic, 1955)
  • I Had The Craziest Dream (Fresh Sound Records, 1956) with Don Fagerquist, Bob Gordon
  • Jazz Goes Dancing (Prom To Prom) (RCA/Fresh Sound Records, 1956) with Bob Bates, Don Fagerquist, Ray Sims
  • A Pell Of A Time (RCA/Fresh Sound Records, 1957) with Pepper Adams, Marty Paich, Paul Moer, Mel Lewis
  • Campus Hop: Jazz Goes Dancing (RCA/Fresh Sound Records, 1957) with Jack Sheldon, Bob Enevoldsen, Paul Moer, Mel Lewis
  • I Remember John Kirby (Capitol, 1961) with Benny Carter, Ray Linn
  • As sideman

    With Jimmy Giuffre

  • The Jimmy Giuffre Clarinet (Atlantic, 1956)
  • With Pete Rugolo

  • Music for Hi-Fi Bugs (EmArcy, 1956)
  • An Adventure in Sound: Reeds in Hi-Fi (Mercury, 1956 [1958])
  • Rugolo Plays Kenton (EmArcy, 1958)
  • References

    Dave Pell Wikipedia