Artist

Dave Pell

Brooklyn, United States · 1925 – 2017

Dave Pell is a musician from Brooklyn, United States, active 1925–2017. Their discography on Gatefold includes 1 record. They also recorded with The Dave Pell Octet.

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1925

Since

2 projects · 2 records in Gatefold collections

Biography

American jazz saxophonist, photographer and bandleader.
Born February 26, 1925, New York City, New York, USA. Died May 8, 2017.
He was also active as a producer in the 1950's and 1960's at Liberty, UNI Records & Tops Records. In 1961, Pell switched to alto sax and clarinet to work with John Kirby. He worked with Snuff Garrett in the 1980's, heading Garrett's label, which had some of the hotter country artists at the time. He joined up with another West Coast jazz vet, Lennie Niehaus, and handled the soundtrack recordings for a number of Clint Eastwood and Burt Reynolds films, including "Sudden Impact" and "Sharkey's Machine". In the late '70s he formed the group "Prez Conference"
Also credited often with photographer credits on jazz releases, with several used as album covers.

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Dave Pell — solo

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The Dave Pell Octet

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