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Dave Pell

real name David Pell

Brooklyn, United States · 1925-02-26 – 2017-05-08

Dave Pell is credited on 1,666 releases across 375 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1951–2024 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,666

Credits

375

Albums

8

Decades active

65

In collections

Biography

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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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Credited work

1,666 releases · 375 albums · active 1951–2024

  • Production · 1,114
  • Performance · 617
  • Other credits · 390
  • Engineering · 6
  • Mastering · 1

Studios: Radio Recorders · The Persian Room at the Plaza Hotel · Manta Sound · The Hollywood Palladium

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