The Dave Pell Octet
Dave Pell started out touring with the Tony Pastor, Bob Astor, and Bobby Sherwood bands as a teenager, before moving to California in the mid-'40s. He found work with Bob Crosby on the latter's Ford radio show in 1946, then played with the Les Brown band from 1947 to 1955. Drawing from the ranks of the Brown band, he began leading his own groups in 1953, usually in an octet format, augmented by guests like Pepper Adams, Benny Carter, Mel Lewis, Red Mitchell, Marty Paich, and Art Pepper. He also played as a sideman on records by Shorty Rogers, Pete Rugolo, Benny Goodman, and Gene Krupa in the 1950s, while recording under his own name for Atlantic, Kapp, Coral, Capitol, and RCA Victor. His primary focus of activity in the 1950s and '60s was in the record business, working as a producer for the budget Tops label in the '50s, and Liberty (where he supervised a few hit pop/rock records for Gary Lewis & the Playboys) and briefly Uni in the '60s. He formed a group in the late '70s called Prez Conference, a variation on the theme of Supersax, as a tribute to Lester Young, recording two albums for GNP/Crescendo. In the '80s and '90s, Pell revived his octet for recordings on the Fresh Sound (1984) and Headfirst (1988) labels, and sporadic live dates in the Los Angeles area, including an appearance at the Jazz West Coast festival in 1994.
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Plays Again
Jazz - Released by Fresh Sound Records on Aug. 1, 1984
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The Lp Library
Jazz - Released by old library records on Jan. 3, 2016
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Quality Time
Jazz - Released by LST Collector Series on Aug. 22, 2014
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Enjoying The Meal
Jazz - Released by LST Collector Series on Aug. 15, 2014
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Cozy Like A Bear
Jazz - Released by LST Collector Series on Aug. 15, 2014
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Jazz and Romantic Places (Full Album Plus Bonus Tracks 1957)
Jazz - Released by Jazz Classics on Jan. 1, 2014
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Jazz Goes Dancing (Prom to Prom) (Full Album Plus Bonus Tracks 1956)
Jazz - Released by Jazz Classics on Jan. 1, 2014
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I Had the Craziest Dream (Full Album Plus Bonus Tracks 1957)
Jazz - Released by Jazz Classics on Jan. 1, 2014
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The Dave Pell Octet Plays Rodgers & Hart (Full Album Plus Bonus Tracks 1956)
Jazz - Released by Jazz Classics on Jan. 1, 2014
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The Old South Wails (Full Album Plus Bonus Tracks)
The Dave Pell Octet, The Dave Pell Quintet
Jazz - Released by Jazz Classics on Jan. 1, 2014
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Campus Hop - Jazz Goes Dancing to Famous Songs by Harry Warren (Full Album Plus Bonus Tracks 1957)
Jazz - Released by Jazz Classics on Jan. 1, 2014
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Jazz and Romantic Places
R&B - Released by StB Media on Oct. 3, 2023
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Why Do You Suppose
Pop - Released by Plates of History on Nov. 1, 2021
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The White Cliiffs of Dover
Pop - Released by Plates of History on Nov. 1, 2021
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The Old South Wails
The Dave Pell Octet, The Dave Pell Quintet
R&B - Released by StB Media on Mar. 1, 2017
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Would You Like to Take a Walk
Pop - Released by Old Times on Apr. 1, 2022
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Oh, Didn't He Ramble
The Dave Pell Quintet, The Dave Pell Octet
Pop - Released by Old Times on Apr. 1, 2022
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Suze Blues
The Dave Pell Octet, Dave Pell's Jazz Octet
Pop - Released by Plates of History on Nov. 1, 2021
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Let's Have Another Cup of Coffee
Pop - Released by Old Times on Apr. 1, 2022
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