Dave Pell - Love Story '1956 [2012]

Tracks list

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 latters 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.


Tracks:

1. Cant We Be Friends
2. Ive Got A Crush On You
3. Ive Got A Feeling Im Falling
4. Love Is The Sweetest Thing
5. If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight
6. Lets Do It
7. You Cant Pull The Wool Over My Eyes
8. Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered
9. Just One More Chance
10. Who Walks In When I Walk Out
11. Solitude
12. Ive Found A New Baby

Personnel:

Don Fagerquist (tp)
Ray Sims (tb)
Dave Pell (ts, bcl, ehr)
Marty Berman (bars)
Claude Williamson, Andre Previn (p)
Tony Rizzi (g)
Mel Pollan (b)
Irv Kluger (d)

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