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United StatesUnited States

26 February 1925 – 8 May 2017

Dave Pell

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Dave Pell (David Pell, February 26, 1925 – May 8, 2017) was an American jazz saxophonist and bandleader . He was best known for leading a cool jazz octet in the 1950s, the Dave Pell Octet.

Born in Brooklyn, New York City, Dave 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.

Style over time

Genres of the artist's albums over the years: the higher the line, the stronger the genre on that album

  1. 1962
  2. 1963
  3. 1978
  4. 2011

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