DAVE PELL: FOUR CLASSIC ALBUMS (THE DAVE PELL OCTET PLAYS RODGERS & HART / THE DAVE PELL OCTET PLAYS IRVING BERLIN / THE OLD SOUTH WAILS / I REMEMBER JOHN KIRBY) (2CD)

AVID Jazz here presents four classic and hard to find Dave Pell albums including original LP liner notes on a finely re-mastered and low priced double CD.“The Dave Pell Octet Plays Rodgers & Hart”; “The Dave Pell Octet Plays Irving Berlin”; “I Remember John Kirby” and “The Old South Wails”.“A bright and fresh approach has been added to the wonderful music of Richard Rodgers” to quote the original liner notes to our first selection, “The Dave Pell Octet Plays Rodgers & Hart”. The Dave Pell Octet was formed from the nucleus of the Les Brown Big Band. Together the small group comprise Dave Pell on tenor and clarinet, Don Fagerquist swinging on trumpet, Tony Rizzi on guitar, Dann Tanner on piano, Bill Richmond on drums and Rolly Bundock from the Glenn Miller Band on bass. This compact unit play with authority and finesse born of having got to know each other’s personalities and characters over a number of years playing with the Les Brown band. The above notes could also apply to o