Avakian, George
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- Dots Morrow, pseudonym for George Avakian for his writing credit on Louis Armstrong's Six foot four ( (Discogs, May 30, 2019) )
- New York times online, viewed November 28, 2017(in obituary dated November 22, 2017: George Avakian; George Mesrop Avakian; born March 15, 1919, in Armavir, Russia; died Wednesday [November 22] at his home on the Upper West Side of Manhattan at the age of 98; record producer and talent scout; helped popularize the long-playing record, organized the first jazz reissue series, preserving the recorded legacies of Louis Armstrong and other pioneers, and introduced Édith Piaf to American audiences; made his most lasting mark as a jazz producer with Columbia Records in the 1950s)
- The Bix Beiderbecke story [SR] [195-?]:container (George Avakian)
Wikipedia description:
George Mesrop Avakian (March 15, 1919 – November 22, 2017) was an American record producer, artist manager, writer, educator and executive. Best known for his work from 1939 to the early 1960s at Decca Records, Columbia Records, World Pacific Records, Warner Bros. Records, and RCA Records, he was a major force in the expansion and development of the U.S. recording industry. Avakian functioned as an independent producer and manager from the 1960s to the early 2000s and worked with artists such as Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Dave Brubeck, Eddie Condon, Keith Jarrett, Erroll Garner, Buck Clayton, Sonny Rollins, Paul Desmond, Edith Piaf, Bob Newhart, Johnny Mathis, John Cage, Alan Hovhaness, Ravi Shankar, and many other notable jazz musicians and composers.
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