The Dave Pell Octet - The Complete Trend & Kapp Recordings 1953-1956 (2017)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 669 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 288 Mb | Digital booklet | 02:00:54
West Coast Jazz, Bop, Cool Jazz | Label: Fresh Sound Records
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 669 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 288 Mb | Digital booklet | 02:00:54
West Coast Jazz, Bop, Cool Jazz | Label: Fresh Sound Records
The success of the Dave Pell Octet was one of the fairy-tale stories of the West Coast jazz of the Fifties. Founded by Pell in 1953, this small jazz group, drawn from the nucleus of Les Brown’s orchestra, was among the most popular jazz outfits in Southern California within months. The Octet’s first library had the stimulating and ingeniously voiced arrangements of Shorty Rogers and Wes Hensel, which gave this group the feel of a big band. “We used the guitar as a voice in unison with trumpet,” Pell explained, “and so the Octet sound had a successful formula which allowed us to play a tempo that was danceable and yet still had a jazz feel.”