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George Avakian
George Avakian (May 2003) Photography by Ian P. Clifford
Born
Kevork Mesrop Avakian
(1919-03-15)March 15, 1919
Armavir, Kuban People's Republic (present Russia)
Died
November 22, 2017(2017-11-22) (aged 98)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Nationality
Armenian-American
Alma mater
Horace Mann SchoolYale University
Spouse
Anahid Ajemian (1948–2016)
Children
3
Musical career
Genres
Jazz, pop
Occupation(s)
Record producer
Labels
Columbia, Warner Bros., RCA Victor
Musical artist
Archives at
Location
Music Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
Identifiers
JPB 14-28
Source
George Avakian and Anahid Ajemian papers 1908-2016
How to use archival material
Promotional photo of George Avakian for Hot Jazz Classics Series, 1946
George Mesrop Avakian (Armenian: Ջորջ (Գևորգ) Ավագյան; Russian: Геворк Авакян; 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.[1]
^Cook, Richard (2005). Richard Cook's Jazz Encyclopedia. London: Penguin Books. pp. 24–25. ISBN 0-141-00646-3.
George Mesrop Avakian (Armenian: Ջորջ (Գևորգ) Ավագյան; Russian: Геворк Авакян; March 15, 1919 – November 22, 2017) was an American record producer, artist...
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weekends at Ann Dee's 440 Club. In September 1955, she learned that GeorgeAvakian, head of Popular Music A&R at Columbia Records, was on vacation near...
and then played it for the head of Columbia Records' jazz division, GeorgeAvakian, who decided to release it. The original LP was released by Columbia...
on record. Producer GeorgeAvakian did as Ellington asked and the band entered the studio immediately after the festival. Avakian mixed in the studio...
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Newport Jazz Festival, he was approached by Columbia Records executive GeorgeAvakian, who offered him a contract if he could form a regular band. Davis assembled...
California, was made using relatively primitive sound equipment, but for GeorgeAvakian, the decision to release the recording was easy. In 1954 Garner composed...
producer GeorgeAvakian, Columbia became the most vital label to the general public's appreciation and understanding (with help from Avakian's prolific...
Later, while Davis was under contract with Columbia Records, producer GeorgeAvakian suggested that Davis could work with any of several arrangers. Davis...
James B. Conkling; its founding directors of A&R were Harris Ashburn, GeorgeAvakian, and Bob Prince. Conkling was an able administrator with extensive experience...
Gillespie for best trumpeter in the 1955 DownBeat magazine Readers' Poll. GeorgeAvakian of Columbia Records heard Davis perform at Newport and wanted to sign...
vocal version of "Mack the Knife" to the United States hit parade. GeorgeAvakian, a producer at Columbia Records, whose wife Anahid Ajemian gave a recital...
Hall – guitar Gene Cherico (tracks 2-8, 10, 11), Eugene Wright (track 1), George Duvivier (track 9) – bass Connie Kay – drums "The bossa nova cover no one...
may have been introduced to this modern work by his one-time manager GeorgeAvakian, who was a friend of the composer. Jarrett has also recorded classical...
considerable input in what she would record, but Mitch Miller and producer GeorgeAvakian persuaded her with varying success to broaden her appeal to listeners...
awarded 2 times) Sona Akhundova-Bagirbekova (Azerbaijani ophthalmologist) GeorgeAvakian American record producer who promoted international musical exchange...
on May 15, 1958, and was recorded by Columbia Records producer GeorgeAvakian. Avakian released this recording of the concert on a three-LP set with a...
dates of the remainder unknown. Credits are adapted from Allmusic. GeorgeAvakian – liner notes, producer Bob Bates – double bass Dave Brubeck – piano...
Miles Davis & Gil Evans Best Album Notes Bill Kirchner, Bob Belden, GeorgeAvakian & Phil Schaap (notes writers) for Miles Davis & Gil Evans: The Complete...
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