American jazz saxophonist and bandleader.
Born February 26, 1925, New York City, New York, USA
Died May 8, 2017
He was also active as a producer in the 1950's and 1960's at Liberty, UNI Records & Tops Records. In 1961, Pell switched to alto sax and clarinet to work with
John Kirby. He worked with
Snuff Garrett in the 1980's, heading Garrett's [l185791] label, which had some of the hotter country artists at the time. He joined up with another West Coast jazz vet,
Lennie Niehaus, and handled the soundtrack recordings for a number of
Clint Eastwood and
Burt Reynolds films, including Sudden Impact and Sharkey's Machine. In the late '70s he formed the group Prez Conference
Also credited often with photographer credits on jazz releases, with several used as album covers.