This week, Alyn Shipton celebrates the art of the jazz record producer, beginning today with Russian-born
George Avakian , who celebrates his 80th birthday this month. Not only was Avakian responsible for some of the finest discs by Louis Armstrong , Benny Goodman and Erroll Garner , he also nurtured the careers of dozens of other key jazz players. He tells Alyn Shipton about these and about his pioneering work in establishing for Columbia the world's first commercial reissue programmes of early and classic jazz. Producer Terry Carter
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SOUNDING THE CENTURY