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George Avakian

1919 - 2017

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Avakian is the 107th most popular producer (down from 106th in 2019), the 2,642nd most popular biography from Russia (up from 2,656th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Russian Producer.

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Among PRODUCERS

Among producers, George Avakian ranks 107 out of 140. Before him are Richard Maibaum, Craig Mazin, Lou Adler, David Barron, Tim Bevan, and Don Hahn. After him are Bryan Burk, Gian-Carlo Coppola, Susan Downey, Laura Ziskin, Gulshan Kumar, and Peter Del Vecho.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, George Avakian ranks 345. Before him are Shirley Clarke, Alexander Courage, Gretchen Fraser, Kaifi Azmi, Marie Windsor, and Stanley Middleton. After him are Jayne Meadows, John Houbolt, Mason Adams, Wally Hickel, Shamshad Begum, and Steve Brodie. Among people deceased in 2017, George Avakian ranks 613. Before him are Stephen Furst, Josip Weber, Milt Schmidt, Denis Johnson, Nat Hentoff, and Leo Peelen. After him are Muhal Richard Abrams, Geri Allen, Janusz Wójcik, Keely Smith, Anne Jeffreys, and Ian Stewart.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, George Avakian ranks 2,642 out of 3,761. Before him are Olga Slavnikova (1957), Daria Gavrilova (1994), Aleksandr Skvortsov (1966), Aleksey Ovchinin (1971), Alexandr Kolobnev (1981), and Andreas Beck (1987). After him are Dmitry Petrov (1958), Vladimir Chagin (1970), Lev Manovich (1960), Yevgeny Rodionov (1977), Artem Dzyuba (1988), and Anatoly Beloglazov (1956).

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Among PRODUCERS In Russia

Among producers born in Russia, George Avakian ranks 2. Before him are Joseph M. Schenck (1876).

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