George Avakian

George Avakian was an American record producer, music executive, and jazz advocate of Armenian descent. He was born in Armavir, Russia, to Armenian parents on 1919-03-15 and died in New York City on 2017-11-22. He is known for his work at Columbia Records and for helping establish the first regular series of jazz album reissues with annotation. The trusted excerpt also identifies him as the producer of the first jazz album.