George Avakian

American record producer, artist manager, writer, educator and executive. Born March 15, 1919 in Armavir, Russia. Died November 22, 2017 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He produced and edited from original masters The Golden Era Series, which he assembled and preserved in Columbia's vaults at Bridgeport, Connecticut. He was a jazz historian and co-editor of "Hot Discography".