Vel, On Tour With Shirley Maclaine


Young Milwaukee Saxophonist

The Swiffs '63 Pulaski HS

Listen to Selected Samples from Recordings

1965

Clipper Quartet '64-65
Joey & the Appeals Florida/Bahamas '67
Featured With John Skinner's Fabulous Band..Click here to see the photo album
Woody Herman '68 Hawaii
Dick Jensen '71

Cold Blood '74

Wolfman Jack &
Johnny Rivers '75
Joni Mitchell '76

L.A. Express '76-77

CD release date is April 8th 2008!
EveryDay TV Show '77
Robert Altman Film
A Perfect Couple '78

DVD now available

Jack Daugherty Big Band

My son, Graham and Saroj
Donna Summer 'MacArthur Park' Laverne & Shirley TV
Bette Midler 'Divine Madness' '79
SF 49ers AllStar Band '81
Engelbert Humperdinck '87-88
Shirley Maclaine '90-'96
Sacramento/Reno Freelance 2001
Freestyle, Avalon Swing,
Jeff Bond, Joel Nelson, Bill Chiechi,Gene Thorpe, Tony Cervone, Peter Morgan, John Skinner, Guy Lombardo, Ron Conha, Hipservice Band

Featured With The Gene Thorpe Band..Click here to see a photo


Vel retired in 2002 and is Smiling most of the time ;)







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Vel Selvan
AKA David Luell (pre 1980)
has spent some time in the recording studio in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Sacramento...
Artist Name Album Title Recording Label Year Released

- Adams, Arthur - Love My Lady - A&M Records - 1979
- Air Supply - Love and Other Bruises - Columbia Records - 1977
- Allman, Greg - Playin' Up A Storm - Capricorn Records - 1977
- Anderson, Lynn - Outlaw - CBS Records - 1979
- Anka, Paul - Listen To Your Heart - RCA Records - 1978
- Bascone, Bart - Disco Island - Hanaiina Records - 1979
- Bishop & Gwinn - Santa Monica Pier - Infinity Records - 1979
- Boo Hoo Band - Mud Shuffle - Sounds Reasonable - 1975
- Brooklyn Dreams - Sleepless Nights - Casablanca Records - 1979
- Brooklyn Dreams - Heaven Knows - Casablanca Records - 1978
- Brotherhood - Brotherhood - MCA Records - 1978
- Carpenters - Passage - A&M Records - 1977
- Carradine, Keith - I'm Easy - Asylum Records - 1976
- Cold Blood - Thriller - Reprise Records - 1973
- Cold Blood - Lydia - Warner Brothers - 1974

- Criss, Peter - Kiss - Casablanca Records - 1978
- Daugherty, Jack - Carmel By The Sea - Monterey Records - 1976
- Diamond, Neil - You Don't Bring Me Flowers - Columbia Records - 1978
- Diggs, David - Out On A Limb - PBR International - 1976
- Flower - Flower - United Artists - 1978
- Franklin, Rodney - Rodney Franklin - CBS Records - 1980
- Franklin, Rodney - In The Center - Columbia Records - 1978
- Fromholz, Steven - Frolicking in the Myth - Capital Records - 1977
- Giorgio Moroder - American Gigolo - Polydor - 1980
- Greco, Cyndi - Making Our Dreams Come True - Private Stock - 1976
- HooDoo Rhythm - What The Kids Want - Blue Thumb Records - 1973
- Hyman, Phyllis - Goddess of Love - Arista Records - 1983
- Jones, Priscilla-Coolidge - Flying - Capricorn Records - 1979
- Keepin''em Off The Streets - A Perfect Couple - Lion's Gate Records - 1979
- Knight, Gladys - Miss Gladys Knight - Buddah Records - 1978
- L.A. Express - L.A Express - Caribou Records - 1976
- L.A. Express - Down The Middle - Caribou Records - 1976
- L.A. Express - Shadowplay - Caribou Records - 1976
- Ladd, Cheryl - Dance Forever - Capital Records - 1979
- LaRue, D.C. - Forces Of The Night - Casablanca Records - 1979
- Manchester, Melissa - Don't Cry Out Loud - Arista Records - 1978
- Marshall Tucker - Running Like The Wind - Warner Brothers - 1979
- McIan, Peter - Playing Near The Edge - American Recording - 1980
- McIan, Peter - Solitaire - American Recording - 1980
- Midler, Bette - Divine Madness - Atlantic Recording - 1980
- Morgan, Peter - Looky Hear - Pacific Audio Records - 1991
- Murphey, Michael - Flowing Free Forever - Epic Records - 1976
- Neville Brothers - The Neville Brothers - Capital Records - 1978
- O'Banion, John - John O'Banion - Elektra Records - 1981
- Orlando, Tony - I Got Rhythm - Casablanca Records - 1979
- Poppy - Somebody New - Katsar Records - 1983
- Sayer, Leo - Here - Warner Brothers - 1979
- Seegar, Bob - Urban Cowboy - Asylum Records - 1980
- Side Effect - What You Need - Fantasy Records - 1976
- Skinner, John - Big Band Ballroom Dance - John Skinner Records - 2001
- Smotherman, Michael - Michael Smotherman - Windsong Records - 1977
- Springfield, Dusty - Living Without Your Love - United Artists - 1978
- Stokes, Simon - Buzzard of Love - United Artiists - 1978
- Summer, Donna - Live and More - Casablanca Records - 1978
- Summer, Donna - MacArthur Park - Casablanca Records - 1978
- Summer, Donna - Romeo/FlashDance Soundtrack - Casablanca Records - 1978
- Ted - Blue Virgin Isles - Epic Records - 1978
- Village People - Can't Stop The Music - Casablanca Records - 1980
- Washington, Deborah - Love Awaits - Ariola Records - 1979
- Westside Strutters - Gershwin '79 - Casablanca Records - 1979
- Wet Willie - Which One's Willie - Epic Records - 1979
- Woods, Stevie - Take Me to Your Heaven - Cotillion Records - 1982

...And a few Film and TV Soundtracks...

American Gigolo - Paramount Pictures
Can't Stop The Music - Lumiere Pictures
Defiance - American International
Divine Madness - Warner Brothers (concert footage)
Hardcore - Columbia Pictures
One On One - Warner Brothers
Our Winning Season - Walt Disney
A Perfect Couple - 20th Century Fox (Also appeared on film)
Rich Kids - MGM
Roller Boogie - MGM
TV music for 'Laverne & Shirley' (Theme and episodes)
Midnight Special w/Johnny Rivers
The Everyday Show (26 weeks) for Group4/CBS
and...Lots of Radio and TV Commercials.

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