Description
""Verve Records: The Sound of America"" As an independent record producer going back to the early 1940s, Norman Granz started building a personal network of record companies - disc by disc, artist by artist, innovation by innovation - that grew into a tsunami by the time he sold Verve Records at the end of 1960. It remains a feat unmatched to this day. This 2-CD set celebrates the fascinating spectrum of recordings made during the Norman Granz era of Verve Records. It includes vocal tracks by Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday; Charlie Parker with strings; a raucous live jam session; Beatnik poetry by Jack Kerouac and stand-up comedy. Verve Label Group; Verve; Jazz; Catalog
Tracklist:
- Jazz at the Philharmonic — Blues
- Coleman Hawkins — Picasso
- Oscar Peterson — Tenderly
- Bud Powell — Like Someone in Love
- Count Basie and His Orchestra — New Basie Blues
- Johnny Hodges — Castle Rock
- Andre’s All Stars — Con Poco Coco
- Lionel Hampton and Stan Getz — Louise
- Lester Young and Teddy Wilson — Taking a Chance on Love
- The JATP Quintet — Easy Living
- Benny Carter — Flamingo
- Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong — You Won’t Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart)
- Art Tatum — I’ll Never Be the Same
- Roy Eldridge — Dale’s Wail
- Lionel Hampton — That Old Black Magic, Part 1
- Charlie Parker — Laura 300
- Jam Session #1 — Ballad Medley All the Things You Are/Dearly Beloved/The Nearness of You/I’ll Get By/Everything Happens to M
- Jack Kerouac — The Subterraneans
- Mort Sahl — The Future Lies Ahead — excerpt
- Jonathan Winters — Football Game
- Shelley Berman — Department Store
- Count Basie and Joe Williams — Thou Swell
- Spike Jones and His City Slickers — Cocktails for Two
- Margaret Whiting — Why Was I Born?
- Mel Tormé — On the Street Where You Live
- Anita O’Day — Lullaby of the Leaves
- Bing Crosby and Buddy Bregman — Blue Room
- Billie Holiday — I Thought About You
- Ella Fitzgerald — Chelsea Bridge — rehearsal
- Fred Astaire — No Strings (I'm Fancy Free)
UPC: 600574154859
Label: Verve
Release Date: 8.21.26
Format: CD
