The Jazz Version of "How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying", The Gary McFarland Orchestra [1962] Verve.
Line up includes: Clark Terry, Bob Brookmeyer, Oliver Nelson, Al Cohn, Phil Woods, Kenny Burrell, Jim Hall & Hank Jones
Stan Getz '57 [recorded 1953] Verve Stan Getz, tenor sax Bob Brookmeyer, trombone John Williams, piano Teddy Kotick, bass Frank Isola, drums
[All tracks are taken from Bob Brookmeyer – Complete 1953-1954 Quintet Studio Recordings with Stan Getz]
Wynton Kelly, It's All Right! [1964] Verve Wynton Kelly - piano Kenny Burrell - guitar Paul Chambers - bass Jimmy Cobb - drums Candido Camero - conga
Norman Granz presents Jazz at the Philharmonic
"With Norman, you travelled first class, stayed at first-class hotels and never played anywhere there was segregated seating." Dizzy Gillespie
Gerry Mulligan meets Ben Webster [1959] Verve
Gerry Mulligan - baritone saxophone Ben Webster - tenor saxophone Jimmy Rowles - piano Phil Schaap - liner notes Leroy Vinnegar - double bass Mel Lewis - drums Norman Granz - producer
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Released 50 years ago today [March 12, 1967]
A copy of The Velvet Undergournd & Nico signed by the band and Andy Warhol.
Signed in black felt pen and biro, it reads “Lou Reed,” “Best wishes Phil, John Cale in ’81,” “Moe Tucker Loves,” “Andy Warhol,” “loves Sterling Morrison,” and “Do or Die, Nico.”
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“No one really knows how to deal with the unexpected. How do you rehearse the unknown?” - Wayne Shorter, Verve Recording Session, New York, 1996 by Jimmy Katz
Jazz is America’s own. It is played and listened to by all peoples - in harmony together. Pigmentation differences have no place… as in genuine democracy, only performance counts.
Norman Granz
Bird: The Complete Charlie Parker on Verve is a 1990 10 CD box set by jazz musician Charlie Parker. It features every extant note Parker recorded for the Verve label as well as his appearances at Jazz at the Philharmonic. Parker recorded for Verve primarily in the last five years of his life, a period during which, besides playing with his famous quintet, he experimented with strings, Afro-Cuban jazz and mixed chorus. Among the albums produced during Parker’s Verve years were Bird & Diz, Charlie Parker with Strings, and Swedish Schnapps.
Been listening to this on repeat for the past week, fabulous stuff!
Ella Fitzgerald, 1959
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Jam Session 1 and 2 by David Stone Martin
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Stan Getz, West Coast Jazz [1955] Verve - artwork by David Stone Martin
In 1955 the difference between East/West Coast jazz was a hot topic, with critics and fans capable of taking zealous musical alliances with one or the other. The title of this disc, West Coast Jazz, was conceived as a joke, considering all musicians involved were originally from the East Coast and did not play exclusively in the laid-back, commercially profitable, cool style, as pigeon-holed by some. Stan Getz was in California for his part in the film the Benny Goodman Story, where he picked up a week long gig at Zardi’s in Hollywood. The pick-up band that greeted him featured a great rhythm section: Lou Levy (piano), Leroy Vinnegar (bass), and Shelly Manne (drums), along with Conte Candoli (trumpet). These musicians connected with Getz immediately, having crossed paths previously. Impressed with this lineup, he took them into the studio to record West Coast Jazz. Generally unlike West Coast jazz of the time, the rapid group interplay with energized bop solos, still stand out particularly on “S-H-I-N-E” and Dizzy Gillespie’s “A Night in Tunisia.”
Verve Jazz Album Covers
Oscar Peterson plays Gershwin, Berlin, Kern, Ellington and Rodgers. Artwork by David Stone Martin
Jimmy Smith, The Cat [Verve] 1964 - I love this album
The Sonny Stitt Quartet - Personal Appearance [1957] Verve
Sonny Stitt - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
Bobby Timmons - piano
Edgar Willis - double bass
Kenny Dennis - drums