Verve Records: The Sound Of America
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1
Jazz at the Philharmonic — Blues
2
Coleman Hawkins — Picasso
3
Oscar Peterson — Tenderly
4
Bud Powell — Like Someone in Love
5
Count Basie and His Orchestra — New Basie Blues
6
Johnny Hodges — Castle Rock
7
Andre’s All Stars — Con Poco Coco
8
Lionel Hampton and Stan Getz — Louise
9
Lester Young and Teddy Wilson — Taking a Chance on Love
10
The JATP Quintet — Easy Living
11
Benny Carter — Flamingo
12
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong — You Won’t Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart)
13
Art Tatum — I’ll Never Be the Same
14
Roy Eldridge — Dale’s Wail
15
Lionel Hampton — That Old Black Magic, Part 1
16
Charlie Parker — Laura 300
17
Jam Session #1 — Ballad Medley All the Things You Are/Dearly Beloved/The Nearness of You/I’ll Get By/Everything Happens to M
18
Jack Kerouac — The Subterraneans
19
Mort Sahl — The Future Lies Ahead — excerpt
20
Jonathan Winters — Football Game
21
Shelley Berman — Department Store
22
Count Basie and Joe Williams — Thou Swell
23
Spike Jones and His City Slickers — Cocktails for Two
24
Margaret Whiting — Why Was I Born?
25
Mel Tormé — On the Street Where You Live
26
Anita O’Day — Lullaby of the Leaves
27
Bing Crosby and Buddy Bregman — Blue Room
28
Billie Holiday — I Thought About You
29
Ella Fitzgerald — Chelsea Bridge — rehearsal
30
Fred Astaire — No Strings (I'm Fancy Free)
About This Release
VERVE RECORDS: THE SOUND OF AMERICA / VARIOUS 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 4-LP box 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.
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Verve Records: The Sound Of America
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