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Billie Holiday: Icon

1 CD / Verve / 2011-06-21

Tracks: Fine and Mello; Strange Fruit; As Time Goes By; Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?); Don't Explain; Good Morning Heartache; My Man (Mon Homme); You're My Thrill; Lady Sings the Blues; I've Got My Love ...
Artists: Billie Holiday

Photographer: Paul J. Hoeffler....continue...

Ella Fitzgerald: Icon: Love Songs

1 CD / Verve / 2011-01-04

Tracks: I'm Beginning to See the Light; Man I Love, The; Just One of Those Things; Someone to Watch Over Me; Lover; Always; From This Moment On; All the Things You Are; Love You Madly; I've Got a Crush on Yo...
Artists: Ella Fitzgerald

Photographer: Frank Driggs.

For the Love Songs subcategory of Universal Music's Icon series of discount-priced compilations, the Ella Fitzgerald entry is, unsurprisingly, a set of her performan...continue...

Billie Holiday: Icon: Love Songs

1 CD / Verve / 2011-01-04

Tracks: Crazy He Calls Me; Them There Eyes; You're My Thrill; It Had to Be You; Come Rain or Come Shine; Nice Work If You Can Get It; Everything I Have Is Yours; Cheek to Cheek; I Didn't Know What Time It Wa...
Artists: Billie Holiday

As part of the "Love Songs" subcategory of its discount-priced Icon series of compilations, Universal Music Group issues this Billie Holiday CD, collecting 12 tracks from the latter part of her career...continue...

Kenny Burrell: Standards: Great Songs/Great Performances

1 CD / Verve / 2010-07-13

Tracks: Last Night When We Were Young; If I Had You; I'm Confessin' (That I Love You); Wild Is the Wind; Angel Eyes; My Favorite Things; People; I'm a Fool to Want You
Artists: Kenny Burrell

With his always cool tone, gently swinging bop style, and utter disdain for distortion, delay, or any other sonic tricks, guitarist Kenny Burrell has been a steady -- and steadfast -- figure in modern...continue...

Louis Armstrong: Standards: Great Songs/Great Performances

1 CD / Verve / 2010-07-13

Tracks: Dream a Little Dream of Me; Exactly Like You; Kiss to Build a Dream On, A; I Can't Give You Anything But Love; Georgia on My Mind; If I Could Be with You (One Hour Tonight); Love Is Here to Stay - (f...
Artists: Louis Armstrong

As part of Verve's Standards series, Louis Armstrong is spotlighted on eight tracks representing a more defined jazz-pop direction than his earlier legendary performances with his Hot Fives and Sevens...continue...

Lester Young (Saxophone): Standards: Great Songs Great Performances

1 CD / Verve / 2010-07-13

Tracks: Stardust; I Cover the Waterfront - (take); Oh, Lady Be Good!; Love Is Here to Stay; Almost Like Being in Love; Tenderly; Come Rain or Come Shine; They Can't Take That Away from Me
Artists: Lester Young (Saxophone)

Verve's Standards: Great Songs/Great Performances contains previously released tracks taken from Lester Young's stint with the label. Aimed at the casual listener, the eight tunes include such classic...continue...

Dinah Washington: Standards

1 CD / Verve / 2010-07-13

Tracks: Teach Me Tonight; Am I Blue?; Somebody Loves Me; I'll Close My Eyes; I Thought About You; Love Is Here to Stay; Cry Me a River; September in the Rain
Artists: Dinah Washington

With her clipped phrasing, high-pitched voice, and unhurried pacing, Dinah Washington could have easily been one of the definitive jazz singers of her generation, and one could certainly make the case...continue...

Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66: Play the Hits

1 CD / Verve / 2010-07-13

Tracks: Night and Day; Look of Love, The; For What It's Worth; Scarborough Fair; What the World Needs Now; (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay; Fool on the Hill, The; With a Little Help from My Friends
Artists: Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66

Verve's Great Songs/Great Performances series is yet another attempt in a seemingly never-ending stream of them to repackage -- and hopefully resell -- their vast catalog of jazz, pop, Brazilian, Lati...continue...

Carmen McRae: Standards

1 CD / Verve / 2010-07-13

Tracks: Summertime; Something to Live For; Love Is Here to Stay; Nice Work If You Can Get It; Lush Life; My Funny Valentine; I Get a Kick Out of You; Fine Romance, A - (featuring Sammy Davis, Jr.)
Artists: Carmen McRae

Carmen McRae is perhaps the most underrated of all the great jazz vocalists. Her career stretched over many eras and stylistic changes, but she always delivered first-rate performances that wrung ever...continue...

Stan Getz (Sax): Standards: Great Songs Great Performances

1 CD / Verve / 2010-04-20

Tracks: Pennies from Heaven; Body and Soul; These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You); It Might as Well Be Spring; It Never Entered My Mind - (mono); Summertime; I Didn't Know What Time It Was; Way You Look To...
Artists: Stan Getz (Sax)

This budget set highlights previously released standards taken from Stan Getz's stint with Verve....continue...

Ella Fitzgerald: Standards: Great Songs/Great Performances

1 CD / Verve / 2010-04-20

Tracks: Dream a Little Dream of Me; Always; Something's Gotta Give; Over the Rainbow; Somebody Loves Me; How Long Has This Been Going On?; Blue Skies; I've Got a Crush on You
Artists: Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Fitzgerald was quite a standards singer, as is understood by anyone who ever studied or even trifled with what is commonly known as the Great American Songbook. Her series of composer tributes, r...continue...

Ramsey Lewis: Plays the Beatles Songbook

1 CD / Verve / 2010-04-20

Tracks: Hard Day's Night, A; And I Love Her; Blackbird; Day Tripper; Julia; Back in the U.S.S.R.; Dear Prudence; Mother Nature's Son
Artists: Ramsey Lewis

Tributee: The Beatles.

The Great Performances/Great Songs series by Verve is a new attempt to get prospective buyers interested in its vast jazz catalog; introducing them to large-scale hits by...continue...

Oscar Peterson: Standards: Great Songs/Great Performances

1 CD / Verve / 2010-04-20

Tracks: Cheek to Cheek; It Ain't Necessarily So - (mono); Fascinating Rhythm - (mono); I Only Have Eyes for You; Lady Is a Tramp, The; That Old Black Magic; Georgia on My Mind; Mack the Knife
Artists: Oscar Peterson

Aimed at the casual listener, this budget set highlights Peterson's interpretations of standards released on Verve....continue...

Wes Montgomery: Plays the Hits: Great Songs/Great Performances

1 CD / Verve / 2010-04-20

Tracks: Goin' Out Of My Head; Tequila; California Dreaming; Windy; When a Man Loves a Woman; What the World Needs Now Is Love; Sunny; Yesterday
Artists: Wes Montgomery

The Great Songs/Great Performances series by Verve is a new attempt to get prospective buyers interested in its vast jazz catalog, introducing them to large-scale hits by artists who appeared either o...continue...

Billie Holiday: Standards: Great Songs/Great Performances

1 CD / Verve / 2010-04-20

Tracks: I'll Be Seeing You; I Loves You, Porgy; These Foolish Things; Blue Moon; I Thought About You; Come Rain or Come Shine; It Had to Be You; All the Way
Artists: Billie Holiday

A brief, half-hour look at Billie Holiday's incomparable way with a classic song, Standards: Great Songs/Great Performances is arranged chronologically, beginning with her 1944 take on "I'll Be Seeing...continue...

Ledisi: It's Christmas

1 CD / Verve / 2008-09-23

Tracks: I'll Go; Children Go Where I Send Thee; Give Love on Christmas Day; Be There for Christmas; This Christmas (Could Be the One); Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas; What Are You Doing New Year's Ev...
Artists: Ledisi

Ledisi, returns with It's Christmas,the first album since her breakout Verve Forecast debut, Lost & Found. The past year has been a whirlwind for Ledisi:...continue...
Personnel: Ledisi (vocals); Ledisi Young (vocals, background vocals); Court Clement, Ray Fuller, Rick Watford, Errol Cooney (guitar); Joel Derouin, Josefina Vergara, Michele Richards, Susan Chatman, C...continue...

Brazilian Girls: Lazy Lover [EP]

1 CD / Verve / 2004-10-12

Tracks: Lazy Lover - (Italian, remix); Sirenes de la Fete - (French); Pussy; Lazy Lover - (Brazilian Girls Freemix); Lazy Lover - (Herbert's Busy Lover mix)
Artists: Brazilian Girls

Brazilian Girls: Sabina Sciubba (vocals); Didi Gutman (keyboards); Jesse Murphy (bass guitar); Aaron Johnston (drums).

Sometimes it just takes a song or two to fall in love with a band, and whi...continue...

The Velvet Underground: The Velvet Underground & Nico [Remaster]

1 CD / Verve / 1996-05-07

Tracks: Sunday Morning; I'm Waiting for the Man; Femme Fatale; Venus in Furs; Run Run Run; All Tomorrow's Parties; Heroin; There She Goes Again; I'll Be Your Mirror; Black Angel's Death Song, The; European S...
Artists: The Velvet Underground

The Velvet Underground: Lou Reed (vocals, guitar, piano); Doug Yule (vocals, organ, bass); Maureen Tucker (vocals, percussion); Sterling Morrison (guitar, background vocals).

Originally release...continue...

The Velvet Underground: The Velvet Underground [Remaster]

1 CD / Verve / 1996-05-07

Tracks: Candy Says; What Goes On; Some Kinda Love; Pale Blue Eyes; Jesus; Beginning to See the Light; I'm Set Free; That's the Story of My Life; Murder Mystery, The; After Hours
Artists: The Velvet Underground

Personnel: Doug Yule (vocals, guitar, organ, keyboards, drums, background vocals); Lou Reed (vocals, guitar, keyboards, background vocals); Sterling Morrison (vocals, guitar); Maureen Tucker (vocals, ...continue...

The Velvet Underground: White Light/White Heat [Remaster]

1 CD / Verve / 1996-05-07

Tracks: White Light/White Heat; Gift, The; Lady Godiva's Operation; Here She Comes Now; I Heard Her Call My Name; Sister Ray
Artists: The Velvet Underground

Velvet Underground: Lou Reed (vocals, guitar, piano); Sterling Morrison (vocals, guitar, bass); John Cale (vocals, electric viola, organ, bass); Maureen Tucker (percussion).

Personnel: Lou Reed...continue...

Richie Havens: Mixed Bag

1 CD / Verve / 1988-04-04

Tracks: High Flyin' Bird; I Can't Make It Anymore; Morning, Morning; Adam; Follow; Three Day Eternity; Sandy; Handsome Johnny; San Francisco Bay Blues; Just Like a Woman; Eleanor Rigby
Artists: Richie Havens

Personnel: Richie Havens (vocals, guitar); Paul Williams (acoustic guitar); Howard Collins (guitar); Paul Harris (acoustic & electric piano, organ); Harvey Brooks (bass); Bill LaVorgna (drums); Joe Pr...continue...

The Velvet Underground: VU

1 CD / Verve / 1987-05-18

Tracks: I Can't Stand It; Stephanie Says; She's My Best Friend; Lisa Says; Ocean; Foggy Notion; Temptation Inside Your Heart; One of These Days; Andy's Chest; I'm Sticking With You
Artists: The Velvet Underground

Velvet Underground: Lou Reed, John Cale, Sterling Morrison, Maureen Tucker, Doug Yule.

Recorded between February 12, 1968 and October 1, 1969. Includes liner notes by Kurt Loder and Bill Levens...continue...