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The Crusaders: Rural Renewal

1 CD / Verve / 2008-03-25

Tracks: Rural Renewal; Creepin'; Heartland; Healing Coming On, A; Sing the Song; Shotgun House Groove; Territory, The; Greasy Spoon; Viva de Funk; Lazy Sundays; Goin' Home
Artists: The Crusaders

Rural Renewal, released in 2003, re-unites founding Crusaders members Joe Sample, Wilton Felder and Stix Hooper. Known for their late 70s world wide hit Street...continue...
The Crusaders: Wilton Felder (tenor saxophone); Joe Sample (piano, Wurlitzer piano, Fender Rhodes piano, organ); Stix Hooper (drums).

Additional personnel: Donnie McClurkin, Sounds Of Blackness...continue...

Bill Evans (Piano): Plays the Theme from V.I.P. and Others [Slimline]

1 CD / Verve / 2008-03-18

Tracks: Theme From "Mr. Novak"; Caretakers Theme, The; More; Walk On the Wild Side; Days of Wine and Roses, The; Theme From "The V.I.P.'S; Hollywood; Sweet September; On Green Dolphin Street; Man With the Go...
Artists: Bill Evans (Piano)

Personnel: Bill Evans (woodwinds, brass, piano, unknown instrument)....continue...

Jimmy Smith (Organ): Live at the Village Gate [Digipak]

1 CD / Verve / 2008-03-18

Tracks: I Got a Woman; Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey; Champ, The; If I Were a Bell
Artists: Jimmy Smith (Organ)

Jimmy Smith (Organ): Jimmy Smith (Hammond b-3 organ); Quentin Warren (guitar); Billy Hart (drums).

This 2008 remaster of 1963's LIVE AT THE VILLAGE GATE updates the smooth, swirling pleasure of...continue...

Oliver Nelson: Fantabulous [Digipak]

1 CD / Verve / 2008-03-18

Tracks: Hobo Flats; Post No Bills; Bientot, A; Three Plus One; Take Me with You; Daylie's Double; Teenie's Blues; Laz-Ie Kate
Artists: Oliver Nelson

Personnel: Oliver Nelson (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Jerome Richardson (flute, alto flute, baritone saxophone); Kenny Soderblom, Kenneth Soderblom (flute, alto saxophone); Phil Woods (clarinet,...continue...

Stanley Cowell Quartet/Kenny Burrell Trio/Kenny Burrell: A Night at the Vanguard [Digipak]

1 CD / Verve / 2008-03-18

Tracks: All Night Long; Will You Still Be Mine; I'm a Fool to Want You; Trio; Broadway; Soft Winds; Just a-Sittin'' and a-Rockin'; Well, You Needn't
Artists: Stanley Cowell Quartet/Kenny Burrell Trio/Kenny Burrell

Kenny Burrell Trio: Kenny Burrell (guitar); Richard Davis (bass); Roy Haynes (drums).

Recorded live at the Village Vanguard, New York, New York on September 17, 1959. Includes liner notes by St...continue...

Louis Armstrong: New Orleans Nights [Digipak]

1 CD / Verve / 2008-03-18

Tracks: Panama; New Orleans Function; Struttin' With Some Barbecue; Basin Street Blues; My Bucket's Got a Hole In It; Bugle Call Rag
Artists: Louis Armstrong

Personnel: Louis Armstrong (vocals, spoken vocals, trumpet); Jack Teagarden (vocals, trombone); Barney Bigard (clarinet); Bud Freeman (tenor saxophone); Trummy Young & His Lucky Seven (trombone); Bill...continue...

Oscar Peterson Trio/Gerry Mulligan/Harry "Sweets" Edison (Trumpet)/Stan Getz (Sax): Jazz Giants '58 [Digipak]

1 CD / Verve / 2008-03-18

Tracks: Chocolate Sundae; When Your Lover Has Gone; Candy; Ballade: Lush Life/Lullaby of the Leaves/Makin' Whoopee/It Never Entered My Mind; Woodyn' You
Artists: Oscar Peterson Trio/Gerry Mulligan/Harry "Sweets" Edison (Trumpet)/Stan Getz (Sax)

Personnel: Stan Getz (tenor); Gerry Mulligan (baritone); Herb Ellis (guitar); Harry "Sweets" Edison (trumpet); Oscar Peterson (piano); Ray Brown (bass instrument); Louie Bellson (drums).

Origin...continue...

Oscar Peterson: Oscar Peterson Plays Count Basie [Slimline]

1 CD / Verve / 2008-03-18

Tracks: Lester Leaps In; Easy Does It; Special; Jumping At the Woodside; Blues For Basie; Broadway; Blue and Sentimental; Topsy; One O'Clock Jump; Jive At Five
Artists: Oscar Peterson

Personnel: Oscar Peterson (piano), Herb Ellis (guitar), Ray Brown (acoustic bass), Buddy Rich (drums).

Originally released on MGC 708. Includes liner notes by John Norris.

Personnel: Osc...continue...

Ella Fitzgerald/Louis Armstrong: Porgy & Bess with Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong [Digipak] [Remaster]

1 CD / Verve / 2008-03-18

Tracks: Overture; Summertime; I Wants to Stay Here; My Man's Gone Now; I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'; Buzzard Song; Bess, You Is My Woman Now; It Ain't Necessarily So; What You Want Wid Bess?; Woman Is a Summertim...
Artists: Ella Fitzgerald/Louis Armstrong

Conducted by Russ Garcia.

Includes liner notes by Lawrence D. Stewart and Norman Granz.

Producer Norman Granz oversaw two Porgy & Bess projects. The first involved Ella Fitzgerald and Lo...continue...

Lizz Wright: The Orchard

1 CD / Verve / 2008-02-26

Tracks: Coming Home; My Heart; I Idolize You; Hey Mann; Another Angel; When I Fall; Leave Me Standing Alone; Speak Your Heart; This Is; Song for Mia; Thank You; Strange - (bonus track)
Artists: Lizz Wright

Lizz Wright's third album for the Verve Music Group is her most personal statement to date with music from the heart and for the soul,...continue...
Personnel: Lizz Wright (vocals); Chris Bruce, Oren Bloedow (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Joey Burns (acoustic guitar, baritone guitar, cello); Toshi Reagon (acoustic guitar, background vocals); ...continue...

Melody Gardot: Worrisome Heart [Verve]

1 CD / Verve / 2008-02-26

Tracks: Worrisome Heart; All That I Need Is Love; Gone; Sweet Memory; Some Lessons; Quiet Fire; One Day; Love Me Like a River Does; Goodnite; Twilight
Artists: Melody Gardot

Gardot's engaging songs and sultry controlled vocals are provocative and familiar. Melody is cool, sophisticated, inspirational, stylish, articulate and sexy. An impressive introduction to this...continue...
Personnel: Melody Gardot (vocals, guitar, piano); Barney McKenna, Jef Lee Johnson (guitar); Mike Brenner (lap steel guitar); David Mowry, Kurt Johnston (dobro); Diane Monroe (violin); Ron Kerber (clar...continue...

John Coltrane/John Coltrane Quartet: Ballads

1 CD / Verve / 2008-02-19

Tracks: Say It (Over and Over Again); You Don't Know What Love Is; Too Young to Go Steady; All or Nothing at All; I Wish I Knew; What's New?; It's Easy to Remember; Nancy (With the Laughing Face)
Artists: John Coltrane/John Coltrane Quartet

John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane (tenor saxophone); McCoy Tyner (piano); Jimmy Garrison, Reggie Workman (bass); Elvin Jones (drums).

Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New...continue...

John Coltrane: Live at the Village Vanguard

1 CD / Verve / 2008-02-19

Tracks: Spiritual; Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise; Chasin' the Trane
Artists: John Coltrane

Personnel: John Coltrane (soprano & tenor saxophones); Eric Dolphy (bass clarinet); McCoy Tyner (piano); Reggie Workman (acoustic bass); Elvin Jones (drums).

Recorded at The Village Vanguard, N...continue...

Duke Ellington/John Coltrane: Duke Ellington & John Coltrane

1 CD / Verve / 2008-02-19

Tracks: In a Sentimental Mood; Take the Coltrane; Big Nick; Stevie; My Little Brown Book; Angelica; Feeling of Jazz, The
Artists: Duke Ellington/John Coltrane

Personnel: Duke Ellington (piano); John Coltrane (tenor & soprano saxophones); Jimmy Garrison, Aaron Bell (bass); Elvin Jones, Sam Woodyard (drums).

Recorded at The Van Gelder Studio, Englewood...continue...

Antonio Carlos Jobim: Pure Bossa Nova

1 CD / Verve / 2008-02-19

Tracks: Samba Do Aviao; Wave; Este Seu Olhar / So Em Teus Bracos; Aguas de Marco; Corcovado; Desafinado; Ela E Carioca (She's a Carioca); Chovendo Na Roseira; Triste; Dindi / Eu Sei Que Vou Te Amar; Luiza; V...
Artists: Antonio Carlos Jobim

A towering figure in the annals of bossa nova, Antonio Carlos Jobim composed some of the genre's best-known songs, most of which subsequently became popular standards recorded by an international arra...continue...

Carlos Lyra: Pure Bossa Nova

1 CD / Verve / 2008-02-19

Tracks: Tem Do de Mim - (Portuguese); Voce E Eu - (Portuguese); Influencia Do Jazz - (Portuguese); Sabe Voce - (Portuguese); Minha Namorada - (Portuguese); Coisa Mais Linda - (Portuguese); Maria Ninguem - (P...
Artists: Carlos Lyra

This best-of features many of the Brazilian singer-songwriter Carlos Lyra's early-1960s recordings, including "Tem Do De Mim," "Quem Quiser Encontrar O Amor," and "Influencia Do Jazz," as well as inte...continue...

Nara Leao: Pure Bossa Nova *

1 CD / Verve / 2008-02-19

Tracks: Corcovado - (Portuguese); Voce E Eu - (Portuguese); Este Seu Olhar - (Portuguese); Meditacao - (Portuguese); Primavera - (Portuguese); Minha Namorada - (Portuguese); Rapaz de Bem - (Portuguese); Estr...
Artists: Nara Leao

The singer and 1960s political activist Nara Leao was a contemporary of fellow Brazilian iconoclasts such as Caetano Veloso and Vinicius De Moraes. This collection dates mostly from the 1970s and '80s...continue...

Roberto Menescal: Pure Bossa Nova

1 CD / Verve / 2008-02-19

Tracks: Rio; O Barquinho - (Portuguese); Nos E O Mar; Ah! Se Eu Pudesse; Voce; Amanhecendo; Moca da Praia - (Portuguese); Balansamba - (Portuguese); Vagamente - (Portuguese); Errinoho a Toa - (Portuguese); T...
Artists: Roberto Menescal

Verve Records has been releasing their reasonably priced Pure Bossa Nova series through the years, but the 50th anniversary of the bossa nova style in 2008 saw the reissue of many of the compilations,...continue...

Sylvia Telles: Pure Bossa Nova *

1 CD / Verve / 2008-02-19

Tracks: Dindi; Samba Do Aviao; Rio; Voce E Eu; Ilusao a Toa; Vivo Sonhando; Sabado em Copacabana; Vagamente; Chora Tua Tristeza; Preciso Aprender a Ser So; Minha Namorada; Samba de Uma Nota So; Manha de Carn...
Artists: Sylvia Telles

Verve Records has been releasing their reasonably-priced Pure Bossa Nova series through the years, but the 50th anniversary of the bossa nova style in 2008 saw the reissue of many of the compilations,...continue...

Tamba Trio: Pure Bossa Nova

1 CD / Verve / 2008-02-19

Tracks: O Samba da Minha Terra; Moca Flor; Consolacao; Influencia Do Jazz; So Danco Samba; Quem Quiser Encontrar O Amor; O Amor em Paz; So Tinha de Ser Com Voce; Sonho de Maria; Boranda; Samba de Uma Nota So...
Artists: Tamba Trio

The 1960s Brazilian bossa nova group the Tamba Trio distinguished itself from its competitors with its sophisticated close harmonies and tight, turn-on-a-dime musical arrangements. These seductive bos...continue...

John Coltrane: Coltrane [Impulse!]

1 CD / Verve / 2008-02-19

Tracks: Out of This World; Soul Eyes; Inch Worm, The; Tunji; Miles' Mode
Artists: John Coltrane

John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane (soprano & tenor saxophones); McCoy Tyner (piano); Jimmy Garrison (bass); Elvin Jones (drums).

Producer: Bob Thiele.

Reissue producer: Michael Cuscun...continue...

John Coltrane/John Coltrane Quartet: Africa/Brass

1 CD / Verve / 2008-02-19

Tracks: Africa; Greensleeves; Blues Minor
Artists: John Coltrane/John Coltrane Quartet

Personnel: John Coltrane (saxophone); McCoy Tyner (piano); Reggie Workman (bass instrument); Elvin Jones (drum).

This CD combines together the two related Africa/Brass LPs that formed John Colt...continue...

Lúcio Alves: Pure Bossa Nova *

1 CD / Verve / 2008-02-19

Tracks: Cheiro de Saudade - (Portuguese); Samba Triste - (Portuguese); Ah! Se Eu Pudesse - (Portuguese); Menina Feia - (Portuguese); Ela é Carioca - (Portuguese); Moça da Praia - (Portuguese); N...
Artists: Lúcio Alves

Illustrator: Clayton Junior.

The Brazilian singer Lucio Alves was a veteran of that country's music scene--having recorded both solo in the 1940s and in a duo with the legendary Dick Farney in ...continue...

The Puppini Sisters: The Rise & Fall of Ruby Woo

1 CD / Verve / 2008-02-12

Tracks: Spooky; Walk Like an Egyptian; Old Cape Cod; Soho Nights; I Can't Believe I'm Not a Millionaire; It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing); Could It Be Magic; Jilted; Crazy in Love; It's Not...
Artists: The Puppini Sisters

The girls (Marcella Puppini, Kate Mullins, and Stephanie O'Brien) are back with their trademark fusion of 1940's harmonies and modern day pop. The Rise &...continue...
The Puppini Sisters: Marcella Puppini, Kate Mullins, Stephanie O'Brien.

The second album by the Puppini Sisters--the U.K.-based vocal trio of Marcella Puppini, Stephanie O'Brien, and Kate Mulli...continue...

Return to Forever: Definitive Collection

1 CD / Verve / 2008-02-05

Tracks: 500 Miles High; Light as a Feather; Captain Marvel; Spain; Captain Senor Mouse; Theme to the Mothership; Vulcan Worlds; Beyond the Seventh Galaxy; Where Have I Known You Before; Day Ride; No Mystery
Artists: Return to Forever

The titles that record companies come up with to indicate to consumers that an album is a compilation -- "Greatest Hits," "Best Of," "Gold," etc. -- can sometimes get them into trouble if the contents...continue...

Billie Holiday: The Definitive Collection [Verve]

1 CD / Verve / 2008-02-05

Tracks: What a Little Moonlight Can Do; Mean to Me; Strange Fruit; Fine and Mellow; Travelin' Light; Billie's Blues; Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?); Don't Explain; Good Morning Heartache; Solitude; Easy L...
Artists: Billie Holiday

Since the range of recording dates for Verve Records' Billie Holiday compilation The Definitive Collection stretches from her first session in 1935 to her last in 1958, it might be supposed that the a...continue...

Jimmy Smith (Organ): The Definitive Collection

1 CD / Verve / 2008-02-05

Tracks: Walk on the Wild Side; Hobo Flats; Champ, The; Blue Bash; Slaughter on Tenth Avenue; Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Part. 1); Cat, The; Blues in the Night; Organ Grinder's Swing; I've Got My Mojo W...
Artists: Jimmy Smith (Organ)

Jimmy Smith's recordings for Verve Records have a certain appeal in commercial circles, among movie buffs, big-band fans, groove merchants, and those who simply enjoy a good soul-jazz organ combo. Thi...continue...

Yoav: Charmed & Strange [Digipak]

1 CD / Verve / 2008-01-29

Tracks: Ador Adore; Club Thing; Live; One by One; There Is Nobody; Wake Up; Beautiful Lie; Angel and the Animal; Sometimes...; Yeah, The End; Where Is My Mind
Artists: Yoav

Personnel: Yoav (vocals, various instruments)....continue...

Quincy Jones: The ABC/Mercury Big Band Jazz Sessions

CD / Verve / 2008-01-29

Tracks: Walkin'; Sleeping Bee, A; Sermonette; Stockholm Sweetnin'; Evening in Paris; Boo's Bloos; Quintessence; Robot Portrait; Little Karen; Straight No Chaser; For Lena and Lennie; Hard Sock Dance; Invitat...
Artists: Quincy Jones

Kate Walsh (England): Tim's House

1 CD / Verve / 2008-01-29

Tracks: Yoru Song; Talk of the Town; Is This It?; Don't Break My Heart; Betty; Bury My Head; French Song; Tonight; Goldfish; Fireworks
Artists: Kate Walsh (England)

Personnel: Kate Walsh (vocals, guitars, Fender Rhodes piano, glockenspiel); Martin Harley (guitars, slide guitar); Tim Bidwell (guitars, harmonica, melodica, piano, bass guitar, percussion, background...continue...

Zucchero (Vocals): All the Best

1 CD / Verve / 2008-01-15

Tracks: Wonderful Life - (previously unreleased); I Won't Let You Down - (previously unreleased); Without a Woman; Sexy Thing; Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime; Nel Cosi' Blu; Bacco Perbacco; Un Kilo; Dune ...
Artists: Zucchero (Vocals)

Guitarist and singer-songwriter Adelmo Fornaciari, better known by the moniker Zucchero, built a following in his native Italy with his unique brand of adult contemporary pop--a following that expande...continue...

Dion: Son of Skip James

1 CD / Verve / 2007-11-06

Tracks: Nadine; My Babe; Hoodoo Man Blues; Drop Down Mama; Hoochie Coochie Man; Baby I'm in the Mood; I'm a Guitar King; Thunderer, The; Interlude - Spoken Word; Son of Skip James; Preachin' Blues; If I Had ...
Artists: Dion

The legendary voice behind such iconic classics as. The Wanderer, Runaround Sue and Abraham, Martin & John, returns with a stunning follow up to Bronx...continue...
Personnel: Dion (vocals, guitar, harmonica); Dion DiMucci (vocals, guitar, harmonica); Rick Krive (piano); Bob Guertin (organ, percussion).

Recording information: Sounds Great Productions.
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Charlie Haden/Charlie Haden Quartet West: The Best of Quartet West

1 CD / Verve / 2007-11-06

Tracks: Hello My Lovely; Body and Soul; First Song (For Ruth); Our Spanish Love Song; Always Say Goodbye; Oú es Tu Mon Amour; Here's Looking at You; Alone Together; Left Hand of God, The; Lonely Town; M...
Artists: Charlie Haden/Charlie Haden Quartet West

2007 compilation pulled from Haden and his quartet's 20+ year career. Quartet West has been together since 1985, performing in LA and then recording their...continue...
Personnel: Charlie Haden (vocals); Jo Stafford, Shirley Horn (vocals); Django Reinhardt (guitar); Murray Adler, Stéphane Grappelli (violin); Ernie Watts (tenor saxophone); Gianni Safred, Alan Bro...continue...

David Liebman: Dream of Nite

1 CD / Verve / 2007-11-06

Tracks: Unsteady; Feel; Fran-Dance; En Noir; Tomorrow's Expectations; Dream of Nite
Artists: David Liebman

Personnel: Paolo Benedettini (double bass); Roberto Tarenzi (piano); Tony Arco (drums).

Tenor and soprano saxophonist Dave Liebman made his formidable reputation in the bands of Elvin Jones (in...continue...

John Coltrane: The Impulse! Albums, Vol. 1

5 CD / Verve / 2007-10-30

Artists: John Coltrane

This superb box set collects tracks from John Coltrane's legendary Impulse! albums. Coltrane recorded for Impulse! in the early 1960s, an important transitional period that found him moving from the s...continue...

Quincy Jones: Summer in the City

CD / Verve / 2007-10-23

Tracks: Killer Joe; I Never Told You; Walkin'; Brown Ballad; Cast Your Fate to the Wind; Summer in the City; Eyes of Love; You've Got It Bad Girl; Everything Must Change; Along Came Betty; Tell Me a Bedtime ...
Artists: Quincy Jones

Personnel: Quincy Jones (vocals); Valerie Simpson (vocals, background vocals); Major Holley, Patti Austin, Benard Ighner (vocals); Toots Thielemans (electric guitar, whistle, harmonica); David T. Walk...continue...

Various Artists: Organized!

CD / Verve / 2007-10-23

Tracks: Organ Grinder's Swing, The - Jimmy Smith; Natural Thing, The - Jack McDuff/Brother Jack McDuff; Scootin' - Sam Lazar; Just Play - Barbara Dennerlein; Ducky - Odell Brown & The Organ-Izers; Extended B...
Artists: Various Artists

Welcome to Jazz Club! For the first time, Verve presents a series of original recordings by top-artists at a budget price. The Jazz Club offers...continue...

Various Artists: Jazz Divas: Gold

2 CD / Verve / 2007-10-09

Tracks: A-Tisket, A-Tasket - Ella Fitzgerald; Blame It on My Last Affair - Helen Humes/Count Basie; Lover Man - Billie Holiday; Take Love Easy - Lena Horne; Good Morning Heartache - Billie Holiday; Black Cof...
Artists: Various Artists

The history of jazz is rich with so many fine singers, how does a neophyte know where to begin? Or rather, where can a casual fan obtain an assortment of cool songs by the coolest singers? Answer: JAZ...continue...

Coleman Hawkins/Duke Ellington: Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins

1 CD / Verve / 2007-10-09

Tracks: Limbo Jazz; Mood Indigo; Ray Charles' Place; Wanderlust; You Dirty Dog; Self Portrait (Of the Bean); Jeep Is Jumpin', The; Ricitic, The; Solitude
Artists: Coleman Hawkins/Duke Ellington

Personnel: Duke Ellington (piano); Coleman Hawkins (tenor saxophone); Johnny Hodges (alto saxophone); Harry Carney (baritone saxophone, bass clarinet); Ray Nance (cornet, violin); Lawrence Brown (trom...continue...

Quincy Jones/Quincy Jones & His Orchestra: The Quintessence

1 CD / Verve / 2007-10-09

Tracks: Quintessence; Robot Portrait; Little Karen; Straight No Chaser; For Lena and Lennie; Hard Sock Dance; Invitation; Twitch, The
Artists: Quincy Jones/Quincy Jones & His Orchestra

Personnel: Phil Woods, Eric Dixon, Jerome Richardson, Frank Wess, Oliver Nelson (saxophone); Freddie Hubbard, Clark Terry, Thad Jones, Jerome Kail, Clyde Reasinger, Joe Newman, Al DeRisi, Snooky Young...continue...

Ella Fitzgerald: Gold [Decca/Verve Years]

2 CD / Verve / 2007-10-09

Tracks: A-Tisket, A-Tasket; Undecided; Stairway to the Stars; Betcha Nickel; Cow Cow Boogie; Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall; It's Only a Paper Moon; Flying Home; Stone Cold Dead in the Market; I'm Just a...
Artists: Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Fitzgerald is one of those rare artists who is impossible to overrate: while tankards of ink have been spilled saluting her talent, there's always room for a bit more. In short, Ella's voice can ...continue...

Oliver Nelson: The Blues and the Abstract Truth

1 CD / Verve / 2007-10-09

Tracks: Stolen Moments; Hoe Down; Cascades; Yearnin'; Butch and Butch; Teenie's Blues
Artists: Oliver Nelson

Personnel: Oliver Nelson (alto & tenor saxophones); Eric Dolphy (alto saxophone, flute); George Barrow (baritone saxophone); Freddie Hubbard (trumpet); Bill Evans (piano); Paul Chambers (bass); Roy Ha...continue...

Dinah Washington: Gold

2 CD / Verve / 2007-10-09

Tracks: Evil Gal Blues; Salty Papa Blues; Blow Top Blues; Embraceable You; Slick Chick, A (On the Mellow Side); Ain't Misbehavin'; Walkin' and Talkin' (And Crying My Blues Away); (What Can I Say, Dear) After...
Artists: Dinah Washington

The GOLD series does its usual excellent job in selecting and compiling key tracks from important artists on this two-disc Dinah Washington collection. One of the great jazz vocalists, who was equally...continue...

Yoav: Adore [EP]

1 CD / Verve / 2007-10-09

Tracks: Adore Adore; Beautiful Lie; There Is Nobody - (live); One by One - (live)
Artists: Yoav

Recording information: Monkey Chews, London, England....continue...

Gil Evans/Gil Evans Orchestra: Out of the Cool

1 CD / Verve / 2007-10-09

Tracks: Le Nevada; Where Flamingos Fly; Bilbao Song; Stratusphunk; Sunken Treasure; Sister Sadie
Artists: Gil Evans/Gil Evans Orchestra

Gil Evans Orchestra: Gil Evans (arranger, conductor, piano); Budd Johnson (soprano & tenor saxophones); Eddie Caine, Ray Beckenstein (alto saxophone, flute, piccolo); Johnny Coles, Phil Sunkel (trumpe...continue...

Sonny Rollins: On Impulse!

1 CD / Verve / 2007-10-09

Tracks: On Green Dolphin Street; Everything Happens to Me; Hold 'Em Joe; Blue Room; Three Little Words
Artists: Sonny Rollins

Personnel: Sonny Rollins (tenor saxophone); Ray Bryant (piano); Walter Booker (bass); Mickey Roker (drums).

Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on July 8, 1965.

D...continue...

Roy Ayers Ubiquity: Lifeline

1 CD / Verve / 2007-10-09

Tracks: This Side of Sunshine; Running Away; Gotta Find a Lover; I Still Love You; Lifeline; Cincinnati Growl; Fruit; Sanctified Feeling; Stranded in the Jungle; Together; Running Away
Artists: Roy Ayers Ubiquity

With their appealing jazz-funk fusion and proto-acid jazz jams, Roy Ayers Ubiquity had some winning moments in the 1970s. One of them, "Running Away," can be found on 1977's LIFELINE. A disco-infused ...continue...

Ramsey Lewis: The In Crowd

1 CD / Verve / 2007-10-09

Tracks: "In" Crowd, The; Since I Fell For You; Tennessee Waltz; You Been Talkin' 'Bout Me Baby; Theme From Spartacus; Felicidade (Happiness); Come Sunday - (previously unreleased, CD only)
Artists: Ramsey Lewis

Ramsey Lewis Trio: Ramsey Lewis (piano); Eldee Young (bass, cello); Red Holt (drums).

Recorded live at the Bohemian Caverns, Washington, D.C. on May 13-15, 1965. Originally released on Argo (75...continue...

Johnny Hartman: I Just Dropped by to Say Hello [Remaster]

1 CD / Verve / 2007-10-09

Tracks: Charade; In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning; Sleepin' Bee; Don't You Know I Care; Kiss & Run; If I'm Lucky; I Just Dropped by to Say Hello; Stairway to the Stars; Our Time; Don't Call It Love; How...
Artists: Johnny Hartman

Personnel: Johnny Hartman (vocals); Illinois Jacquet (tenor saxophone); Hank Jones (piano); Kenny Burrell; Jim Hall (guitar); Milt Hinton (bass); Elvin Jones (drums).

Reissue producer: Michael ...continue...

Various Artists: 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: Christmas Jazz, Vol. 1

1 CD / Verve / 2007-09-25

Tracks: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - Ella Fitzgerald/Frank DeVol & His Orchestra; Merry Christmas, Baby - Richard Evans & Orchestra/Kenny Burrell; Here Comes Santa Claus - Ramsey Lewis Trio; Let It Snow!...
Artists: Various Artists

Photographers: Gai Terrell; Chuck Stewart.

Traditional jazz musicians have long made it a practice to use pop standards as the vehicles for their improvisations, and, as this discount-priced co...continue...