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Oscar Peterson: Ultimate Oscar Peterson

1 CD / Verve / 2007-02-20

Tracks: Sometimes I'm Happy; Love You Madly; In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning; Reunion Blues; Waltz for Debby; Blues for Big Scotia; Jet Song; Noreen's Nocturne; Mumbles; Chicago
Artists: Oscar Peterson

Tracks selected by Ray Brown.

Personnel includes: Oscar Peterson (piano); Clark Terry (vocals, trumpet); Milt Jackson (vibraphone); Herb Ellis (guitar); Ray Brown (bass); Ed Thigpen (drums); Er...continue...

Ella Fitzgerald: The Very Best Of The Rodgers And Hart Song Book

1 CD / Verve / 2007-02-13

Tracks: Lover; My Funny Valentine; I Didn't Know What Time It Was; It Never Entered My Mind; Ten Cents a Dance; Lady Is a Tramp, The; Manhattan; Little Girl Blue; I Could Write a Book; Where or When; This Ca...
Artists: Ella Fitzgerald

Personnel: Ella Fitzgerald (trumpet); Barney Kessel (guitar); Corky Hale (harp); Robert LaMarchina, Edgar Lustgarten (cello); Jule Kinzler, Ted Nash (flute); Abe Most (clarinet); Arnold Koblentz (Engl...continue...

Ella Fitzgerald: The Very Best Of The Cole Porter Song Book

1 CD / Verve / 2007-02-13

Tracks: Just One of Those Things; I Get a Kick Out of You; Night and Day; Easy to Love; What Is This Thing Called Love?; In the Still of the Night; I've Got You Under My Skin; I Concentrate on You; Begin the...
Artists: Ella Fitzgerald

Personnel: Barney Kessel (guitar); Corky Hale (harp); Robert LaMarchina, Edgar Lustgarten (cello); Ted Nash, Bob Cooper (clarinet); Herb Geller, Bud Shank (alto saxophone); Chuck Gentry (baritone saxo...continue...

Ella Fitzgerald: Ella And Friends For Lovers

1 CD / Verve / 2007-01-30

Tracks: My One and Only Love; I Didn't Know About You; There's a Lull in My Life; This Time the Dream's on Me; April in Paris; Body and Soul; Dream a Little Dream of Me; These Foolish Things (Remind Me of Yo...
Artists: Ella Fitzgerald

Personnel: Louis Armstrong (vocals); Freddy Green , Herb Ellis, Barney Kessel (guitar); Stuff Smith (violin); Ben Wester, Frank Foster , Stan Getz (tenor saxophone); Joe Newman (trumpet); Oscar Peters...continue...

Antonio Carlos Jobim: For Lovers [Remaster]

1 CD / Verve / 2007-01-30

Tracks: Fotografia (Photograph); Agua de Beber (Water to Drink); Look to the Sky; Chovendo Na Roseira (A.K.A. 'Double Rainbow'); Tide; Corcovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars); Desafinado (Off Key); Captain B...
Artists: Antonio Carlos Jobim

Personnel: Antonio Carlos Jobim (vocals, guitar, piano); Edú Lobo, Elis Regina (vocals); Deodato, Helio Delmiro, Paulo Jobim, Luis Claudio (guitar); Harry Lookofsky (violin, tenor violin); Freder...continue...

Stan Getz (Sax)/Antonio Carlos Jobim: Stan Getz & Antonio Carlos Jobim: Their Greatest Hits [Remaster]

1 CD / Verve / 2007-01-09

Tracks: Girl from Ipanema, The; Desafinado (Off Key); Wave; Insensatez (How Insensitive); Aguas de Março (Waters of March); Chega de Saudade (No More Blues); Corcovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars); Amo...
Artists: Stan Getz (Sax)/Antonio Carlos Jobim

Personnel: Stan Getz (tenor saxophone); Stan Getz ; Maria Toledo (vocals); Gene Byrd, Helio Delmiro, Jim Hall, Luiz Bonfá, Oscar Castro-Neves (guitar); Lewis Eley, Julius Held, Leo Kruczek, Josep...continue...

Lee Konitz: Tranquility [Remaster]

1 CD / Verve / 2006-12-12

Tracks: Stephanie; Memories of You; People Will Say We're In; When You're Smiling; Sunny; Lennie Bird; Nearness of You; Jonquil
Artists: Lee Konitz

Limited Edition Japanese pressing of this album comes housed in a miniature LP sleeve. 2006....continue...
Cool jazz saxophonist Lee Konitz's 1957 quartet session TRANQUILITY features the Konitz original "Stephanie" and "Lennie Bird," written by Konitz's old partner, pianist Lennie Tristano.

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Oscar Peterson/Oscar Peterson Trio: On The Town [Remaster]

1 CD / Verve / 2006-12-12

Tracks: Sweet Georgia Brown; Should I; When Lights Are Low; Easy Listenin Blues; Pennies From Heaven; Champ; Moonlight in Vermont
Artists: Oscar Peterson/Oscar Peterson Trio

Limited Edition Japanese pressing of this album comes housed in a miniature LP sleeve. 2006....continue...
Personnel: Oscar Peterson (piano); Herb Ellis (guitar); Ray Brown (bass).

Producer: Norman Granz.

Reissue producer: Bryan Koniarz.

Recorded live at The Town Tavern, Toronto, Ontar...continue...

Stan Getz (Sax): Stan Getz in Stockholm

1 CD / Verve / 2006-12-12

Tracks: Indiana; Without a Song; I Don't Stand a Ghost Of; I Can't Believe That You'; Everything Happens to Me; Over the Rainbow; Get Happy; Jeepers Creepers
Artists: Stan Getz (Sax)

Limited Edition Japanese pressing of this album comes housed in a miniature LP sleeve. 2006....continue...
One of his best LPs from a very creative and innovative period, Stan Getz in Stockholm is wonderful almost in spite of itself. Getz recorded this date for Norman Granz in December of 1955, after retur...continue...

Duke Ellington: Soul Call

1 CD / Verve / 2006-12-12

Tracks: Plus Belle Africaine; West Indian Pancake; Soul Call; Skin Deep; Jam With Sam
Artists: Duke Ellington

Limited Edition Japanese pressing of this album comes housed in a miniature LP sleeve. 2006....continue...
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra: Duke Ellington (arranger, piano); Russell Procope (alto saxophone, clarinet); Johnny Hodges (alto saxophone); Jimmy Hamilton (tenor saxophone, clarinet); Paul Gonsalves...continue...

Bud Powell: Piano Interpretations By

1 CD / Verve / 2006-12-12

Tracks: Conception; East of the Sun; Heart & Soul; Willow Groove; Crazy Rhythm; Willow Weep For Me; Bean & The Boys; Lady Bird; Stairway to the Stars
Artists: Bud Powell

Limited Edition Japanese pressing of this album comes housed in a miniature LP sleeve. 2006....continue...

Loreena McKennitt: Live in Paris and Toronto [Remaster]

2 CD / Verve / 2006-12-05

Tracks: Prologue; Mummer's Dance, The; Skellig; Marco Polo; Highwayman, The; La Serenissima; Night Ride Across The Caucasus; Dante's Prayer; Mystic's Dream, The; Santiago; Bonny Portmore; Between The Shadows...
Artists: Loreena McKennitt

Personnel: Loreena McKennitt (vocals, harp, accordion, piano, keyboards); Brian Hughes (guitar, oud, bouzouki); Rob Piltch (guitar, keyboards); Hugh Marsh (violin); Caroline Lavelle (cello); Nigel Eat...continue...

Ella Fitzgerald: The Very Best of the Song Books

2 CD / Verve / 2006-12-05

Tracks: Night and Day; I Get a Kick out of You; Begin the Beguine; Love for Sale; My Funny Valentine; Lady Is a Tramp, The; Where or When; Take the 'A' Train; I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good); It Don't Mea...
Artists: Ella Fitzgerald

Personnel: Ella Fitzgerald (vocals); Herb Ellis, Barney Kessel, Robert Bain (guitar); Corky Hale, Kathyrine Julye, Veryle Brilhart (harp); Gerald Vinci, James Getzoff, Henry Hill , Victor Bay, Erno Ne...continue...

Loreena McKennitt: An Ancient Muse [Digipak]

1 CD / Verve / 2006-11-21

Tracks: Incantation; Gates of Istanbul, The; Caravanserai; English Ladye and the Knight, The; Kecharitomene; Penelope's Song; Sacred Shabbat; Beneath a Phrygian Sky; Never-Ending Road (Amhrán Duit); [Cd...
Artists: Loreena McKennitt

An Ancient Muse is "eclectic celtic" - singer/composer Loreena McKennitt's highly-anticipated first new studio recording in nine years. Taking up where her previous work left...continue...
Audio Mixer: Stuart Bruce.

Liner Note Author: Loreena McKennitt.

Recording information: Angel Studios, London, England; Cantini Music, Athens, Greece; Firehouse Studios, Pasadena, CA; Ki...continue...

Loreena McKennitt: The Mask and Mirror [Enhanced] [Limited] [Remaster]

1 CD / Verve / 2006-11-14

Tracks: Mystic's Dream, The; Bonny Swans, The; Dark Night of the Soul, The; Marrakesh Night Market; Full Circle; Santiago; Ce He Mise le Ulaingt? (The Two Trees); Prospero's Speech
Artists: Loreena McKennitt

Personnel includes: Loreena McKennitt (vocals, harp, accordion, piano, keyboards, synthesizer, organ pipes, dumbeg); Brian Hughes (guitar, oud, balalaika, electric sitar); Donal Lunny (bouzouki, bodhr...continue...

Loreena McKennitt: The Visit [Remaster]

1 CD / Verve / 2006-11-14

Tracks: All Souls Night; Bonny Portmore; Between the Shadows; Lady of Shalott, The; Greensleeves; Tango to Evora; Courtyard Lullaby; Old Ways, The; Cymbeline
Artists: Loreena McKennitt

Personnel: Loreena McKennitt (vocals, harp, accordion, bodhran, keyboards);

Brian Hughes (acoustic & electric guitar, balalaika); George Koller (fiddle, sitar, cello, tamboura, bass); Hugh Mars...continue...

Loreena McKennitt: Parallel Dreams [Remaster]

1 CD / Verve / 2006-11-14

Tracks: Samain Night; Moon Cradle; Huron 'Beltane' Fire Dance; Annachie Gordon; Standing Stones; Dickens' Dublin (The Palace); Breaking the Silence; Ancient Pines
Artists: Loreena McKennitt

Personnel: Loreena McKennitt (vocals, various instruments); Brian Hughes (guitar); George Koller (cello); Shelly Berger (bass instrument); Rick Lazar (drums, percussion); Ritesh Das (tabla).

Pa...continue...

Loreena McKennitt: Elemental [Remaster]

1 CD / Verve / 2006-11-14

Tracks: Blacksmith; She Moved Through the Fair; Stolen Child, The; Lark in the Clear Air, The; Carrighfergus; Kellswater; Banks of Claudy; Come by the Hills; Lullaby
Artists: Loreena McKennitt

Personnel: Loreena McKennitt (vocals, guitar, harp, accordion, synthesizer); Cedric Smith (vocals, guitar); Douglas Cambell (spoken vocals); Pat Mullin (cello); George Greer (upright bass).

Lor...continue...

Loreena McKennitt: To Drive the Cold Winter Away [Limited] [Remaster]

1 CD / Verve / 2006-11-14

Tracks: In Praise of Christmas; Seasons, The; King, The; Banquet Hall; Snow; Balulalow; Let Us the Infant Greet; Wexford Carol, The; Stockford Carol, The; Let All That Are to Mirth Inclined
Artists: Loreena McKennitt

Personnel: Loreena McKennitt (vocals, harp, whistle, accordion, finger cymbals, tambourine); Shannon Purves-Smith (viol).

TO DRIVE THE COLD WINTER AWAY, one of Loreena McKennitt's first recordi...continue...

Loreena McKennitt: The Book of Secrets [Limited] [Remaster]

1 CD / Verve / 2006-11-14

Tracks: Prologue; Mummers' Dance, The; Skellig; Marco Polo; Highwayman, The; La Serenissima; Night Ride Across the Caucasus; Dante's Prayer
Artists: Loreena McKennitt

Personnel: Loreena McKennitt (vocals, harp, kanoun, accordion, piano, keyboards); Brian Hughes (vocals, acoustic, electric & classical guitars, bouzouki, oud, guitar synthesizer); Donald Quan (vocals,...continue...

Stan Getz (Sax): Stan Getz Plays

1 CD / Verve / 2006-11-06

Tracks: Stella by Starlight; Time on My Hands; 'Tis Autumn; Way You Look Tonight, The; Lover, Come Back to Me; Body and Soul; Stars Fell on Alabama; You Turned the Tables on Me; Thanks for the Memory; Hymn o...
Artists: Stan Getz (Sax)

Personnel: Stan Getz (tenor saxophone); Duke Jordan, Jimmy Rowles (piano); Jimmy Raney (guitar); Bill Crow, Bob Whitlock (bass); Frank Isola, Max Roach (drums).

Producer: Norman Granz.

R...continue...

Various Artists: Cool Jazz (Jazz Club)

CD / Verve / 2006-10-10

Tracks: Cool One, The - Art Farmer/Benny Golson Jazztet; Au Bar du Petit Bac - Miles Davis; Harper - Ed Thigpen; I Wish You Love - Chet Baker; What's New? - Wes Montgomery; Crackle Hut - Max Roach; Coolie - ...
Artists: Various Artists

The new Jazz Club series is an attractive addition to the Verve catalogue. With its modern design and popular choice of repertoire, the Jazz Club...continue...

Various Artists: Rio For Lovers

1 CD / Verve / 2006-10-10

Tracks: Inutil Paisagem - Elis Regina/Antonio Carlos Jobim; Sambalero - Stan Getz/Luiz Bonfá; Manha de Carnival - Astrud Gilberto; Happy Madness - Joe Henderson; Samba Triste - Stan Getz/Charlie Byrd; V...
Artists: Various Artists

An extremely gentle, sweet and mellow sampler of love songs from Brazilian composers like Antonio Carlos Jobim and Luiz Bonfá done by Brazilian singers and American jazz musicians, Rio for Lovers...continue...

Various Artists: Around the World for Lovers

1 CD / Verve / 2006-10-10

Tracks: Foggy Day, A - Ella Fitzgerald; April in Paris - Sarah Vaughan; Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square, A - Anita O'Day; Corcovado - Antonio Carlos Jobim; Dear Old Stockholm - Stan Getz; Do You Know Wha...
Artists: Various Artists

Various Artists: Clifford Brown (trumpet); Joe Benjamin, Ray Brown (bass instrument); Ella Fitzgerald, Herb Ellis, Herbie Mann, Jimmy Jones , Louis Armstrong, Oscar Peterson, Paul Quinichette, Roy Hay...continue...

Original Soundtrack: Marie Antoinette

2 CD / Verve / 2006-10-10

Tracks: Hong Kong Garden; Aphrodisiac; What Ever Happened; Pulling Our Weight; Ceremony; Natural's Not in It; I Want Candy - (Kevin Shields remix); Kings of the Wild Frontier; Concerto in G; Melody of a Fall...
Artists: Original Soundtrack

Oscar -winning Sofia Coppola brings to the screen an imaginative interpretation of the life of France's legendary teenage queen Marie Antoinette. When betrothed to King...continue...
In keeping with her reputation for remarkable soundtracks (THE VIRGIN SUICIDES, LOST IN TRANSLATION), writer/director Sofia Coppola, in collaboration with music supervisor Brian Reitzell, offers up an...continue...

Gladys Knight: Before Me [Digipak]

1 CD / Verve / 2006-10-03

Tracks: Do Nothing till You Hear From Me; Man I Love, The; Good Morning Heartache; Since I Fell For You; God Bless the Child; This Bitter Earth; I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good); Someone to Watch Over Me; ...
Artists: Gladys Knight

With Before Me, the legendary Gladys Knight delivers a heartfelt and very personal tribute to the great vocalists who were her early role-models Ella Fitzgerald,...continue...
Personnel: Gladys Knight (vocals); Jeff Mironov, Anthony Wilson , Russell Malone (guitar); David "Fathead" Newman (tenor saxophone); Chris Botti (trumpet); Roy Hargrove (flugelhorn); Joe Sample, Billy...continue...

Sergio Mendes/Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66: Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66

1 CD / Verve / 2006-09-26

Tracks: Mas Que Nada; One Note Samba/Spanish Flea; Joker, The; Going out of My Head; Tim Dom Dom; Day Tripper; Agua de Beber (Water to Drink); Slow Hot Wind; O Pato (The Duck); Berimbau
Artists: Sergio Mendes/Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66

SERGIO MENDES & BRASIL 66, the debut album from the famed Brazilian artist, features 10 tracks including "O Pato" and "Berimbau."

Sergio Mendes/Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66: Sergio Mendes; Jose-P...continue...

Natalie Cole: Leavin'

1 CD / Verve / 2006-09-26

Tracks: Criminal; Old Man; Day Dreaming; Leavin'; More You Do It, The (The More I Like It Done to Me); Lovin' Arms; Love Letter; Man With a Child in His Eyes, The; 5 Minutes Away; Don't Say Goodnight (It's T...
Artists: Natalie Cole

Leavin' is Natalie Cole's first release since the success of her 2002 Verve debut, Ask a Woman Who Knows. A departure from the jazz standards...continue...
Twenty albums into her career, LEAVIN' is a new beginning for Natalie Cole, offering a surprising mixture of unexpected source material (Kate Bush's ethereal art-rock classic, "The Man with the Child ...continue...

Diana Krall: From This Moment On

1 CD / Verve / 2006-09-19

Tracks: It Could Happen to You; Isn't This a Lovely Day?; How Insensitive; Exactly Like You; From This Moment On; I Was Doing Alright; Little Girl Blue; Day in Day Out; Willow Weep for Me; Come Dance With Me...
Artists: Diana Krall

In songs, mood and delivery, From This Moment On reveals Krall's personal ardor for that golden era of song-making, when Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald and...continue...
Personnel: Diana Krall (vocals, piano); Anthony Wilson (guitar, acoustic guitar); Jeff Clayton (flute, alto flute, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone); Keith Fiddmont (clarinet, alto saxophone); Rickey...continue...

Gilles Peterson: Pure Fire: A Gilles Peterson Impulse! Collection

1 CD / Verve / 2006-09-19

Tracks: Blessing Song, The; Enchanted Lady; Lonesome Lover; Alamode; I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good); Wise One; Three Flowers; See You Later; Patterns; First Gymnopedie
Artists: Gilles Peterson

BBC Radio 1. To hear the story of Impulse Records look for The House That Trane Built: The Story of Impulse Records, a 4-CD multi-artist...continue...
British DJ and tastemaker Gilles Peterson has put together yet another sampler from his deep assortment of crates. This time he focuses on jazz released on Impulse during that label's golden years in ...continue...

Brazilian Girls: Talk to La Bomb

1 CD / Verve / 2006-09-12

Tracks: Jique; All About Us; Last Call - (French, German); Never Met a German; Sweatshop - (French); Le Territorie - (French); Rules of the Game; Talk to the Bomb; Nicotine; Tourist Trap; Sexy A**Hole - (Ger...
Artists: Brazilian Girls

With a fierce new set of songs, Brazilian Girls seduce the listener into new territories with their signature beautiful melodies and infectious grooves. Their sophomore...continue...
Brazilian Girls: Sabina Sciubba (vocals); Didi Gutman (keyboards, background vocals); Jesse Murphy (bass guitar, background vocals); Aaron Johnston (drums, background vocals).

TALK TO LA BOMB p...continue...

Billie Holiday: Lady Sings The Blues

1 CD / Verve / 2006-08-22

Tracks: Lady Sings the Blues; Come Rain or Shine; Blue Moon; Good Morning Heartache; God Bless the Child; Baby Won't You Please Come Home; Ill Wind; Autumn in New York; Don't Worry Bout Me; I Don't Want to C...
Artists: Billie Holiday

Quincy Jones: Swinging the Big Band

CD / Verve / 2006-08-22

Tracks: Comin' Home Baby; Desafinado; Invitation; Hard Sock Dance; Quintessence; Bossa Nova U.S.A.; Straight, No Chaser; Chega de Saudade (No More Blues); Baby Elephant Walk; Jive Samba; Moanin'; I Never Has...
Artists: Quincy Jones

Memphis Slim/Willie Dixon: Aux Trois Mailletz

1 CD / Verve / 2006-08-15

Tracks: Rock & Rolling the House; Baby Please Come Home; How Come You Do Me Like You Do?; Way She Loves a Man, The; New Way to Love; African Hunch With a Boogie Beat; Shame Pretty Girls; Baby, Baby, Baby; Do...
Artists: Memphis Slim/Willie Dixon

Personnel: Memphis Slim (vocals, piano); Willie Dixon (vocals, double bass); Philippe Combelle (drums).

Recorded at Les Trois Mailletz, Paris, France in November 1962. Includes liner notes by A...continue...

Caetano Veloso: Caetano e Chico: Ao Vivo na Bahia

1 CD / Verve / 2006-08-01

Tracks: Barbara; Bom Conselho; Atras da Porta; Os Argonautas; Tropicalia; Janelas Abertas
Artists: Caetano Veloso

An exciting live recording of Caetano Veloso with fellow Tropicalista Chico Buarque at a performance in Salvador. A wonderful example of the kind of mania that surrounded Veloso's return from exile an...continue...

Ollabelle: Riverside Battle Songs

1 CD / Verve / 2006-08-01

Tracks: See-Line Woman; High on a Mountain; Heaven's Pearls; Fall Back; Dream the Fall; Blue Northern Lights; Reach For Love; Troubles of the World; Riverside; Northern Star; Gone Today; Everything Is Broken...
Artists: Ollabelle

Ollabelle came together because of these musicians' love of this music. It has great value to our culture, adding new life to a tradition that...continue...
Ollabelle: Fiona McBain (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar); Byron Isaacs (vocals, dobro, bass guitar); Amy Helm (vocals, mandola); Glenn Patscha (vocals, accordion, keyboards); Tony Leone (vocals, drum...continue...

Dinah Washington: Dinah Washington for Lovers [Remaster]

1 CD / Verve / 2006-08-01

Tracks: I'll Close My Eyes; My Ideal; Make the Man Love Me; Crazy He Calls Me; If I Had You; Teach Me Tonight; It's Magic; Manhattan; Easy Living; Darn That Dream; Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
Artists: Dinah Washington

Personnel: Dinah Washington (vocals); Clark Terry (trumpet); Jimmy Cleveland (trombone); Wynton Kelly (piano); Max Roach (drums); Hal Mooney Orchestra, Quincy Jones Orchestra.

Love songs were D...continue...

Charlie Parker (Sax): Charlie Parker for Lovers [Remaster]

1 CD / Verve / 2006-08-01

Tracks: Easy to Love; Loverman; I Didn't Know What Time It Was; I'm in the Mood For Love; Laura; Un Poquito de Tu Amor; Everything Happens to Me; I Love Paris; Summertime; Autumn in New York; Out of Nowhere
Artists: Charlie Parker (Sax)

Personnel: Charlie Parker (alto saxophone); Red Rodney (trumpet); John Lewis, Hank Jones , Roy Haynes (piano); Ray Brown (upright bass); Kenny Clarke, Buddy Rich (drums).

With its revolutionary...continue...

The Baby Loves Jazz Band: Baby Loves Jazz: Go Baby Go!

1 CD / Verve / 2006-08-01

Tracks: Baby Loves Jazz Theme; Happy and You Know It; ABC; Trumpet, The; Working on the Railroad; Old Macdonalds; Piano, The; Paw Paw Patch; Drums, The; Ten Little Monkeys; Wheels on the Bus, The; Saxophone,...
Artists: The Baby Loves Jazz Band

The Baby Loves Jazz Band: Sharon Jones , Babi Floyd (vocals); Briggan Krauss (saxophone); Steven Bernstein (trumpet); John Medeski (keyboards); Lonnie Plaxico, Brad Jones (bass guitar); Ben Perowsky (...continue...

John McLaughlin: Industrial Zen

1 CD / Verve / 2006-08-01

Tracks: For Jaco; New Blues Old Bruise; Wayne's Way; Just So Only More So; To Bop or Not to Be (For Michael Brecker); Dear Dalai Lama; Senor C.S.; Mother Nature
Artists: John McLaughlin

Since the 1970's John McLaughlin's long career has always taken mysical turns, from the Mahavishnu Orchestra to Shakti. Here on "Industrial Zen", McLaughlin turns his...continue...
Personnel: John McLaughlin (vocals, guitar, fretless guitar, programming, drum programming); Shankar Mahadevan (vocals); Eric Johnson (guitar); Ada Rovatti, Bill Evans (soprano saxophone, tenor saxoph...continue...

Serge Gainsbourg: Monsieur Gainsbourg: The Originals

1 CD / Verve / 2006-08-01

Tracks: Je T'Aime Moi Non Plus; Je Suis Venu Te Dire Que Je M'En Vais; Poinçonneur des Lilas, Le; Ces Petits Riens; Bonnie and Clyde; Ballade de Melody Nelson; Requiem pour un Con; Lola Rastaquouèr...
Artists: Serge Gainsbourg

Verve Forecast celebrates the distinctive and pioneering work of songwriter, provocateur, singer and cultural icon Serge Gainsbourg an unheralded genius of modern Pop music whose...continue...
Personnel: Serge Gainsbourg (vocals).

Recording information: 1958-1984.

Photographers: Claude Delome; Jean D'Hugues.

The Verve label's companion piece to the Serge Gainsbourg trib...continue...

Various Artists: Monsieur Gainsbourg: Revisited

1 CD / Verve / 2006-08-01

Tracks: Song for Sorry Angel, A (Sorry Angel) - Franz Ferdinand/Jane Birkin; I Love You (Me Either) - Cat Power/Karen Elson; I Just Came to Tell You That I'm Going - Jarvis Cocker/Kid Loco; Requiem For Anna ...
Artists: Various Artists

Verve Forecast celebrates the distinctive and pioneering work of songwriter, provocateur, singer and cultural icon Serge Gainsbourg an unheralded genius of modern Pop music whose...continue...
In the 1960s, Serge Gainsbourg created a sensation in Europe with his cunningly provocative lyrics, suave musicality, and image as a lovable cad. His influence lived on after his 1991 passing, unmista...continue...

J.D. Short: The Sonet Blues Story *

1 CD / Verve / 2006-08-01

Tracks: Starry Crown Blues; My Rare Dog; By the Spoonful; You're Tempting Me; Slidin' Delta; I'm Just Wasting My Time; Red River Run, The; Help Me Some; East St. Louis; Make Me Down a Pallet
Artists: J.D. Short

Personnel: J.D. Short (vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica); J.D. Short.

Audio Remasterer: Claes Persson.

Recording information: St. Louis, MO (1961-1962).

Calling attention to an ...continue...

Snooks Eaglin: The Sonet Blues Story: 1977

1 CD / Verve / 2006-08-01

Tracks: Down Yonder; No More Doggin'; Talk to Your Daughter; Going to the River; Oh Red; Your Truly; Travelling Mood; St. Pete, Florida Blues; Teeny Bit of Your Love, A; Mustang Sally; Let the Four Winds Blo...
Artists: Snooks Eaglin

Personnel: Snooks Eaglin (vocals, guitar); Snooks Eaglin; George French (bass guitar, background vocals); Clarence Ford (saxophone); Ellis Marsalis (piano); Bob French (drums).

Audio Remasterer...continue...

Otis Rush: Troubles, Troubles: The Sonet Blues Story

1 CD / Verve / 2006-08-01

Tracks: Baby What You Want Me to Do?; Little Red Rooster; Whole Lotta Lovin'; Got to Be Some Changes Made; You Been an Angel; You Don't Have to Go; Troubles, Troubles, Troubles; Miss You So; Hold Your Train;...
Artists: Otis Rush

Personnel: Otis Rush (vocals, guitar); Otis Rush; Bob Strokes (bass guitar); Jessie Lawis (vocals, drums); Bob Levis (guitar).

Audio Remasterer: Claes Persson.

Liner Note Author: Samuel ...continue...

Various Artists: Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man

1 CD / Verve / 2006-07-25

Tracks: I'm Your Man - Nick Cave; Chelsea Hotel, No. 2 - Rufus Wainwright; Everybody Knows - Rufus Wainwright; Guests, The - Laurie Anderson; If It Be Your Will - Antony; Sisters of Mercy - Beth Orton; Futur...
Artists: Various Artists

Songwriter. Poet. Counter-culture icon. Consummate ladies' man. Leonard Cohen is one of the most original and enduring artists to emerge from the 1960s. Director Lian...continue...
Composer: Leonard Cohen....continue...

Louis Armstrong: Jazz in Paris: The Best Live Concert, Vol. 2

1 CD / Verve / 2006-06-13

Tracks: Muskrat Ramble; Volare; Cocktails for Two; Stompin' at the Savoy; It's Easy to Remember; Teach Me Tonight; I Left Me Heart in San Francisco; My Man; Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home; When the ...
Artists: Louis Armstrong

Personnel: Louis Armstrong (chant, trumpet); Jewel Brown (chant); Eddie Shu (clarinet); Tyree Glenn (trombone); Billy Kyle (piano); Buddy Catlett (double bass); Danny Barcelona (drums).

Recordi...continue...

Eddy Louiss (Organ)/Ivan Jullien: Jazz in Paris: Porgy & Bess

1 CD / Verve / 2006-06-13

Tracks: My Man's Gone Now; There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York; Gone, Gone, Gone; Street Cries; Bess, You Is My Woman Now; Clara, Don't You Be Downhearted
Artists: Eddy Louiss (Organ)/Ivan Jullien

Personnel: Eddy Louiss (organ); Pierre Cullaz (electric guitar); Pierre Gossez, Jacques Di Donato (alto saxophone); Robert Garcia, Jean Louis Chautemps (tenor saxophone); Tony Russo, Maurice Thomas, I...continue...

Horst Jankowski Quartet/Horst Jankowski: A Walk in the Black Forest *

CD / Verve / 2006-06-13

Tracks: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang; Walk in the Black Forest, A; My Gerti; Moon River; By the Time I Get to Phoenix; Türkischer Marsch; Tiflis Melody; Our Beach Affair; Games of Memories; This Guy's in Lov...
Artists: Horst Jankowski Quartet/Horst Jankowski

Regina Carter (Violin): I'll Be Seeing You: A Sentimental Journey

1 CD / Verve / 2006-06-13

Tracks: Anitra's Dance; Little Brown Jug; Bei Mir Bist du Schon; Sentimental Journey; You Took Advantage of Me; St. Louis Blues; A-Tisket, A-Tasket; Blue Rose; This Can't Be Love; How Ruth Felt; There's a Sm...
Artists: Regina Carter (Violin)

With I'll Be Seeing You: A Sentimental Journey violinist Regina Carter pays tribute to her late mother, Grace Carter, in a swinging journey through songs...continue...
Personnel: Regina Carter (violin); Dee Dee Bridgewater, Carla Cook (vocals); Gil Goldstein (accordion); Paquito d'Rivera (clarinet); Xavier Davis (piano); Matthew Parrish (acoustic bass); Alvester Gar...continue...