VA- The Verve Story 1944-1994 [4 CD, 1994]

 

Verve Records, founded in 1956 by Norman Granz, is home to the world’s largest jazz catalogue and includes recordings by artists such as Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Stan Getz and Billie Holiday, among others. It absorbed the catalogues of Granz's earlier labels, Clef Records, founded in 1946, Norgran Records, founded in 1953, and material previously licensed to Mercury Records. Verve also served as the original home of acts such as The Velvet Underground and Frank Zappa. The restructured Verve Records is now part of the Verve Label Group, which is owned by Universal Music Group. This company is also home to historic imprints including Verve Forecast Records, Impulse! Records and Decca Records.




Disc:1
1. Blues - JATP
2. Oh, Lady Be Good! - JATP
3. I've Found A New Baby - Lester Young
4. Trav'lin Light - Billie Holiday
5. Repetition - Charlie Parker
6. Picasso - Coleman Hawkins
7. Tanga - Machito And His Afro-Cuban Orchestra
8. Celia - Bud Powell
9. Just Friends - Charlie Parker
10. Bloomdido - Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie
11. Jeep's Blues - Johnny Hodges
12. Drum Boogie - Gene Krupa Trio
13. Port Of Rico - Illinois Jacquet
14. Tenderly - Oscar Peterson
15. It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) - Dizzy Gillespie , Stan Getz
16. Echoes Of Harlem - Roy Eldridge

Disc: 2
1. Tea For Two - Art Tatum
2. Manteco (Theme) - Dizzy Gillespie
3. My One And Only Love - Benny Carter
4. Flying Home - Lionel Hampton
5. Lemonaid 21 - Flip Phillips
6. Every Day I Have The Blues - Count Basie And His Orchestra
7. April In Paris - Count Basie
8. Honeysuckle Rose - Anita O'day
9. All Of Me - Lester Young & Teddy Wilson
10. Just One Of Those Things - Ella Fitzgerald
11. Lady Sings The Blues - Billie Holiday
12. Swinging On A Star - Oscar Peterson Trio
13. Cooking The Blues - Buddy DeFranco
14. They Can't Take That Away From Me - Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
15. La Rosita - Coleman Hawkins & Ben Webster
16. I Know That You Know - Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins, Sonny Stitt

Disc: 3
1. Crazy Rhythm - Stan Getz & J.J. Johnson
2. Surely With The Fringe On Top - Blossom Dearie
3. Stompy Jones - Duke Ellington, Johnny Hodges Sextet
4. I Can't Give You Anything But Love - Sonny Stitt
5. Chelsea Bridge - Gerry Mulligan & Ben Webster
6. Mack The Knife - Ella Fitzgerald
7. Too Close For Comfort - Mel Torme With The Marty Paich Dek-tette
8. In The Mornings Out There - Jimmy Giuffre 3
9. I'm Gonna Go Fishin' - Gerry Mulligan And The Concert Jazz Band
10. Night Rider - Stan Getz
11. I Remember You - Lee Konitz
12. Something's Coming - Oscar Peterson Trio
13. Desafinado (Off Key) - Stan Getz And Charlie Byrd
14. Walk On The Wild Side - Jimmy Smith

Disc: 4
1. 'Round Midnight - Bill Evans
2. The Girl From Ipanema - Stan Getz And Joao Gilberto
3. Soul Sauce - Cal Tjader
4. Last Night When We Were Young - Kenny Burrell
5. If You Could Se Me Now - Wes Montgomery With The Wynton Kelly Trio
6. Night Train - Jimmy Smith, Wes Montgomery
7. Every Night - Joe Williams
8. The Good Life - Betty Carter
9. You Won't Forget Me - Shirley Horn
10. Bird Alone - Abbey Lincoln
11. Johnnt Come Lately - Joe Henderson
12. Hello My Lovely - Charlie Haden