Verve Jazz Masters series Vol. 51-60

 Jazz Masters is a series of mainly single artist compilations released by Polygram/Verve between 1994 and 1996. The compilations collect material that was originally released on Verve or on one of the labels that became part of the Polygram group. The 20th and 60th releases in the series were various artist collections.

VJM 51 - Blossom Dearie

VJM 52 - Maynard Ferguson

VJM 53 - Stan Getz

VJM 54 - Woody Herman

VJM 55 - Harry James

VJM 56 - Herbie Mann

VJM 57 - George Shearing

VJM 58 - Nina Simone 

VJM 59 - Toots Thielemans

VJM 60 - The Collection

 

Herbie Mann - Live at the Whisky 1969: The Unreleased Masters (2 CD, 2016/FLAC)

 

While jazz flautist Herbie Mann is often remembered as a pop-jazz player, he was actually a pioneer in popularizing world music and even prog-rock with recordings released on his own Embryo imprint (as part of Atlantic Records). And in the late 60s, he was fronting one of the most progressive and electrifying bands in the world: guitarist Sonny Sharrock, Miroslav Vitous on electric & upright bass, saxophonist Steve Marcus, drummer Bruno Carr, and vibraphonist Roy Ayers. Together, the sextet cut the dynamic Live at the Whisky A Go Go album in 1969, drawn from a four night run at the legendary nightclub on Los Angeles Sunset Strip. Though the band s repertoire was quite varied on these dates, just two side-long tracks, Ooh Baby and Philly Dog, surfaced on the Atlantic Records release.

Herbie Mann - Original Album Series (5 CD, 2011/FLAC)

 

CD1 - Herbie Mann at the Village Gate (1961) 

CD2 - Do the Bossa Nova with Herbie Mann (1962) 

CD3 - Nirvana (with the Bill Evans Trio) (1964) 

CD4 - Muscle Shoals Nitty Gritty (1970) 

CD5 - Hold On, I'm Comin' (1973) 

Herbie Mann & Chick Corea - The Complete Latin Band Sessions (2 CD, 2007/FLAC)

 Two CD set containing the complete recordings of Herbie Mann with Chick Corea, consisting of the three complete albums Monday Night at the Village Gate, Standing Ovation at Newport and Latin Mann: Afro to Bossa to Blues (all recorded in 1965), plus all seven of the tracks from the album The Roar of the Greasepaint the Smell of the Crowd in which both musicians are present.

The Latin Jazz Band:

• Herbie Mann - Fflute
• Chick Corea - Piano
• Dave Pike - Vvibe
• Carlos “Patato” Valdes - Congas