Tag: Verve
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The Oscar Peterson Trio, The Trio: Live From Chicago, 1961 on Verve.
The Oscar Peterson Trio, The Trio: Live From Chicago, 1961 on Verve. Ray Brown, Ed Thigpen, Oscar Peterson – live at The London House in Chicago – multiple releases came out of these sessions. Verve/MGM pressing
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Ella Fitzgerald, Ella, 1959 on Verve.
Ella Fitzgerald, Ella, 1959 on Verve. This is a mid-seventies reissue of what was originally released in 1959 as “Ella Fitzgerald Sings Sweet Songs for Swingers” in a UK Verve pressing (Did “swingers” have the wrong connotation by the mid seventies, or did they just want a less tongue twisting title?) Part of the “Polydor…
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Various Artists, I’ll Be Your Mirror: A Tribute to the Velvet Underground, 2021 on Verve.
Various Artists, I’ll Be Your Mirror: A Tribute to the Velvet Underground, 2021 on Verve. Great covers compilation with Michael Stipe, Sharon Van Etten, Courtney Barnett, Fontaines D.C., St. Vincent, Andrew Bird & Lucius, and more Via Spinnaker Records in Hyannis MA
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Oscar Peterson, Oscar Peterson Plays The Cole Porter Song Book, 1959 on Verve.
Oscar Peterson, Oscar Peterson Plays The Cole Porter Song Book, 1959 on Verve. I love the “song book” albums from the fifties – [artist] plays the [composer] song book. I have some Ella, some Oscar Peterson, and others. My copy is a Japanese pressing from the early 80s – great quality.
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The Blues Project, Live At Town Hall, 1967 on Verve Forecast.
The Blues Project, Live At Town Hall, 1967 on Verve Forecast. Third album, recorded after Al Kooper’s departure. Only one song actually recorded at Town Hall; sone are live elsewhere some are studio recordings with overdubbed audience applause. Still looking for a decent copy of Live at the Cafe Au Go Go.
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Ray Brown, This is Ray Brown, 1958 on Verve
Ray Brown, This is Ray Brown, 1958 on Verve My copy is an 80s Japanese pressing by Polydor K.K., part of the Original Verve Jazz Classics series. Includes Oscar Peterson (playing organ rather than piano on some tracks), Herb Ellis, and Osie Johnson plus Jerome Richardson on flute My favorite bassist in any genre Via…
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Oscar Peterson, Oscar Peterson Plays My Fair Lady, 1958 on Verve
Oscar Peterson, Oscar Peterson Plays My Fair Lady, 1958 on Verve An original 1958 mono pressing – one of my favorite recent finds. With Ray Brown on bass and Gene Gammage on drums via Everything But The House
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Ella Fitzgerald, Like Someone In Love, 1957 on Verve
Ella Fitzgerald, Like Someone In Love, 1957 on Verve. Black and silver Verve labels without mention of MGM Ella with Frank DeVol and his Orchestra – classic Via Everything But The House
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Oscar Peterson, Pastel Moods, 1956 on Verve.
Oscar Peterson, Pastel Moods, 1956 on Verve. Part of a group of older jazz LPs I picked up via Everything But the House With Ray Brown, Herb Ellis (b-side) and Irving Ashby (a-side).
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Ella Fitzgerald, Get Happy!, 1959 on Verve.
Ella Fitzgerald, Get Happy!, 1959 on Verve. Part of a whole lot of jazz vinyl I got via an @ebth auction. Verve Records black and silver labels with the T but before the MGM rim text Great pressing, great album.
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Oscar Peterson, Plays The George Gershwin Songbook, 1959 on @ververecords
Oscar Peterson, Plays The George Gershwin Songbook, 1959 on @ververecords Picked up a lot of Oscar Peterson related jazz records via @ebth – some great early deep groove Verve including this one
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Herbie Hancock, River: The Joni Letters, 2007 on Verve.
Herbie Hancock, River: The Joni Letters, 2007 on Verve. Beautiful album with Dave Holland, Wayne Shorter, Vinnie Colaiuta and Lionel Loueke, and guests Norah Jones, Corinne Bailey Rae, Tina Turner, Luciana Souza, Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen Part of the Vinyl Me, Please anthology Story of Herbie Hancock
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Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, 1+1, 1997 on Verve
Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, 1+1, 1997 on Verve Previously only available on CD, but now part of the Vinyl Me, Please anthology The Story of Herbie Hancock. Hancock and Shorter played together in the Miles Davis Quintet circa 1964-1968 Beautiful vinyl pressing, mastering, and packaging – not sure if this will later be available outside…
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Billie Holiday, Lady Sings The Blues, 1956 on Verve
Billie Holiday, Lady Sings The Blues, 1956 on @ververecords Classic Billie – first on Clef in 1956, then on Verve My copy is a 2020 Vinyl Me, Please reissue pressed by Record Technology and artwork by Laura Tinald
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Billie Holiday, Music For Torching With Billie Holiday, 1955 on Clef, 1957 on Verve
Billie Holiday, Music For Torching With Billie Holiday, 1955 on Clef, 1957 on Verve. Originally on Clef, then released on Verve (which absorbed Clef in 1956 – both were founded by Norman Grantz). My copy is actually a 1979 reissue by the Book of the Month Club, which had an audio offshoot for a time.…
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Oscar Peterson Trio, West Side Story, 1962 on Verve
Oscar Peterson Trio, West Side Story, 1962 on Verve Bop version of the musical’s songs – Maria, I Feel Pretty, Somewhere, etc. Via Anntiques in Ipswich, MA
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Ella Fitzgerald, Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers and Hart Song Book Volume 2, 1959 on Verve.
Ella Fitzgerald, Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers and Hart Song Book Volume 2, 1959 on Verve. Came out in 1957 on “His Master’s Voice” in the UK. There are a ton of great Ella Song Book releases: Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Duke Ellington, Jerome Kern, Harold Arellano, Gershwin, etc. I love the My Funny Valentine…
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Bud Powell, The Genius of Bud Powell, 1976 on Verve.
Bud Powell, The Genius of Bud Powell, 1976 on Verve. My copy is a later “Polygram Classics” reissue – runout etchings and Polygram Classics markings suggest 1983 or later. The material itself goes back to “The Genius of Powell” and “Bud Powell’s Moods,” both 1957 Verve releases, of sessions from 1950, 1951, and 1956. Via…