Verve Records: The Sound Of America [CD], Various Artists, CD
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About This Record
""Verve Records: The Sound of America"" As an independent record producer going back to the early 1940s, Norman Granz started building a personal network of record companies - disc by disc, artist by artist, innovation by innovation - that grew into a tsunami by the time he sold Verve Records at the end of 1960. It remains a feat unmatched to this day. This 2-CD set celebrates the fascinating spectrum of recordings made during the Norman Granz era of Verve Records. It includes vocal tracks by Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday; Charlie Parker with strings; a raucous live jam session; Beatnik poetry by Jack Kerouac and stand-up comedy. Verve Label Group; Verve; Jazz; Catalog
Tracklist
| 1 | Jazz at the Philharmonic — Blues | |
| 2 | Coleman Hawkins — Picasso | |
| 3 | Oscar Peterson — Tenderly | |
| 4 | Bud Powell — Like Someone in Love | |
| 5 | Count Basie and His Orchestra — New Basie Blues | |
| 6 | Johnny Hodges — Castle Rock | |
| 7 | Andre’s All Stars — Con Poco Coco | |
| 8 | Lionel Hampton and Stan Getz — Louise | |
| 9 | Lester Young and Teddy Wilson — Taking a Chance on Love | |
| 10 | The JATP Quintet — Easy Living | |
| 11 | Benny Carter — Flamingo | |
| 12 | Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong — You Won’t Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart) | |
| 13 | Art Tatum — I’ll Never Be the Same | |
| 14 | Roy Eldridge — Dale’s Wail | |
| 15 | Lionel Hampton — That Old Black Magic, Part 1 | |
| 16 | Charlie Parker — Laura 300 | |
| 17 | Jam Session #1 — Ballad Medley All the Things You Are/Dearly Beloved/The Nearness of You/I’ll Get By/Everything Happens to M | |
| 18 | Jack Kerouac — The Subterraneans | |
| 19 | Mort Sahl — The Future Lies Ahead — excerpt | |
| 20 | Jonathan Winters — Football Game | |
| 21 | Shelley Berman — Department Store | |
| 22 | Count Basie and Joe Williams — Thou Swell | |
| 23 | Spike Jones and His City Slickers — Cocktails for Two | |
| 24 | Margaret Whiting — Why Was I Born? | |
| 25 | Mel Tormé — On the Street Where You Live | |
| 26 | Anita O’Day — Lullaby of the Leaves | |
| 27 | Bing Crosby and Buddy Bregman — Blue Room | |
| 28 | Billie Holiday — I Thought About You | |
| 29 | Ella Fitzgerald — Chelsea Bridge — rehearsal | |
| 30 | Fred Astaire — No Strings (I'm Fancy Free) |
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