VA - Verve 60 (2016)

Verve Records will celebrate its 60th anniversary throughout 2016 with a series of reissues from artists such as Charlie Parker, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Count Basie, Louis Armstrong, Bill Evans and many more.

The first set of releases is due out in March and will include a new digital collection titled Verve 60, featuring 60 tracks by 60 different artists that were recorded throughout the label history. It will also include Jazz at Philarmonic: The Ella Fitzgerald Set, a compilation which brings together all the vocalist’s Jazz at Philarmonic performances on one collection for the first time, and features guest appearences by Charlie Parker, Lester Young and Hank Jones.

In addition, several albums from the Verve catalog will be reissued of vinyl, while several others will also make their deuts in HD digital audio and iTunes. Among the classic titles are Ella & Louis, Billie Holiday’s Lady Sings the Blues, Charlie Parker with Strings, Oscar Peterson’s Night Train and Count Basie’s April in Paris.

Tracklist:

CD1
01. Tempus Fugit - Bud Powell
02. Dream A Little Dream Of Me - Flip Phillips
03. Laughing In Rhythm - Slim Gaillard And His Peruvians
04. Just Friends - Charlie Parker
05. Little Jazz - Roy Eldridge
06. Lady Sings The Blues - Billie Holiday
07. April In Paris - Count Basie & His Orchestra
08. Every Day I Have The Blues - Count Basie & Joe Williams
09. Cheek To Cheek (Album Version) - Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
10. This Years Kisses - Lester Young
11. Where Are You? (Album Version) - The Ben Webster Quintet
12. Down For Double (Album Version) - Buddy Rich And His Orchestra
13. Bada Blues - Buddy Bregman
14. Big Red's Boogie Woogie - Herb Ellis
15. Strike Up The Band (Album Version) - Herbie Mann
16. That Old Feeling - Teddy Wilson
17. I'll Never Be The Same - Coleman Hawkins
18. Disc Jockey Jump - Gene Krupa
19. Makin Whoopee - Woody Herman
20. Doop-Doo-De-Doop (A Doodlin' Song) - Blossom Dearie

CD2
01. Flying Home - Illinois Jacquet
02. Chelsea Bridge - Ben Webster & Gerry Mulligan
03. Ray's Time - Jimmy Giuffre
04. Mack The Knife (Live In Berlin/1960) - Ella Fitzgerald
05. We'll Be Together Again - Louis Armstrong
06. Old Devil Moon [feat. The Marty Paich Orchestra] - Mel Tormé
07. Bright Eyes - Terry Gibbs
08. Whisper Not - Junior Mance
09. A Night In Tunisia (Live At Museum Of Modern Art, New York City/1961) - Dizzy Gillespie Quintet
10. I Remember You - Lee Konitz
11. Night Train - The Oscar Peterson Trio
12. Jeep's Blues - Billy Strayhorn & Johnny Hodges
13. I Want To Sing A Song [feat. Gary McFarland's Orchestra] - Anita O'Day
14. 'Round Midnight - Bill Evans
15. More (Theme From Mondo Cane) [feat. Kenny Burrell] - Kai Winding
16. Insensatez (Album Version) - Antonio Carlos Jobim
17. Sambalamento [feat. Lalo Schifrin] - Luiz Bonfa
18. Hoe Down - Oliver Nelson
19. The Cat - Jimmy Smith
20. Soul Sauce - Cal Tjader

CD3
01. The Girl From Ipanema (Stereo Version) [feat. Astrud Gilberto] - João Gilberto and Stan Getz
02. Moon And Sand - Kenny Burrell
03. Bumpin' - Wes Montgomery
04. Spanish Grease - Willie Bobo
05. Look To The Rainbow - Astrud Gilberto
06. Summer Samba (So Nice) (Single Version) - Walter Wanderley
07. Down By The Riverside (Album Version) - Jimmy Smith and Wes Montgomery
08. Unit 7 - Wes Montgomery and Wynton Kelly Trio
09. Giblet Gravy (Album Version) - George Benson
10. That Sunday That Summer - Betty Carter
11. Here's To Life - Shirley Horn
12. Gettin' To It - Christian McBride
13. Photograph - Joe Henderson
14. Another Level - Roy Hargrove
15. 'S Wonderful - Diana Krall
16. I've Just Seen A Face - Kenny Rankin
17. Salt - Lizz Wright
18. Angola - Wayne Shorter
19. Busted - John Scofield
20. I Had A King - Herbie Hancock