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In the liner notes to this grooving 1969 album, featuring a big band led by drummer Louis Bellson and arranged by Impulse! star Oliver Nelson, the Godfather of Soul explains that he is a “jazz man at heart” Brown’s soul consigliere, saxophonist Maceo Parker, helps make this a swinging, spirited and satisfying set of... -
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Guitarist Mel Brown’s 1967 Impulse! debut is possibly the funkiest and most unique album ever released on the label Brown’s clean blues picking style—honed while playing in John Lee Hooker’s and T-Bone Walker’s bands—marinates funkily with the swinging soul-jazz organ of Gerald Wiggins The title track and the simmering...
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Of pianist Bill Evans' many live albums, At Town Hall Vol 1 has always been among his most delicate and elegant, writes Marc Myers for JazzWax Evans' playing is taut and graceful, with lovely long improvisational lines and a snappy, fluid attack on the keyboard The mix of standards and two originals — one was a suite in...
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Recorded in the basement studio of the Coltrane family home in Dix Hills in 1970, Alice Coltrane’s fourth album is a transcendent masterpiece of spiritual jazz The title track is an ode to the Egyptian God, Ptah (the El Daoud meaning “the beloved”) Many moments on the album reach what Coltrane herself defined the term Turiya...
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Recorded for Berry Gordy's short-lived Workshop Jazz imprint and recorded at the Hitsville USA studio, Roy Brooks (joined by fellow Detroit natives George Bohannon and Hugh Lawson, along with his Horace Silver Quintet bandmates Blue Mitchell, Junior Cook, and Eugene Taylor) injects a Motor City soul-jazz groove into the hard bop...
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FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE is the 22nd solo studio album from Brian Eno and the first since January 2017's Reflection The 10-track album was recorded and produced by him at his studio in West London and sees Eno singing on the majority of tracks It's a sonically beguiling, ultimately optimistic exploration of the narrowing, precarious...
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Producer Norman Granz had a stroke of genius when he signed the jazz greats Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong to his Verve label The duo that critics have called "A match made in heaven," take to the microphone here for a repeat on Ella And Louis Again, the sequel to 1956's acclaimed Ella and Louis Ella's voice — radiant,...
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The evening before recording this album, on 16 August 1956, both Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald appeared in an all-star concert that also featured Art Tatum and Oscar Peterson, which was recorded for an album entitled Live At The Hollywood Bowl The following day, the two singers, along with the Oscar Peterson Trio –...
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180-gram 45 RPM double LP set! Mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound from the original master tape! Plated and pressed at Quality Record Pressings! "these are all truly classic Verve titles that you simply don't want to missmost importantly, the sound of these reissues is nothing short of astounding Particularly the early...
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In the wake of a tidal wave of praise—including two Grammy Nominations for Best New Artist and Best Global Music Performance—for last year’s Vulture Prince, Arooj Aftab has announced Vulture Prince (Deluxe Edition)The project is slated for physical release on June 24 via Verve, including a new double LP pressing Today, Aftab...
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There's scarcely a more towering figure in modern jazz — save Miles and Coltrane — than Bill Evans His relaxed and emotional style at the piano would prove influential to not only his peers but to generations of pianists who would follow him It also doesn't hurt that he appeared on (and had great influence over the direction...
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On his first album in partnership with Verve Records, Kurt Vile pulls his talents as a singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer in unexpected directions — and the result is a vibrant, yet meditative record propelled by laid-back charm and curious...
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Charlie Parker blew into the world of jazz from Kansas City, and rose to fame in New York – but right from the start, he also left an impact on the scene in Los Angeles – where he recorded his famous Dial Records material, and also worked in some Jam Session recordings too! But the cuts here aren't those at all – and instead...
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Part of Verve’s Acoustic Sounds Series, features transfers from analog tapes and remastered 180-gram vinyl in deluxe gatefold packaging Tight One of the quintessential Charles Mingus recordings regardless of label, Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus finds a mini-big-band playing some of Mingus’ best-known compositions –...
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Double vinyl LP pressing I'll Be Your Mirror: A Tribute to the Velvet Underground & Nico, is a contemporary tribute to the Velvets debut, with each of the album's songs performed by one of the band's noteworthy artistic descendants Featured artists include Kurt Vile & the Violators, Sharon Van Etten, Iggy Pop & Matt...
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Trio ‘64, Bill Evans' first trio album for Verve, marked a reunion with drummer Paul Motian and Evans' only recorded work with bassist Gary Peacock The album matches up with Evans' finest trio sessions, with his shimmering piano lines dancing between Peacock's sharp bass lines and Motian's usual sublime work on the drums Peacock...
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One of the most lauded (not to mention brilliant) trumpet players in the history of jazz, Clifford Brown adds to his luster on this varied program of nine engaging tunes Featuring the 1955 version of the Clifford Brown/Max Roach Quintet, a group also including tenor saxophonist Harold Land, pianist Richie Powell, and bassist...
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Black Coffee, Peggy Lee's 1956 album smash for Decca (she left Capitol in 1952 over creative and artistic differences), presents her in an intimate setting with a top-notch jazz quartet in place of her usual studio orchestra This smaller combination, including trumpeter Pete Candoli and pianist Jimmy Rowles (two of her...
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New York, NY is a high point in the work of leading jazz composer and arranger George Russell Russell was an early advocate for Modal Jazz and the conceptualizer of the influential Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization For this 1959 Decca classic, Russell assembled an all-star orchestra, including John Coltrane, Bill...
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The 1965 album I Put a Spell on You features some of Nina Simone's best-known songs She covers the Screamin' Jay Hawkins' song "I Put a Spell on You" The original version gave the song an ironic theme, but Simone transformed it into a thrilling love song, complete with horns and strings It had become one of her most well-known...
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Pastel Blues features "Be My Husband" and was written by Andrew Stroud, Simone's husband and manager at the time She sings it a cappella with her handclapping and a hi-hat as her only accompaniment The song was later retitled as "Be Your Husband" and covered by Jeff Buckley on Live at Sin-é (2003) Fans of the 1999 film...
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Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing in gatefold jacket Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson is a brilliant undertaking in which Verve's legendary "house pianist" encountered one of jazz's most revered giants Backed by the Oscar Peterson Trio - bassist Ray Brown, guitarist Herb Ellis and frequent fourth member Louis Bellson on drums -...
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