Desert Island: There are certain recordings that are essential to every music lover's library. The Desert Island Discs are ten of the most extraordinary and popular jazz recordings ever made -- the milestones to which others are compared. This is simply great music you gotta have. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Count Basie: April In Paris John Coltrane: John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman John Coltrane: A Love Supreme Ella Fitzgerald: Complete Ella In Berlin - Mack The Knife Ella Fitzgerald: Ella And Louis Stan Getz: Getz/Gilberto Billie Holiday: Lady Sings The Blues Antonio Carlos Jobim: The Composer Of "Desafinado", Plays Sarah Vaughan: Sarah Vaughan With Clifford Brown Dinah Washington: What A Diff'rence A Day Makes! Verve Elite Edition: The Verve Elite Edition is a series of select recordings from the Verve and Mercury jazz catalogs, reissued as limited edition CDs due to their historical value and esoteric appeal. Verve Elites have been carefully restored for optimal sonic clarity and may also contain previously unreleased material such as bonus tracks and alternate takes. Each Verve Elite title is available only until its first pressing is sold out, so these items are for the true collector. [not much left here] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Billy Bauer: Plectrist Jimmy Cleveland: Introducing Jimmy Cleveland And His All Stars Herb Ellis: Herb Ellis Meets Jimmy Giuffre George Russell: George Russell Sextet At The Five Spot Verve by Request: The Verve by Request series presents reissues that consumers have asked for over the years from Verve, Mercury, EmArcy, Limelight, and associated labels in the '50s and '60s. Each title has been restored to deliver optimal sonic clarity. Including bonus tracks and alternate takes where available. Handsome digipaks include that original LP cover art and liner notes, offering a great value at affordable prices. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Louis Armstrong: I Love Jazz Louis Armstrong: Satchmo Serenades Chet Baker: Baby Breeze Count Basie: Basie's Beatle Bag George Benson: Giblet Gravy Blossom Dearie: Give Him The Ooh-La-La Willie Bobo: Juicy Luiz Bonfa: Composer Of 'Black Orpheus' Plays And Sings Bossa Nova Buddy Bregman: Swinging Kicks Oscar Brown Jr.: Mr. Oscar Brown Jr. Goes To Washington Paul Desmond: From The Hot Afternoon Bill Evans: From Left To Right Tal Farlow: The Swinging Guitar Of Tal Farlow Ella Fitzgerald: Get Happy! Ella Fitzgerald: One O'Clock Jump Ella Fitzgerald: Rhythm Is My Business Stan Getz: What The World Needs Now/Stan Getz Plays Bacharach And David Dizzy Gillespie: Jambo Caribe Benny Golson: Tune In, Turn On To The Hippest Commercials Of The Sixties Woody Herman: Songs For Hip Lovers Milt Jackson: In A New Setting Bob James: Bold Conceptions Antonio Carlos Jobim: Jobim Antonio Carlos Jobim: Tide Quincy Jones: Big Band Bossa Nova Ramsey Lewis: Down To Earth Edu Lobo: Sergio Mendes Presents Lobo Herbie Mann: Flautista! Herbie Mann Plays Afro Cuban Jazz Sergio Mendes: Look Around Milton Nascimento: Milton Anita O'Day: All The Sad Young Men Anita O'Day: Time For Two Patti Page: Patti Page In The Land Of Hi-Fi Oscar Peterson: With Respect To Nat Buddy Rich: The Drum Battle Tony Scott: Music For Yoga Meditation And Other Joys Bola Sete: Bola Sete At The Monterey Jazz Festival Joya Sherrill: Joya Sherrill Sings Duke Jimmy Smith: Any Number Can Win Jimmy Smith: Peter & The Wolf Jimmy Smith: Root Down Tamba 4: We And The Sea Cal Tjader: Cal Tjader Plays The Contemporary Music Of Mexico And Brazil Cal Tjader: Soul Burst Mel Torme: My Kind Of Music Mel Torme: Swingin' On The Moon Miguelito Valdes: Inolvidables Marcos Valle: Samba '68 Sarah Vaughan: Sarah Vaughan Sings The Mancini Songbook Walter Wanderley: A Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness Walter Wanderley: Rain Forest Tony Williams: Ego Phil Woods: Round Trip Verve Master Edition: Verve Master Editions are new reissues of landmark Verve records from the '50s and '60s, using the best possible audio sources. Meticulous restoration of the original master tapes and 20-bit digital transfer deliver optimal sonic clarity. Additional music is included for the first time: bonus tracks, alternate takes, singles, -- even studio conversations. Beautifully designed full-color digipaks inlude the LP cover art and liner notes, plus new essays and previously unavailable photography. With over 50 titles now in print, Verve Master Editions set a higher standard in the realm of classic jazz reissues. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cannonball Adderley: Cannonball Adderley Quintet In Chicago Nat Adderley: Introducing Nat Adderley Gene Ammons: Boss Tenors In Orbit! Louis Armstrong: Ella And Louis Again Louis Armstrong: Louis And The Angels Louis Armstrong: Louis And The Good Book Louis Armstrong: Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson Louis Armstrong: I've Got the World On a String/Louis Under the Stars Louis Armstrong: Satchmo In Style Count Basie: April In Paris Count Basie: Count Basie At Newport Blossom Dearie: Blossom Dearie Sings Comden And Green Clifford Brown: Clifford Brown And Max Roach At Basin Street Clifford Brown: Clifford Brown With Strings Kenny Burrell: Blue Bash! Kenny Burrell: Blues - The Common Ground Kenny Burrell: Guitar Forms Al Cohn: You 'n' Me Chick Corea: Light As A Feather Chick Corea: My Spanish Heart Eddie Costa: Guys And Dolls Like Vibes Bing Crosby: Bing Sings Whilst Bregman Swings Bill Doggett: Wow! Billy Eckstine: Now Singing In 12 Great Movies Duke Ellington: Soul Call Bill Evans: Alone Bill Evans: At The Montreux Jazz Festival Bill Evans: Conversations With Myself Bill Evans: Further Conversations With Myself Bill Evans: Trio '64 (w/Peacock, Motian) Ella Fitzgerald: Ella & Basie! Ella Fitzgerald: Ella And Louis Ella Fitzgerald: Ella At Juan-les-pins Ella Fitzgerald: Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Cole Porter Songbook Ella Fitzgerald: Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Duke Ellington Song Book Ella Fitzgerald: Ella Fitzgerald Sings The George And Ira Gershwin Song Book Ella Fitzgerald: Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Irving Berlin Song Book Ella Fitzgerald: Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Johnny Mercer Songbook Ella Fitzgerald: Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Rodgers & Hart Songbook Ella Fitzgerald: Ella Sings Broadway Ella Fitzgerald: Sings The Jerome Kern Song Book Erroll Garner: Contrasts Stan Getz: Award Winner Stan Getz: Focus Stan Getz: Getz/Gilberto Stan Getz: Jazz Samba Stan Getz: Plays Music from the Soundtrack of Mickey One Stan Getz: Recorded Fall 1961 Stan Getz: The Steamer Stan Getz: West Coast Jazz Dizzy Gillespie: Diz And Getz Dizzy Gillespie: An Electrifying Evening With The Dizzy Gillespie Quintet Dizzy Gillespie: Have Trumpet, Will Excite! Dizzy Gillespie: Modern Jazz Sextet Dizzy Gillespie: Something Old, Something New Dizzy Gillespie: Sonny Side Up Lionel Hampton: The Lionel Hampton Quintet Coleman Hawkins: Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster Coleman Hawkins: The Genius Of Coleman Hawkins Woody Herman: Live At Carnegie Hall, 1946 Johnny Hodges: Back To Back: Play The Blues Johnny Hodges: Johnny Hodges With Billy Strayhorn & The Orchestra Johnny Hodges: Side By Side Billie Holiday: At Newport Billie Holiday: Body And Soul Billie Holiday: Songs For Distingué Lovers Antonio Carlos Jobim: The Composer Of "Desafinado", Plays Roland Kirk: Domino Roland Kirk: I Talk With The Spirits Dave Lambert: Sing A Song of Basie Peggy Lee: Black Coffee Carmen McRae: Blue Moon Charles Mingus: Pre-Bird Wes Montgomery: Bumpin' Wes Montgomery: The Dynamic Duo Wes Montgomery: Movin' Wes Wes Montgomery: Smokin' At The Half Note Wes Montgomery: Tequila Gerry Mulligan: The Complete Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster Sessions Anita O'Day: Anita O'Day And Billy May Swing Rodgers And Hart Charlie Parker: Big Band Charlie Parker: Bird And Diz Oscar Peterson: Night Train Oscar Peterson: On The Town With The Oscar Peterson Trio Oscar Peterson: Oscar Peterson Plays The Duke Ellington Song Book Oscar Peterson: Oscar Peterson Trio + 1 Oscar Peterson: Plays The Harold Arlen Song Book Oscar Peterson: The Sound Of The Trio Oscar Peterson: The Trio: Live From Chicago Oscar Peterson: Very Tall Oscar Peterson: We Get Requests Oscar Peterson: West Side Story Bud Powell: Jazz Giant Max Roach: Clifford Brown & Max Roach Sonny Rollins: Sonny Rollins And The Big Brass Tony Scott: Music For Zen Meditation Jimmy Smith: Bashin' Jimmy Smith: Organ Grinder Swing Jimmy Smith: The Cat...The Incredible Jimmy Smith Sarah Vaughan: Sarah Vaughan Sings George Gershwin Sarah Vaughan: Sarah Vaughan With Clifford Brown Sarah Vaughan: Viva! Vaughan Dinah Washington: After Hours With Miss "D" Dinah Washington: Dinah Sings Bessie Smith Dinah Washington: The Swingin' Miss "D" Ben Webster: Ben Webster And Associates Ben Webster: Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson Ben Webster: Soulville Lester Young: Laughin' To Keep From Cryin' Lester Young: Lester Young With The Oscar Peterson Trio Verve Vault: LP Reproductions: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cannonball Adderley: Julian Cannonball Adderley Lorez Alexandria : Alexandria The Great Ernestine Anderson: My Kinda Swing Ernie Andrews: This Is Ernie Andrews Dorothy Ashby: Afro-Harping Albert Ayler: Music Is The Healing Force Of The Universe Albert Ayler: New Grass Gato Barbieri: Chapter Four: Alive In New York Count Basie: King Of Swing Brook Benton: Songs I Love To Sing Art Blakey: 'S Make It Blossom Dearie: My Gentleman Friend Blossom Dearie: Soubrette: Sings Broadway Hit Songs Willie Bobo: A New Dimension Mel Brown: Chicken Fat Ray Brown: Jazz Cello Dave Brubeck: 1975: The Duets Candido Camero: Candido Rosemary Clooney: Swing Around Rosie Al Cohn: The Al Cohn Quintet Featuring Bob Brookmeyer Freddy Cole: Waiter, Ask The Man To Play The Blues Gloria Coleman: Soul Sisters Alice Coltrane: Universal Consciousness Xavier Cugat: Cugi's Cocktails Buddy DeFranco: Mr. Clarinet Frank D'Rone: After The Ball Buddy Emmons: Steel Guitar Jazz Bill Evans: California Here I Come Art Farmer: The Jazztet At Birdhouse Ella Fitzgerald: Hello Love Ella Fitzgerald: Hello, Dolly! Ella Fitzgerald: Sings Sweet Songs For Swingers Ella Fitzgerald: Whisper Not John Frigo: I Love John Frigo ... He Swings Slim Gaillard and His Baker's Dozen : Slim Gaillard Rides Again! Stan Getz: Reflections Stan Getz: Stan Getz And The Cool Sounds Terry Gibbs: Terry Gibbs Plays Jewish Melodies In Jazztime Astrud Gilberto: The Shadow Of Your Smile Dizzy Gillespie: Afro Dizzy Gillespie: Sittin' In Jimmy Giuffre: The Easy Way Al Grey: Snap Your Fingers Johnny Griffin: Johnny Griffin Jim Hall: Jim Hall Live! Woody Herman: Woody Herman 1963 Earl Hines: Once Upon A Time Illinois Jacquet: Desert Winds Ahmad Jamal: Chamber Music Of The New Jazz J.J. Johnson: J.J.'s Broadway Roger Kellaway: Roger Kellaway Cello Quartet Stan Kenton: The Formative Years Roland Kirk: Kirk In Copenhagen John Klemmer: Involvement Lee Konitz: Motion Gene Krupa: Gene Krupa Plays Gerry Mulligan Arrangements Steve Kuhn: The October Suite Yusef Lateef: The Golden Flute Yusef Lateef: Psychicemotus Ramsey Lewis: Another Voyage Machito: Vacation At The Concord Hugh Masekela: Grrr Carmen McRae: Birds Of A Feather Sergio Mendes: Equinox Sergio Mendes: The Fool On The Hill Billy Mitchell: This Is Billy Mitchell Wes Montgomery: Willow Weep For Me James Moody: James Moody Gerry Mulligan: Gerry Mulligan And The Concert Jazz Band At The Village Vanguard Gerry Mulligan: Gerry Mulligan Meets Johnny Hodges Milton Nascimento: Courage Oliver Nelson: Live From Los Angeles Joe Newman: Joe Newman Quintet At Count Basie's Anita O'Day: Incomparable! Oscar Peterson: A Jazz Portrait Of Frank Sinatra Oscar Peterson: Soul Español Dave Pike: Manhattan Latin Buddy Rich: Blues Caravan Buddy Rich: Buddy And Sweets Lyle Ritz: How About Uke? Sam Rivers: Crystals Max Roach: Jazz In 3/4 Time Pee Wee Russell: Ask Me Now Pharoah Sanders: Elevation Lalo Schifrin: Piano, Strings And Bossa Nova Tony Scott: Tony Scott Marlena Shaw: The Spice Of Life Archie Shepp: Attica Blues Archie Shepp: The Cry Of My People Jimmy Smith: The Boss Jimmy Smith: Stay Loose Stuff Smith: Cat On A Hot Fiddle Sonny Stitt: New York Jazz Sonny Stitt: Personal Appearance Gabor Szabo: High Contrast Gabor Szabo: Spellbinder Cecil Taylor: At Newport Jack Teagarden: Mis'ry And The Blues Clark Terry: Spanish Rice Cal Tjader: Soul Bird: Whiffenpoof Mel Torme: Olé Tormé Mel Torme: Tormé Sister Rosetta Tharpe: Gospel Train Carlos "Patato" Valdez: Patato & Totico Sarah Vaughan: After Hours At The London House Sarah Vaughan: It's A Man's World Dinah Washington: I Wanna Be Loved Margaret Whiting: Margaret Whiting Sings The Jerome Kern Songbook: The Land Of Spirit And Light Jimmy Witherspoon: The Blues Is Now Phil Woods: Phil Woods And His European Rhythm Machine At The Montreux Jazz Festival --------------------------------- Verve Originals: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ + Louis Armstrong: New Orleans Nights [08-03-18] [1951: A-] + Louis Armstrong: Satchmo at Pasadena [09-01-27] [1950-54: A-] + Roy Ayers: Ubiquity [09-01-27] [1971: B-] + Roy Ayers: He's Coming [09-04-14] [1971: B] + Roy Ayers: Virgo Red [09-06-09] [1973: B-] + Roy Ayers: Change Up the Groove [08-10-21] [1974: B] + Roy Ayers: A Tear to a Smile [09-??-??] [1975: C+] + Roy Ayers: Vibrations [08-04-22] [1976: C] + Roy Ayers: Lifeline [07-10-09] [1977: C+] + Roy Ayers: You Send Me [08-09-23] [1978: C] ~ Gato Barbieri: Chapter One: Latin America [09-01-27] [1973-74: ~~A-] ~ Gato Barbieri: Chapter Two: Hasta Siempre [09-04-14] [1973-74: ~~A-] ~ Gato Barbieri: Chapter Three: Viva Emiliano Zapata [09-06-09] [1974: B+] + Gato Barbieri: Ruby Ruby [07-09-18] [1978: ~B+] + Count Basie: Basie Land [09-06-09] [1963: A-] + Count Basie: On My Way & Shoutin' Again [09-01-27] [1962:B+] + Walter Beasley: Beasley [08-07-01] [1987: B-] + Walter Beasley: Just Kickin' It [08-10-21] [1989: C] + Walter Beasley: Intimacy [08-10-21] [1992: C+] + George Benson: Shape of Things to Come [07-09-18] [1968: B+] + George Benson: Tell It Like It Is [08-10-21] [1969: B] + George Benson: I Got a Woman & Some Blues [08-03-18] [1969: C] + Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers: Soul Finger [09-04-14] [1965: B+] + Willie Bobo: Bobo Motion [08-07-29] [1967: B-] + Luiz Bonfa: Composer of Black Orpheus Plays and Sings Bossa Nova [08-09-23] [1962: B+] + Luiz Bonfa: The Brazilian Scene [08-06-03] [1965: B-] + Luiz Bonfa/Maria Toledo: Braziliana [08-06-03] [1965: B+] + Brecker Brothers: Return of the Brecker Brothers [08-07-29] [1992: B] + Norman Brown: Just Between Us [08-07-01] [1992: B] ~ Dave Brubeck/Paul Desmond: 1975: The Duets [09-08-11] [1975: ~B+] + Kenny Burrell: A Night at the Vanguard [08-03-18] [1959: B+] + Terry Callier: Occasional Rain [08-04-22] [1972: B] + Terry Callier: What Color Is Love [08-09-23] [1973: B] Stanley Clarke: Children of Forever [07-10-09] ~ John Coltrane: Africa/Brass [08-02-09] [1961: ~~A] ~ John Coltrane: Ballads [08-02-09] [1962: ~A] ~ John Coltrane: Coltrane [08-02-09] [1962: ~A-] + John Coltrane: Impressions [08-06-10] [1961-63: B+] ~ John Coltrane: And Johnny Hartman [08-06-10] [1963: ~B+] ~ John Coltrane: Live at Birdland [08-06-10] [1963: A] ~ John Coltrane: Crescent [08-06-10] [1964: ~A] ~ John Coltrane: Ascension [09-04-14] [1965: ~~B+] ~ John Coltrane: Kulu Se Mama [09-04-14] [1965: ~B+] ~ John Coltrane: Live at the Village Vanguard [08-02-09] [1961: ~~A] ~ John Coltrane: A Love Supreme [08-06-10] [1964: ~A+] ~ John Coltrane: The John Coltrane Quartet Plays [09-04-14] [1965: ~A-] ~ John Coltrane: Meditations [09-04-14] [1965: ~B] + John Coltrane/Archie Shepp: New Thing at Newport [09-03-24] [1965: B+] + The Crusaders: Pass the Plate [08-09-23] [1971: B-] + The Crusaders: Images [09-06-09] [1978: B] ~ Miles Davis: Ascenseur pour l'échafaud [07-09-18] [~B+] + Paul Desmond: Bridge Over Troubled Water [08-03-18] [1969: C-] + Will Downing: Come Together as One [08-10-21] [1989: B] + Will Downing: A Dream Fulfilled [08-07-01] [1991: B+] + Dr. John: City Lights [08-07-29] [1978: B+] + George Duke: Faces in Reflection [08-07-01] [1974: B] + George Duke: Feel [08-09-23] [1974: B-] + George Duke: I Love the Blues, She Heard My Cry [08-10-21] [1975: B] ~ Duke Ellington: Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins [07-10-09] [1962: ~A+] ~ Duke Ellington: Duke Ellington & John Coltrane [08-02-09] [1962: ~A-] + Bill Evans: The V.I.P.s Theme [08-03-18] [1963: B] ~ Gil Evans: Out of the Cool [07-10-09] [1960: ~A-] + Maynard Ferguson: Maynard Ferguson Octet [08-07-29] [1955: A-] + Ella Fitzgerald/Louis Armstrong: Porgy & Bess [07-09-18] [1957: B] + Ella Fitzgerald: Ella in Hamburg [07-09-18] [1965: B+] + Ella Fitzgerald: Ella in Hollywood [09-04-14] [1961: A-] ~ Stan Getz: At the Shrine [09-04-14] [1954: ~B+] + Stan Getz: In Stockholm [08-10-21] [1955: B+] + Stan Getz: Jazz Giants '58 [08-03-18] [1953-57: B+] + Stan Getz: Big Band Bossa Nova [08-09-23] [1962: B+] + Stan Getz/Luiz Bonfa: Jazz Samba Encore! [08-??-??] [1963: A-] + Stan Getz: With Guest Artist Laurindo Almeida [08-06-03] [1963: A-] + Stan Getz/Joao Gilberto: Getz/Gilberto #2 [08-06-03] [1964: B] + Stan Getz: Getz au Go Go [07-09-18] [1964: B+] ~ Stan Getz: Sweet Rain [08-07-29] [1967: ~A-] + Stan Getz: Dynasty [09-01-27] [1971: A-] + Stan Getz: Apasionado [09-08-11] [1989: B+] + Terry Gibbs: Swing Is Here [09-04-14] [1960: B+] + Astrud Gilberto: The Astrud Gilberto Album [08-06-03] [1965: B] + Astrud Gilberto/Gil Evans: Look to the Rainbow [08-06-03] [1965: B-] Astrud Gilberto/Walter Wanderley: A Certain Smile, a Certain Sadness [08-06-03] + Dizzy Gillespie: Dizzy on the French Riviera [09-04-14] [1962: B+] + Dizzy Gillespie: Dizzy Goes Hollywood [08-10-21] [1963: B+] + Dizzy Gillespie: The Cool World [08-07-29] [1964: B+] ~ Johnny Hartman: I Just Dropped by to Say Hello [07-10-09] [1963: ~B] ~ Joe Henderson: Porgy and Bess [09-08-11] [1997: ~B+] ~ Johnny Hodges: Used to Be Duke [09-04-14] [1954: ~A-] + Billie Holiday: Lady Sings the Blues [07-09-18] [1955-56: B+] ~ Freddie Hubbard: The Artistry of Freddie Hubbard [09-04-14] [1962: ~B] + Milt Jackson: At the Museum of Modern Art [08-07-29] [1965: B+] + Keith Jarrett: Treasure Island [09-04-14] [1974: A-] + Jazz Crusaders: Old Socks, New Shoes ... New Socks, Old Shoes [08-04-22] [1970: B] + Antonio Carlos Jobim/Gal Costa: Rio Revisited [08-06-03] [1987: B+] + Antonio Carlos Jobim/Elis Regina: Elis & Tom [08-06-03] [1974: A-] + Quincy Jones: The Quintessence [07-10-09] [1961: B+] + Quincy Jones: You've Got It Bad Girl [09-01-27] [1973: B-] Quincy Jones: Explores the Music of Henry Mancini [09-06-09] B.B. King: Live at the Apollo [08-04-22] + John Klemmer: Arabesque [08-10-21] [1977: B] John Klemmer: Barefoot Ballet [08-07-29] + Ramsey Lewis: Live at the Bohemian Caverns [08-04-22] [1964: B+] + Ramsey Lewis: The In Crowd [07-10-09] [1965: B+] + Ramsey Lewis: Goin' Latin [08-07-29] [1966: B+] + Hugh Masekela: Home Is Where the Music Is [08-07-29] [1972: A-] + Wes Montgomery: Goin' Out of My Head [07-09-18] [1965: B] + Wes Montgomery: Down Here on the Ground [09-06-09] [1967-68: B-] + Gerry Mulligan/Paul Desmond: Blues in Time [09-06-09] [1957: A-] ~ Gerry Mulligan: Lonesome Boulevard [09-08-11] [1989: ~B+] ~ Oliver Nelson: The Blues and the Abstract Truth [07-10-09] [1961: ~A] + Oliver Nelson: Fantabulous [08-03-18] [1964: B+] + Oliver Nelson: The Kennedy Dream [09-08-11] [1967: B] + Oscar Peterson: Plays the Jerome Kern Songbook [09-06-09] [1952-53: B+] + Oscar Peterson: Plays Count Basie [08-03-18] [1955: B+] + Oscar Peterson: In a Romantic Mood [08-10-21] [1955: C] Oscar Peterson/Nelson Riddle: Oscar Peterson & Nelson Riddle [09-01-27] ~ Oscar Peterson/Clark Terry: Trio + One [07-09-18] [1964: ~A] + Bud Powell: Blues in the Closet [09-01-27] [1956: B+] + Ramp: Come Into Knowledge [07-10-09] [1977: B-] + Max Roach: Quiet as It's Kept [09-06-09] [1960: B] ~ Sonny Rollins: On Impulse! [07-10-09] [1965: ~A-] + Joe Sample: Swing Street Cafe [08-09-23] [1978: B+] + Lalo Schifrin: Piano, Strings and Bossa Nova [08-09-23] [1962: B] + Little Jimmy Scott: Everybody's Somebody's Fool [08-10-21] [1950-52: B-] + Nina Simone: Let It Be Me [09-01-27] [1980: C-] + Jimmy Smith: Hobo Flats [08-10-21] [1963: B+] + Jimmy Smith: Live at the Village Gate [08-03-18] [1963: B- + Jimmy Smith: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? [07-09-18] [1964: B+] ~ Sonny Stitt: Sits in with the Oscar Peterson Trio [08-10-21] [1957-59: ~B+] + Cal Tjader: Plays the Contemporary Music of Mexico and Brasil [08-09-23] [1962: C+] + McCoy Tyner: Today and Tomorrow [09-08-11] [1963-64: B+] + Sarah Vaughan: At Mister Kelly's [07-09-18] [1957: B] + Grover Washington Jr: Inner City Blues [08-04-22] [1971: B+] + Grover Washington Jr: All the King's Horses [08-09-23] [1972:B] + Grover Washington Jr: Soul Box [08-10-21] [1973: A-] + Grover Washington Jr: Feels So Good [09-01-27] [1975: B+] + Grover Washington Jr: A Secret Place [09-06-09] [1976: B] + Grover Washington Jr: Reed Seed [09-08-11] [1977: B] Verve Vault: Out of Print Albums: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Julian "Cannonball" Adderley: Cannonball EnRoute Monty Alexander: Montreux Alexander Live! Lorez Alexandria : More Of The Great Lorez Alexandria Gene Ammons: Makes It Happen Gene Ammons: Young Jug Ernestine Anderson: Ernestine Anderson Louis Armstrong: An American Songbook Louis Armstrong: Vol. III Pocketful of Dreams Fred Astaire: Mr. Top Hat The Theodross Avery Quartet: In Other Words Charlie Barnet: Drop Me Off In Harlem Count Basie: Basie Picks The Winners Count Basie: Basie's Beat Count Basie: Basieland Count Basie: The Board of Directors Annual Report Count Basie: Count Basie And The Kansas City 7 Count Basie: Hall of Fame Count Basie: More Hits Of The '50's And '60's Count Basie: Li'l Ol Groovemaker...Basie Pete Belasco: Get It Together Louis Bellson: Skin Deep Will Bernard: Medicine Hat Art Blakey: Buttercorn Lady Art Blakey: The Complete Art Blakey On Emarcy Paul Bley: Paul Bley Blue Stars of France: Lullaby of Birdland and other famous hits by Bob Brookmeyer: Jazz Is A Kick Charles Brown: These Blues Clifford Brown: Jam Session Clifford Brown All Stars: Jams 2 Lawrence Brown: Slide Trombone Ray Brown: Bass Hit Ray Brown: This Is Ray Brown Kenny Burrell: Ode to 52nd Street Gary Burton/Rebecca Parris: It's Another Day The Bobby Bryant Sextet: Ain't Doing Too B-a-d, Bad Ray Bryant: Gotta Travel On Ray Bryant: In the Cut Ray Bryant: Lonesome Traveler Kenny Burrell: A Night At The Vangaurd Michel Camilo: Thru My Eyes Hoagy Carmichael: The Stardust Road Terri Lyne Carrington: Real Life Story Benny Carter: Alone Together Benny Carter: New Jazz Sounds: The Urbane Sessions Benny Carter: The Complete Benny Carter Betty Carter: At The Village Vanguard Betty Carter: The Betty Carter Album Betty Carter: Droppin' Things Betty Carter: It's Not About the Melody Betty Carter: The Modern Sound of Betty Carter Betty Carter: Whatever Happened To Love? Eddie Chamblee: Chamblee Music Don Cherry: Brown Rice James Clay: Cookin at the Continental James Clay: I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart Billy Cobham: Warning Maria Cole: Maria Cole Alice Coltrane: Huntington Ashram Monastery Alice Coltrane: Lord Of Lords Alice Coltrane: World Galaxy Bill Cosby: My Appreciation Bing Crosby: Blue Hawaii The Crusaders: Live In Japan Damita Jo: I'll Save The Last Dance For You Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis: Tough Tenors Again N Again Wild Bill Davison: The Commodore Master Takes Buddy DeFranco: Buddy DeFranco and Oscar Peterson Play George Gershwin Buddy DeFranco: Buddy DeFranco Plays Artie Shaw Buddy DeFranco: Live Date! Buddy DeFranco: Pretty Moods by Buddy De Franco Jack DeJohnette: Parallel Realities Peter Delano: Bite Of The Apple Paul Desmond: Bridge over Troubled Water Paul Desmond: Summertime Walt Dickerson Quartet: Impressions of A Patch of Blue Kenny Drew: Kenny Drew and his Progressive Piano Kenny Drew: A Look Inside Kenny Drew: Kenny Drew Jr. Kenny Drew: The Ideation Of Kenny Drew George Duke: I Love The Blues, She Heard My Cry Luiz Eca: Samba Blim Billy Eckstine: At Basin Street East Harry "Sweets" Edison: Sweets Harry "Sweets" Edison: The Swinger and Mr. Swing Roy Eldridge: Little Jazz Duke Ellington: Collages Duke Ellington: Jazz 'Round Midnight: The Duke Ellington/Billy Strayhorn Songbook Herb Ellis: Thank You, Charlie Christian Kevin Eubanks: Promise of Tomorrow Bill Evans: Symbiosis Gil Evans: Into The Hot Tal Farlow: The Artistry Of Tal Farlow Tal Farlow: A Recital By Tal Farlow Tal Farlow: TAL Tal Farlow: The Interpretations of Tal Farlow Tal Farlow: The Tal Farlow Album Art Farmer/Benny Golson [The Jazztet]: Big City Sounds Art Farmer/Benny Golson [The Jazztet]: The Jazztet and John Lewis Ella Fitzgerald: Miss Ella Fitzgerald And Mr. Gordon Jenkins Invite You To Listen And Relax Ella Fitzgerald: Songs In A Mellow Mood Ella Fitzgerald: Sunshine Of Your Love Leo Gandelman: Western World Russell Garcia: That Warm Feeling Erroll Garner: Collection I: Easy To Love Erroll Garner: Mambo Moves Garner Erroll Garner: The Erroll Garner Collection * 3 - Too Marvelous For Words Herb Geller: Herb Geller Plays Herb Geller: The Gellers Stan Getz: Didn't We Stan Getz: Imported From Europe Stan Getz: Interpretations Stan Getz/Gerry Mulligan/Harry Edison/Louis Bellson/Oscar Peterson Trio: Jazz Giants '58 Stan Getz: More West Coast Jazz Stan Getz: Soft Swing Stan Getz: Stan Getz In Stockholm Stan Getz: Voices Michael Gibbs: Tanglewood'63 Terry Gibbs: Terry Gibbs Astrud Gilberto: The Astrud Gilberto Album Astrud Gilberto: Windy Dizzy Gillespie: Diz Big Band Dizzy Gillespie: New Faces Don Goldie: Trumpet Caliente Benny Golson: Free Benny Golson: Take A Number From 1 To 10 Benny Golson: Turning Point Stephane Grappelli: Afternoon In Paris Stephane Grappelli: Violinspiration Conley Graves: Genius At Work Al Grey: Night Song Johnny Griffin: Chicago, New York, Paris Johnny Griffin: The Cat Dave Grusin: Banana Fish Dave Grusin: One Of A Kind Dave Grusin: Out Of The Shadows Lionel Hampton: Crazy Rhythm Lionel Hampton: You Better Know It!!! The Harmonicats': Selected Favorites Toni Harper: Toni Joe Harriott: Indo Jazz Fusions I and II Don 'Sugar Cane' Harris: Fiddler On The Rock Hampton Hawes: Hamp's Piano Coleman Hawkins: Hawkins! Eldridge! Hodges! Alive! At The Village Gate Coleman Hawkins/Roy Eldridge: At The Opera House Coleman Hawkins: Wrapped Tight Tubby Hayes: Down In The Village Tubby Hayes: Late Spot at Scott's Jimmy Heath: Little Man Big Band Joe Henderson: Mirror, Mirror Woody Herman: Blues On Parade Woody Herman: Keep on Keepin' on: 1968-1970 Eddie Heywood: Heywood's Bounce Giovanni Hidalgo: Hands Of Rhythm Giovanni Hidalgo: Time Shifter Giovanni Hidalgo: Worldwide Johnny Hodges: Everybody Knows Johnny Hodges Johnny Hodges: Stride Right Billie Holiday: Billie Holiday Sings Billie Holiday: Stay With Me Red Holt: Look Out!! Look Out!! Toninho Horta: Moonstone Freddie Hubbard: The Hub Of Hubbard Chubby Jackson: Chubby's Back Milt Jackson: Statements Milt Jackson: That's The Way It Is Pim Jacobs: Come Fly With Me Illinois Jacquet: Bosses of the Ballad: Plays Cole Porter Illinois Jacquet: Collates Keith Jarrett: Back Hand Keith Jarrett: Bop-Be Keith Jarrett: Byablue Keith Jarrett: Death And The Flower Keith Jarrett: Mysteries Keith Jarrett: Treasure Island Budd Johnson: French Cookin' Budd Johnson: Off the Wall J.J. Johnson: Let's Hang Out J.J. Johnson: Proof Positive Hank Jones: Happenings Hank Jones: Here's Love Quincy Jones: The Birth Of The Band Quincy Jones: Golden Boy Quincy Jones: The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones: LIVE! Quincy Jones: Jazz Abroad Quincy Jones: Newport' 61 Quincy Jones: Quincy Jones Plays For Pussycats Quincy Jones: Quincy Jones Plays Hip Hits Quincy Jones: Quincy's Got A Brand New Bag Quincy Jones: Smackwater Jack Wynton Kelly: Comin' In The Back Door Wynton Kelly: It's All Right Wynton Kelly: Undiluted Beverly Kenney: Beverly Kenney Sings For Playboys Beverly Kenney: Like Yesterday Miss Teddi King: All the King's Songs John Klemmer: Lifestyle (Living & Loving) John Klemmer: Waterfalls: John Klemmer: Mosaic: The Best Of John Klemmer Lee Konitz: You And Lee Harold Land: Harold Land Quintet - The Peace-Maker Ellis Larkins: Blue and Sentimental Ellis Larkins: Manhattan At Midnight Yusef Lateef: 1984 Peggy Lee: Lover Peggy Lee: Miss Wonderful Michel Legrand: At Shelly's Manne-Hole Meade "Lux" Lewis: Cat House Piano Ramsey Lewis: Dancing In The Street Ramsey Lewis: Mother Nature's Son Ramsey Lewis: Perform A Tribute To Clifford Brown Jeff Lorber: West Side Stories (w/CeCe Peniston) Machito: Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite Junior Mance: Junior Shelly Manne: 2.3.4 Carmen McRae: By Special Request Carmen McRae: Mad About The Man Helen Merrill: Dream of You Helen Merrill: Duets Helen Merrill: Merrill at Midnight Miles 2 Go: Miles 2 Go Marian Montgomery: What's New? Wes Montgomery: Down Here on the Ground Wes Montgomery: Goin' Out Of My Head Tete Montoliu: Piano For Nuria James Moody: Another Bag Joe Mooney: "On The Rocks" Frank Morgan: Listen to the Dawn Frank Morgan: A Lovesome Thing Alphonse Mouzon: Trilogue - Live! Alphonse Mouzon: By All Means Gerry Mulligan: Presenting the Gerry Mulligan Sextet Gerry Mulligan/Paul Desmond: Blues In Time Mark Murphy: Crazy Rhythm: His Debut Recordings Mark Murphy: Let Yourself Go Mark Murphy: Meet Mark Murphy Mark Murphy: Midnight Mood Rose Murphy: Not Cha-Cha, but Chi-Chi Oliver Nelson: Listen To Art Farmer and the Orchestra Oliver Nelson: Oliver Nelson Plays Michelle Oliver Nelson: Sound Pieces Phil Nimmons: The Canadian Scene Via The Phil Nimmons Group Phil Nimmons: Nimmons 'N' Nine Anita O'Day: Anita O'Day and The Three Sounds Anita O'Day: At Mister Kelly's Anita O'Day: Collates Anita O'Day: Cool Heat Anita O'Day: An Evening With Anita O'Day Anita O'Day: The Lady Is A Tramp Anita O'Day: This Is Anita Anita O'Day: Trav'lin' Light Anita O'Day: Waiter Make Mine Blues Claus Ogerman: Claus Ogerman Featuring Michael Brecker Orquestra Was: Forever's A Long, Long Time Makoto Ozone: Pandora Eddie Palmieri: Arete Eddie Palmieri: El Rumbero Del Piano Eddie Palmieri: Vortex Jackie Paris: Skylark Jackie Paris: Songs by Jackie Paris Jackie Paris: The Song Is Paris Charlie Parker: Charlie Parker Charlie Parker: Night And Day Freda Payne: After The Lights Go Down Low Kim Pensyl: 3 Day Weekend Kim Pensyl: Eyes of Wonder Kim Pensyl: Pensyl Sketches Oscar Peterson: Bursting Out With The All-Star Big Band! Oscar Peterson: An Evening With Oscar Peterson Oscar Peterson: Fiorello! Oscar Peterson: Oscar Peterson Plays Porgy & Bess Oscar Peterson: Pastel Moods Oscar Peterson: Plays Pretty Oscar Peterson: Romance Oscar Peterson: Soft Sands Art Porter: Straight To The Point Baden Powell: Estudos Bud Powell: Blues in the Closet Bud Powell: Bud Powell '57 Bud Powell: The Lonely One Bud Powell: Piano Interpretations Tito Puente: Tito's Idea Humberto Ramirez: Aspects Humberto Ramirez: Canciones De Amor Humberto Ramirez: Jazz Project Humberto Ramirez: Portrait Of A Stranger Buddy Rich: In Miami Max Roach: On The Chicago Scene Max Roach: The Many Sides Of Max Sonny Rollins: Brass Trio Hilton Ruiz: Hands On Percussion Hilton Ruiz: Island Eyes Hilton Ruiz: Rhythm In The House George Russell: Jazz in the Space Age Dave Samuels: Del Sol Dave Samuels: Ten Degrees North Ohta San: Soul Time in Hawaii Pharoah Sanders: Message From Home Pharoah Sanders: Save Our Children Pharoah Sanders: Village Of The Pharoahs Lalo Schifrin: Insensatez Lalo Schifrin: Samba Para Dos Diane Schuur: Schuur Thing Shirley Scott: Latin Shadows Shirley Scott: On a Clear Day Shirley Scott: Roll 'Em Stephen Scott: Aminah's Drean Stephen Scott: Renaissance Tony Scott: Tony Scott In Hi-Fi Charlie Sepulveda: Algo Nuestro (Our Thing) Charlie Sepulveda: Watermelon Man George Shearing: Lullaby of Birdland George Shearing: September in the Rain Archie Shepp: For Losers Archie Shepp: On This Night Archie Shepp: The Magic Of Ju-Ju Archie Shepp: Things Have Got To Change Alan Shorter: Orgasm Ben Sidran: Don't Let Go Ben Sidran: Puttin' In Time On Planet Ben Sidran: The Cat And The Hat Ricardo Silveira: Amazon Secrets Nina Simone: Broadway-Blues-Ballads Zoot Sims: Waiting Game Jimmy Smith: Livin' It Up Jimmy Smith: Respect Jimmy Smith: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Johnny Smith: Kaleidoscope Paul Smith: The Sound of Music Sonny Stitt: Mr. Bojangles Sonny Stitt: My Main Man Sonny Stitt: Inter-Action Sonny Stitt: Now! Sonny Stitt: Only The Blues Sonny Stitt: Sonny Stitt Sonny Stitt: Sonny Stitt At The D.J. Lounge Sylvia Syms: Songs of Love Gabor Szabo: Gypsy '66 Art Tatum: I Got Rhythm Vol. 3 Billy Taylor: Homage Jack Teagarden: Think Well Of Me Clark Terry: Clark After Dark Clark Terry: Clark Terry Ed Thigpen: Out of the Storm The Three Sounds: Blue Genes Mel Torme: Back in Town Mel Torme: Duke Ellington and Count Basie Songbooks J.P. Torres: Pepper Trombone J.P. Torres: Trombone Man Tough Young Tenors: Alone Together Steve Turre: Right There Stanley Turrentine: Let It Go 29th Street Saxophone Quartet: Your Move McCoy Tyner: McCoy Tyner Plays Ellington McCoy Tyner: Today and Tomorrow Dave Valentin: Primitive Passions Sarah Vaughan: Sassy Swings Again Sarah Vaughan: The New Scene Sarah Vaughan: Vaughan With Voices Walter Wanderley: Batucada Walter Wanderley: Cheganca Walter Wanderley: Moondreams Walter Wanderley: When It Was Done Sadao Watanabe: Remembrance Chick Webb: Spinnin' The Web Ben Webster: Ben Webster Meets Don Byas Michael White (violin): Pneuma Dr. Michael White: Crescent City Serenade Dr. Michael White: New Year's At The Village Vanguard Margaret Whiting: Margaret Roosevelt "Baby Face" Willette: Mo' Rock Joe Williams: In Good Company Teddy Wilson: For Quiet Lovers Teddy Wilson: The Impeccable Mr. Wilson Kai Winding: The Incredible Kai Winding Trombones Yosuke Yamashita: Spider Lester Young: Lester Young Collates Vol. 2 Monica Zetterlund: Waltz For Debby Various Artists: Tropijazz All-Stars Various Artists: Yesterdays: The Jerome Kern Songbook Compilations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Best of GRP [The Best Of]: David Benoit, George Benson Live, Nelson Rangell, The Rippingtons. Best of GRP [Collection]: Gary Burton, Larry Carlton, Larry Carlton Vol. 2, Dave Grusin, Eric Marienthal, Keiko Matsui, Lee Ritenour, Joe Sample, Diane Schuur, Special EFX, Yellowjackets. Best of GRP [Ultimate Collection]: Patti Austin. Best of GRP [The Very Best Of]: Acoustic Alchemy, Marc Antoine, Chris Botti, Larry Carlton, Dave Grusin, George Howard, Jeff Lorber, Keiko Matsui, Lee Ritenour, Arturo Sandoval, Diane Schuur, Spyro Gyra. Ken Burns Jazz: Count Basie, Art Blakey, John Coltrane, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Coleman Hawkins, Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker, Sonny Rolins, Sarah Vaughan, Lester Young. Commodore: Billie Holiday [Complete], Billie Holiday [Master Takes]; Commodore Piano Anthology, The Commodore Story. Compact Jazz [defunct]: Louis Armstrong/Ella Fitzgerald, Chet Baker Astrud Gilberto, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Arthur Prysock, Nina Simone, Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington. Definitive: Clifford Brown, Stan Getz, Joe Henderson, George Shearing, Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington, Joe Williams. Diva Series: Blossom Dearie, Ella Fitzgerald, Astrud Gilberto, Billie Holiday, Carmen McRae, Anita O'Day, Nina Simone, Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington; The Ultimate Diva Collection. Finest Hour: Cannonball Adderley, Fred Astaire, Gato Barbieri, Count Basie, Willie Bobo, Clifford Brown, Betty Carter, The Crusaders, Duke Ellington, Bill Evans, Tal Farlow, Errol Garner, Stan Getz, Astrud Gilberto, Woody Herman, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Quincy Jones, Roland Kirk, Ramsey Lewis, Chuck Mangione, Carmen McRae, Charles Mingus, Wes Montgomery, Anita O'Day, Oscar Peterson, Sonny Rollins, Nina Simone, Jimmy Smith, Art Tatum, Mel Torme, Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington, Ben Webster, Joe Williams. Jazz in Paris: Stephane Grappelli/Oscar Peterson, Dizzy Gillespie. Jazz Masters [defunct]: Chet Baker, Antonio Carlos Jobim, George Shearing, Ben Webster. For Lovers: Louis Armstrong, Chet Baker, John Coltrane, More John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Ella Fitzgerald, Ella Fitzgerald/Louis Armstrong, Stan Getz, More Stan Getz, Astrud Gilberto, Johnny Hartman, Billie Holiday, Carmen McRae, Charlie Parker, Oscar Peterson, Nina Simone, Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington, Ben Webster; Bossa Nova, Christmas, New York, Paris. Priceless Jazz: Louis Armstrong,More Louis Armstrong, Gato Barbieri, Brecker Bros., Betty Carter, Alice Coltrane, John Coltrane, More John Coltrane, Chick Corea, The Crusaders, Duke Ellington, Gil Evans, Ella Fitzgerald, More Ella Fitzgerald Stephane Grappelli, Dave Grusin, Lionel Hampton, Johnny Hartman, Billie Holiday, More Billie Holiday, Freddie Hubbard, Ahmad Jamal, Keith Jarrett, John Klemmer, Ramsey Lewis, Carmen McRae, Charles Mingus, James Moody, Sonny Rollins, Pharoah Sanders, Tom Scott, Stanley Turrentine, McCoy Tyner, Yellowjackets; Irving Berlin Songbook, Encore!, Cole Porter Songbook, Gershwin Songbook, Rodgers & Hart Songbook, Sampler 1, Sampler 2, Sampler 3, Sampler 4, Sampler 5, Tenor Ballads, A Time for Love. Swingsation: Sil Austin, Count Basie, Jimmy Dorsey, Tommy Dorsey, Ella Fitzgerald, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Louis Jordan, Jimmie Lunceford, Red Prysock, Sam "The Man" Taylor; Sampler, Sampler Vol. 2. Verve Ultimate: Cannonball Adderley, Clifford Brown, Ray Brown, Bill Evans, Ella Fitzgerald, Stan Getz, Dizzy Gillespie, Coleman Hawkins, Billie Holiday, Shirley Horn, Wes Montgomery, Anita O'Day, Charlie Parker, Oscar Peterson, Bud Powell, Nina Simone, Jimmy Smith, Art Tatum, Cal Tjader, Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington, Ben Webster, Joe Williams, Tony Williams, Lester Young; Bebop, Jazz.