Verve Records: The Sound of America

Artiste: 
Various Artists
€109,99

Verve, 2026

Producteur de disques indépendant depuis le début des années 1940, Norman Granz a bâti son propre réseau de maisons de disques — disque après disque, artiste après artiste, innovation après innovation — pour finalement créer un véritable raz-de-marée avant de vendre Verve Records fin 1960. Un exploit inégalé à ce jour.


Ce coffret met à l'honneur l'éventail fascinant d'enregistrements réalisés sous l'ère Norman Granz chez Verve Records. Il comprend des titres chantés par Ella Fitzgerald et Billie Holiday, des morceaux de Charlie Parker accompagné d'un ensemble à cordes, une *jam session* survoltée enregistrée en public, de la poésie « beatnik » signée Jack Kerouac ainsi que des numéros d'humour.


Tracklist

LP 1

Face A

  1. Jazz at the Philharmonic — Blues 10:34
  2. Coleman Hawkins — Picasso 3:17
  3. Oscar Peterson — Tenderly 3:46
  4. Bud Powell — Like Someone in Love 1:54

Face B

  1. Count Basie and His Orchestra — New Basie Blues 3:26
  2. Johnny Hodges — Castle Rock 2:49
  3. Andre’s All Stars — Con Poco Coco 6:51
  4. Lionel Hampton and Stan Getz — Louise 6:47

LP 2

Side C

  1. Lester Young and Teddy Wilson — Taking a Chance on Love 5:10
  2. The JATP Quintet — Easy Living 5:31
  3. Benny Carter — Flamingo 2:53
  4. Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong — You Won’t Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart) 3:40
  5. Art Tatum — I’ll Never Be the Same 2:48

Side D

  1. Roy Eldridge — Dale’s Wail 3:37
  2. Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins and Sonny Stitt — On the Sunny Side of the Street 5:43 *
  3. Lionel Hampton — That Old Black Magic, Part 1 6:34
  4. The Modern Jazz Quartet — D & E Blues 4:59

LP 3

Side E

  1. Charlie Parker — Laura 3:00
  2. Jam Session #1 — Ballad Medley: All the Things You Are/Dearly Beloved/The Nearness of You/I’ll Get By/Everything Happens to Me/The Man I Love/What’s New?/Someone to Watch Over Me/Isn’t It Romantic 17:22

Side F

  1. Jack Kerouac — The Subterraneans 3:11
  2. Mort Sahl — The Future Lies Ahead — excerpt 6:00
  3. Jonathan Winters — Football Game 3:25
  4. Shelley Berman — Department Store 6:06

LP 4

Side G

  1. Count Basie and Joe Williams — Thou Swell 2:22
  2. Spike Jones and His City Slickers — Cocktails for Two 3:35
  3. Rose Murphy — You Were Meant for Me 2:47 *
  4. Buddy Rich — Can’t We Be Friends? 3:30 *
  5. Woody Herman — I Guess I’ll Have to Change My Plan 2:55 *
  6. Margaret Whiting — Why Was I Born? 3:18

Side H


  1. Mel Tormé — On the Street Where You Live 2:55
  2. Anita O’Day — Lullaby of the Leaves 3:08
  3. Bing Crosby and Buddy Bregman — Blue Room 2:21
  4. Billie Holiday — I Thought About You 2:46
  5. Ella Fitzgerald — Chelsea Bridge — rehearsal 7:00
  6. Fred Astaire — No Strings (I'm Fancy Free) 2:57


Tracklist

CD 1

  1. Jazz at the Philharmonic — Blues 10:34
  2. Coleman Hawkins — Picasso 3:17
  3. Oscar Peterson — Tenderly 3:46
  4. Bud Powell — Like Someone in Love 1:54
  5. Count Basie and His Orchestra — New Basie Blues 3:26
  6. Johnny Hodges — Castle Rock 2:49
  7. Andre’s All Stars — Con Poco Coco 6:51
  8. Lionel Hampton and Stan Getz — Louise 6:47
  9. Lester Young and Teddy Wilson — Taking a Chance on Love 5:10
  10. The JATP Quintet — Easy Living 5:31
  11. Benny Carter — Flamingo 2:53
  12. Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong — You Won’t Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart) 3:40
  13. Art Tatum — I’ll Never Be the Same 2:48
  14. Roy Eldridge — Dale’s Wail 3:37
  15. Lionel Hampton — That Old Black Magic, Part 1 6:34

CD 2


  1. Charlie Parker — Laura 3:00
  2. Jam Session #1 — Ballad Medley: All the Things You Are/Dearly Beloved/The Nearness of You/I’ll Get By/Everything Happens to Me/The Man I Love/What’s New?/Someone to Watch Over Me/Isn’t It Romantic 17:22
  3. Jack Kerouac — The Subterraneans 3:11
  4. Mort Sahl — The Future Lies Ahead — excerpt 6:00
  5. Jonathan Winters — Football Game 3:25
  6. Shelley Berman — Department Store 6:06
  7. Count Basie and Joe Williams — Thou Swell 2:22
  8. Spike Jones and His City Slickers — Cocktails for Two 3:35
  9. Margaret Whiting — Why Was I Born? 3:18
  10. Mel Tormé — On the Street Where You Live 2:55
  11. Anita O’Day — Lullaby of the Leaves 3:08
  12. Bing Crosby and Buddy Bregman — Blue Room 2:21
  13. Billie Holiday — I Thought About You 2:46
  14. Ella Fitzgerald — Chelsea Bridge — rehearsal 7:00
  15. Fred Astaire — No Strings (I'm Fancy Free) 2:57