Wednesday, February 16, 2005

HELLO DOLLY COMING IN JULY


Ella's Hello Dolly album is coming in july, though it doesn't appear on Verve's schedule for that month!

Miky

Sunday, February 13, 2005

Jimmy Smith died

This morning I was notified that organ player/legend Jimmy Smith has died, at the age of 78 if I'm right.
Only 2 or 3 years ago he recorded 'Dot com blues' for Verve, of which I know some tunes.
Of course he's not a jazz vocalist, but anyway, he was a jazz great.

Friday, February 11, 2005

ELLA FITZGERALD SINGS THE JEROME KERN SONGBOOK


Finally reissued on Verve Master Edition Series the last Songbook missing. A MASTERPIECE!!!!!!!!

Wednesday, February 09, 2005

VERVE REISSUE SCHEDULE

The Verve Music Group Release Schedule
Updated 1/26/2005

2/1/05
Chiara Civello - Last Quarter Moon - New Release - Verve Records
Brazilian Girls - Brazilian Girls - New Release - Verve Forecast

2/8/05
Various Artists - Get Happy: The Arlene Centennial Celebration - Reissue - Verve Records

2/15/05
Ella Fitzgerald - Sings the Jerome Kern Songbook (VME) - Reissue - Verve Records
Wes Montgomery - Smokin at the Half Note (VME) - Reissue - Verve Records

3/1/05
Kurt Rosenwinkel - Deep Song - New Release - Verve Records

3/15/05
Art Ensemble of Chicago - Certain Blacks - Reissue - Verve Int'l
Art Ensemble of Chicago - Phase One - Reissue - Verve Int'l
Art Ensemble of Chicago - With Fontella Bass - Reissue - Verve Int'l
Paul Bley - Improvisie - Reissue - Verve Int'l
Anthony Braxton - Donna Lee - Reissue - Verve Int'l
Anthony Braxton - Saxaphone Improvisation - Reissue - Verve Int'l
Dave Burell - After Love - Reissue - Verve Int'l
Emergency - Homepage to Peace - Reissue - Verve Int'l
Steve Lacy - The Gap - Reissue - Verve Int'l
Steve Lacy and Mal Waldron - Mal Waldron With The Steve Lacy Quintet - Reissue - Verve Int'l
Roswell Rudd - Roswell Rudd - Reissue - Verve Int'l
Archie Shepp - Black Gypsy - Reissue - Verve Int'l
Alan Shorter - Tes Esat - Reissue - Verve Int'l
Clifford Thornton - The Painter and The Lash - Reissue - Verve Int'l
Frank Wright - Uhuru Na Umga - Reissue - Verve Int'l

3/22/05
Dizzy Gillespie - Dizzy: The Music of John Birks Gillespie - Reissue - Verve Records
Jamie Cullum - Coast to Coast - New Release - Verve Records

4/5/05
Various Artists - Jazz in Paris-Champs Elysess - Box Set - Verve Int'l
Various Artists - Jazz in Paris-Montmartre - Box Set - Verve Int'l
Various Artists - Jazz in Paris-Rive Gauche, Rive Droite - Box Set - Verve Int'l
Various Artists - Jazz in Paris-Saint Germain Des-Pres - Box Set - Verve Int'l
Various Artists - Verve Remixed 3 - New Release - Verve Records
Various Artists - Verve Unmixed 3 - Catalog/Reissue- Verve Records

4/12/05
Jackie Greene - TBD - New Release - Verve Records
Al Cohn - Al Cohn Quintet Featuring Bob Brookmeyer - Reissue - GRP Records
Harry 'Sweets' Edison - 'Sweets' (LPR) - Reissue - Verve Records
Dizzy Gillespie - Sittin' In (LPR) - Reissue - Verve Records
Joe Newman - Joe Newman Quintet At Count Basie's (LPR) - Reissue - Verve Records
Various Artists - Vote Verve - Reissue - Verve Records

4/26/05
Xavier Cugat - Cugi's Cocktails (LPR) - Reissue - Verve Records
Gene Krupa - Plays Gerrry Mulligan Arrangements (LPR) - Reissue - Verve Records
Buddy Rich - Blues Caravan (LPR) - Reissue - Verve Records
Max Roach - Jazz in 3/4 Time (LPR) - Reissue - Verve Records
Papillon - Dance of the Infidel - New Release - Verve Records

5/10/05
George Howard - The Very Best of George Howard - Reissue - GRP Records
John Klemmer - The Very Best of John Klemmer - Reissue - GRP Records
Various Artists - Con Mucho Ritmo! The Very Best of Tropi Jazz - Reissue - Tropi Jazz

5/17/05
Count Basie - The Complete Clef, Mercury, and Verve Studio Recordings (1952-1957) - Box Set - Verve Records

5/24/05
Ella Fitzgerald - Jukebox Ella: The Complete Verve Single Vol - Reissue - Verve Records
Various Artists - Burlesque Compliation - Reissue - Verve Records
Shirley Horn - Live at Le Jazz au Bar - New Release - Verve Records

6/2/05
Acoustic Alchemy - Best Kept Secret (DVD) - Reissue - Verve Records
Sammy Davis Jr. and Carmen McRae - Boy Meets Girl: The Complete Sammy Davis Jr. and Carmeb McRae on Decca - Reissue - Verve Records

6/7/05
Michael Brecker - The Very Best Of Michael Brecker - Reissue - Verve Records
Bill Evans - Montreux Jazz Festival (SACD) - Reissue - Verve Records
Ella Fitzgerald - Mack the Knife - Ella in Berlin (SACD) - Reissue - Verve Records
Antonio Carlos Jobim - The Composer of Desafinado Plays (SACD) - Reissue - Verve Records
Wes Montgomery - California Dreaming (SACD) - Reissue - Verve Records
Oscar Peterson - We Get Request (SACD) - Reissue - Verve Records
John Scofield - That's What I Say - New Release - Verve Records
Various Artists - Deff Jazz - New Release - Verve Records

6/14/05
Wayne Shorter - Breaking the Sound Barrier - New Release - Verve Records

6/21/05
Lizz Wright - TBD - New Release - Verve Records

6/28/05
Brian Culbertson - TBD - New Release - GRP Records

7/12/05
Albert Ayler - New Grass (LPR) - Reissue - Impulse Records
Yuseff Lateef - Psychicemotus (LPR) - Reissue - Impulse Records
Freda Payne - After the Lights Go Down (LPR) - Reissue - Impluse Records
Gabor Szabo - Spellfinder (LPR) - Reissue - Impulse Records
Various Artists - We Get a Kick Out of Jazz - New Release - Verve Records
Bernie Williams - TBD - New Releases - Verve Records

7/19/05
Paul Brown - TBD - New Release - GRP Records

7/26/05
Gato Barbieri - Chapter 4 Alive in New York (LPR) - Reissue - Impulse Records
Oliver Nelson - Live From Los Angeles - Reissue - Impulse Records
Pharoah Sanders - Elevation - Reissue - Impulse Records
Michael White - The Land of Spirit and Light (LPR) - Reissue - Impulse Records

8/2/05
Herbie Hancock - TBD - New Release - Verve Records

8/9/05
Larry Carlton - The Very Best of Larry Carlton - Reissue - GRP Records
Lee Ritenour - World of Brazil - Reissue - Verve Records
Will Downing - TBD - New Release - GRP Records

8/30/05
Charlie Haden - Liberation Music Orchestra TBD - New Release - Verve Int'l

9/13/05
Billie Holiday - The Complete Verve Studio Master Takes - Box Set - Verve Records

9/15/05
Thievery Corporation - Sounds From The Vevre Hi-Fi 2 - New Release - Verve Records
Thievery Corporation - Sounds From The Verve Hi-Fi 2 (Vinyl) - New Release - Verve Records

9/20/05
John Coltrane - Live at the Half Note - Reissue - Impluse Records
Roy Hargrove - TBD - New Release - Verve Records
Susan Tedeschi - TBD - New Release - Verve Forecast

9/27/05
Jimmy Witherspoon/Brother Jack McDuff - The Blues Is Now (LPR) - Reissue - Verve Records

TBS
Various Artists - Billy Crystal Presents The Milt Gabler Story - Reissue - Verve Records
Teddy Thompson - TBD - NewRelease - Verve Forecast
1/4/2005

Saturday, February 05, 2005

Verve release

On http://www.vervemusicgroup.com/buzz.aspx?bid=37, a complete release schedule is published, including Jukebox Ella vol. 2 and a Verve Master Edition of ELla's Jerome Kern Songbook.