montg Posted June 7, 2005 Report Share Posted June 7, 2005 The Verve LPR series is turning out to be a great reissue program. great music, remastering, and such a range of music (surely something for everyone). And, supposedly, a limited run, with some going out of print soon. I have about 7 or so, with my favorites being Billy Mitchell and Sweets. What are some favorites and hidden gems in this series? I've provided a complete list below. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Julian Cannonball Adderley Cannonball Adderley Vacation At The Concord Machito Alexandria The Great Lorez Alexandria My Kinda Swing Ernestine Anderson Patato & Totico Patato & Totico Afro-Harping Dorothy Ashby Music Is The Healing Force Of The Universe Albert Ayler King Of Swing Count Basie Songs I Love To Sing Brook Benton 'S Make It Art Blakey A New Dimension Willie Bobo Jazz Cello Ray Brown Chicken Fat Mel Brown 1975: The Duets Dave Brubeck & Paul Desmond At Newport The Gigi Gryce-Donald Byrd Jazz Laboratory & The Cecil Taylor Quartet Candido Candido Camero Swing Around Rosie Rosemary Clooney The Al Cohn Quintet Featuring Bob Brookmeyer Al Cohn Waiter, Ask The Man To Play The Blues Freddy Cole Soul Sisters Gloria Coleman Quartet Universal Consciousness Alice Coltrane Cugi's Cocktails Xavier Cugat After The Ball Frank D'rone My Gentleman Friend Blossom Dearie Soubrette: Sings Broadway Hit Songs Blossom Dearie Mr. Clarinet Buddy DeFranco Buddy And Sweets Buddy Rich & Harry 'Sweets' Edison Sweets Harry "Sweets" Edison Steel Guitar Jazz Buddie Emmons California Here I Come Bill Evans The Jazztet At Birdhouse The Jazztet Whisper Not Ella Fitzgerald Sings Sweet Songs For Swingers Ella Fitzgerald Hello Love Ella Fitzgerald I Love John Frigo…He Swings John Frigo Slim Gaillard Rides Again! Slim Gaillard Stan Getz And The Cool Sounds Stan Getz Reflections Stan Getz Terry Gibbs Plays Jewish Melodies In Jazztime Terry Gibbs The Shadow Of Your Smile Astrud Gilberto Afro Dizzy Gillespie Sittin' In Dizzy Gillespie The Easy Way Jimmy Giuffre Snap Your Fingers Al Grey Johnny Griffin Johnny Griffin Jim Hall Live! Jim Hall Woody Herman 1963 Woody Herman Once Upon A Time Earl Hines Gerry Mulligan Meets Johnny Hodges Gerry Mulligan & Johnny Hodges Desert Winds Illinois Jacquet Chamber Music Of The New Jazz Ahmad Jamal J.J.'s Broadway J. J. Johnson Roger Kellaway Cello Quartet Roger Kellaway The Formative Years Stan Kenton Kirk In Copenhagen Roland Kirk Involvement John Klemmer Motion Lee Konitz Gene Krupa Plays Gerry Mulligan Arrangements Gene Krupa The October Suite Steve Kuhn & Gary McFarland The Golden Flute Yusef Lateef Another Voyage Ramsey Lewis Grrr Hugh Masekela Birds Of A Feather Carmen McRae Equinox Sergio Mendes & Brasil 66 The Fool On The Hill Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 This Is Billy Mitchell Billy Mitchell Willow Weep For Me Wes Montgomery James Moody James Moody Gerry Mulligan And The Concert Jazz Band At The Village Vanguard Gerry Mulligan Joe Newman Quintet At Count Basie's Joe Newman Incomparable! Anita O'Day Spanish Rice Clark Terry & Chico O'Farrill Soul Español Oscar Peterson A Jazz Portrait Of Frank Sinatra Oscar Peterson Manhattan Latin Dave Pike Blues Caravan Buddy Rich How About Uke? Lyle Ritz Crystals Sam Rivers Jazz In 3/4 Time Max Roach Ask Me Now Pee Wee Russell Piano, Strings And Bossa Nova Lalo Schifrin Tony Scott Tony Scott Attica Blues Archie Shepp The Cry Of My People Archie Shepp Cat On A Hot Fiddle Stuff Smith The Boss Jimmy Smith New York Jazz Sonny Stitt Personal Appearance Sonny Stitt High Contrast Gabor Szabo Mis'ry And The Blues Jack Teagarden Gospel Train Sister Rosetta Tharpe Soul Bird: Whiffenpoof Cal Tjader Olé Tormé Mel Torme Tormé Mel Tormé It's A Man's World Sarah Vaughan Margaret Whiting Sings The Jerome Kern Songbook Margaret Whiting Phil Woods And His European Rhythm Machine At The Montreux Jazz Festival Phil Woods Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BbM7 Posted June 7, 2005 Report Share Posted June 7, 2005 And they're all available on the cheap from J&R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted June 7, 2005 Report Share Posted June 7, 2005 This is a GREAT series! These I consider real real godsends! Slim Gaillard Rides Again! Slim Gaillard Snap Your Fingers Al Grey Chamber Music Of The New Jazz Ahmad Jamal Involvement John Klemmer The Golden Flute Yusef Lateef This Is Billy Mitchell Billy Mitchell Joe Newman Quintet At Count Basie's Joe Newman Ask Me Now Pee Wee Russell Attica Blues Archie Shepp The Cry Of My People Archie Shepp Mis'ry And The Blues Jack Teagarden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montg Posted June 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2005 Snap Your Fingers Al Grey I've been meaning to pick this one up, if for no other reason than Billy Mitchell and Bobby Hutcherson are among the sidemen. A lot of those Argo Al Grey recordings remain unissued--perhaps a good Mosaic set? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted June 7, 2005 Report Share Posted June 7, 2005 The complete LPR-series in pictures! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted June 7, 2005 Report Share Posted June 7, 2005 My favorites: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted June 7, 2005 Report Share Posted June 7, 2005 A couple of faves are the Sweets recent disc and the Billy Mitchell. There's also the Dizzy one, Afro, the Yuseef Lateef (that's phenomenal). Sonny Stitt is pretty good too, the Mulligan, the Evans. Christ, they're so many that are good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted June 8, 2005 Report Share Posted June 8, 2005 (edited) This is a great little series! I have trouble keeping up! The only non mini-LP one I have so far is the Lateef, and I think there are still a few from the first few batches (soon to be OOP) that I need... Here's a list of threads discussing them: http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php...cs&highlite=lpr ubu Edited June 8, 2005 by king ubu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vibes Posted June 8, 2005 Report Share Posted June 8, 2005 There are many, many CDs in this series that are not to be missed. When I stopped to think about it, I realized that I probably listen to at least one LPR per day. I've learned about a lot of great music through this series that I otherwise wouldn't be aware of. Some favorites: Dave Brubeck/Paul Desmond - 1975: The Duets Archie Shepp - Attica Blues Tony Scott - Tony Scott John Klemmer - Involvement Dave Pike - Manhattan Latin Machito - Vacation at the Concord Billy Mitchell - This is Billy Mitchell Al Grey - Snap Your Fingers Gabor Szabo - High Contrast I haven't seen too many positive reviews for it out there, but I've also been listening to "Cugi's Cocktails" a lot lately. Yeah, it's lounge music, but it's laid back and catchy. The wife likes it too, which is always a plus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted June 8, 2005 Report Share Posted June 8, 2005 ... The wife likes it too, which is always a plus. ← Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcoliv Posted June 10, 2005 Report Share Posted June 10, 2005 (edited) Full list based on street date. (Available until...) Mini-LPs 09/04/2002 Dave Brubeck & Paul Desmond - 1975: The Duets - (May/05) Rosemary Clooney - Swing Around Rosie - (May/05) Ella Fitzgerald - Whisper Not - (May/05) Stan Getz - Stan Getz And The Cool Sounds - (May/05) Oscar Peterson - Soul Español - (May/05) 23/04/2002 Willie Bobo - A New Dimension - (May/05) Astrud Gilberto - The Shadow Of Your Smile - (May/05) Wes Montgomery - Willow Weep For Me - (May/05) Sarah Vaughan - It´s A Man's World - (May/05) Margaret Whiting - Margaret Whiting Sings The Jerome Kern Songbook - (May/05) 07/05/2002 Count Basie - King Of Swing - (May/05) Dizzy Gillespie - Afro - (May/05) Woody Herman - Woody Herman 1963 - (May/05) Stan Kenton - The Formative Years - (May/05) Gerry Mulligan - At The Village Vanguard - (May/05) 21/05/02 Alice Coltrane - Universal Conciousness - (May/05) Carmen Mcrae - Birds Of A Feather - (May/05) Sergio Mendes & Brasil 66 - Equinox - (May/05) Anita O'Day - Incomparable! - (May/05) Mel Tormé - Ole Torme Goes South Of The Border With Billy May - (May/05) 06/08/2002 Ernestine Anderson - My Kinda Swing - () Buddy De Franco - Mr.Clarinet - () Terry Gibbs - Terry Gibbs Plays Jewish Melodies In Jazztime - () Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Gospel Train - () Cal Tjader - Soul Bird: Whiffenproof - () 20/08/2002 Gigi Gryce-Donald Byrd Jazz Laboratory & The Cecil Taylor Quartet - At Newport - () The Jazztet - The Jazztet At The Birdhouse - () Slim Gaillard - Slim Gaillard Rides Again - () Sam Rivers - Crystals - () Lalo Schifrin - Piano, Strings And Bossa Nova - () 11/03/2003 Albert Ayler - Music Is The Healing - () Earl Hines - Once Upon A Time - () Steve Kuhn & Gary Mcfarland - The October Suite - () Pee Wee Russell - Ask Me Now - () Archie Shepp - Attica Blues - () 25/03/2003 Dorothy Ashby - Afro-Harping - () Ray Brown - Jazz Cello - () Buddie Emmons - Steel Guitar Jazz - () Jim Hall - Jim Hall Live! - () Gabor Szabo - High Contrast - () Digipacks 10/06/2003 Cannonball Adderley - Julian "Cannonball" Adderley - () John Klemmer - Involvement - () Lee Konitz - Motion - () Billy Mitchell - This Is Billy Mitchell - () Sonny Stitt - New York Jazz - () 24/06/2003 Stan Getz - Reflections - () Jimmy Giuffre - The Easy Way - () Gerry Mulligan - Gerry Mulligan Meets Johnny Hodges - () Phil Woods And His European Rhythm Machine - Live At The Montreux Jazz Festival - () 09/09/2003 Buddy Rich & Harry Sweets Edison - Buddy And Sweets - () Al Grey - Snap Your Fingers - () Jj Johnson - JJ's Broadway - () Hugh Masekela - Grrr - () Jack Teagarden - Mis'ry And The Blues - () 23/09/2003 Brooke Benton - Songs I Love To Sing - () Blossom Dearie - My Gentleman Friend - () Frank D'Rone - After The Ball - () Ella Fitzgerald - Sings Sweet Songs For Swingers - () Mel Tormé - Torme - () 21/10/2003 Kenny Burrell - Have Yourself A Soulful Little Christmas - () 09/03/2004 Mel Brown - Chicken Fat - () Gloria Coleman - Soul Sisters - () Yusef Lateef - The Golden Flute - () Clark Terry/Chico O'Farrill - Spanish Rice - () Archie Shepp - The Cry Of My People - () 23/03/2004 John Frigo - I Love John Frigo...He Swings - () Roger Kellaway - Cello Quartet - () Lyle Ritz - How About Uke - () Tony Scott - Tony Scott - () Stuff Smith - Cat On A Hot Fiddle - () 08/06/2004 Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - S Make It - () Candido Camero - Candido Featuring Al Cohn - () Machito & His Afro-Cuban Orchestra - Vacation At The Concord - () Dave Pike - Manhattan Latin - () Carlos Patato Valdes - Patato & Totico - () 22/06/2004 Johnn Griffin - JG - () Illinois Jacquet With Kenny Burrell - Desert Winds - () Roland Kirk - Live In Copenhagen - () James Moody - James Moody - () Sonny Stitt - Personal Appearance - () 14/09/2004 Bill Evans - California Here I Come - () Ahmad Jamal - Chamber Music Of The New Jazz - () Ramsey Lewis - Another Voyage - () Oscar Peterson - A Jazz Portrait Of Frank Sinatra - () Jimmy Smith - The Boss - () 28/09/2004 Lorez Alexandria - Alexandria The Great - () Freddy Cole - Waiter, Ask The Man To Play The Blues - () Blossom Dearie - Soubrette: Sings Broadway Hit Songs - () Ella Fitzgerald - Hello Love - () Sergio Mendes & Brasil 66 - The Fool On The Hill - () 12/04/2005 Harry Sweets Edison - Sweets - () Dizzy Gillespie - Sittin' In - () Joe Newman Quintet - At Count Basie's - () 26/04/2005 Xavier Cugat - Cugi's Cocktails - () Gene Krupa - Plays Gerry Mulligan Arrangements - () Buddy Rich - Blues Caravan - () Max Roach - Jazz In 3/4 Time - () Edited June 10, 2005 by marcoliv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKE BBB Posted August 31, 2005 Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 Next scheduled releases: September 13 Albert Ayler - New Grass Yusef Lateef - Psychicemotus Freda Payne - After the lights go down Gabor Szabo - Spellbinder September 27 Gato Barbieri - Chapter 4 Alive in New York Oliver Nelson - Live From Los Angeles Pharoah Sanders - Elevation Michael White - The Land of Spirit and Light October 25 Jimmy Smith - Christmas Cookin' 1964 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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John L Posted August 31, 2005 Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 On the other hand, I guess that the inclusion of New Grass in this series means that they are no longer planning the much discussed 2-disc reissue with all of the previously unreleased material on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDK Posted August 31, 2005 Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 On the other hand, I guess that the inclusion of New Grass in this series means that they are no longer planning the much discussed 2-disc reissue with all of the previously unreleased material on it. ← That's my problem with the LPR Series. There are many excellent albums here, but some of them shouldn't have been LPRs. The one that gets me is RRK's Live in Copenhagen, where they actually left off the extra concert material that's been released elsewhere just so that they could recreate the LP order exactly. That said, some of upcoming releases look to be great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted September 2, 2005 Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 On the other hand, I guess that the inclusion of New Grass in this series means that they are no longer planning the much discussed 2-disc reissue with all of the previously unreleased material on it. ← That's my problem with the LPR Series. There are many excellent albums here, but some of them shouldn't have been LPRs. The one that gets me is RRK's Live in Copenhagen, where they actually left off the extra concert material that's been released elsewhere just so that they could recreate the LP order exactly. That said, some of upcoming releases look to be great! ← Yes - someone quoted Cuscuna saying soemthing like the LPR series being a smack in the face of the reissues community... That's the one point about the series that sucks indeed. Other case in point: the Lee Konitz "Motion" - they should keep the 3CD set in print! This is among the best stuff Lee put on disc, and Lee is one of the most fascinating improvisers jazz has produced... goddammit! I think I paid 80$ or something crazy for that 3CD set - that was before my internet days, and probably quite some time after it had been OOP... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted September 2, 2005 Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 I still miss that Verve Elite series, of which the 'Motion' 3CD set was one. That series set a definitive benchmark for jazz reissues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted September 2, 2005 Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 I still miss that Verve Elite series, of which the 'Motion' 3CD set was one. That series set a definitive benchmark for jazz reissues. ← The fact that this series continued into 1999 (or were the last four releases even from 2000?) was like a strange leftover from the earlier days when Verve did the reissue thing as it should be done... So it was only right they discontinued the series. It may have added to their credibility, and that's not what they care about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vibes Posted September 2, 2005 Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 I still miss that Verve Elite series, of which the 'Motion' 3CD set was one. That series set a definitive benchmark for jazz reissues. ← Amen. I love the Verve Elite series, and have never regretted having purchased them (I have all of them except for the Lalo Schifrin, which is just too expensive). I come back to them very frequently, especially the one I'm using for my avatar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted September 2, 2005 Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 I find that. like Mosaics, they are a very effective 'enabler' into artists and styles that I haven't yet got into. Good examples on that Verve Elite series were the Schifrin, Herb Ellis, Paul Quinichette and Roy Eldridge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted September 2, 2005 Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 I find that. like Mosaics, they are a very effective 'enabler' into artists and styles that I haven't yet got into. Good examples on that Verve Elite series were the Schifrin, Herb Ellis, Paul Quinichette and Roy Eldridge. ← Yes, that's true! I think the Jazztet was my first exposure to the group (neither to Farmer nor Golson on their own, though), same for the Quinichette and Edison and Ellis. The Schifrin I love! And another highlight was that Modern Jazz Societey presents disc! And then those by artists who made very few recordings on their own were cool too, such as the Billy Bauer and the Laurence Brown! Big fan of that series! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted September 28, 2005 Report Share Posted September 28, 2005 How is the Nelson LIVE FROM LOS ANGELES date? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest akanalog Posted September 28, 2005 Report Share Posted September 28, 2005 yeah i thought a batch was coming out yesterday including some gato and michael white. did it? i didn't see them at the virgin records down the block. also-what's the deal with the downloadable albums? anyone do this? i see a few ok ones i would be interested in. these will never be on disc? it's lame some can only be purchased from the real store, which doesn't necessarily support mac browsers. but do people use this verve service? i never knew about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted September 28, 2005 Report Share Posted September 28, 2005 My copy of the Gato was shipped to me by cduniverse Saturday, so I think they're out. I've downloaded about a dozen of the VerveVault items. I haven't downloaded any of the Real Player one, just iTunes. . . . I love them. I think this is a great service. They sound great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted September 28, 2005 Report Share Posted September 28, 2005 Is the Gato "Chapter 4 - Live in NY"? If so: it's out, in a jewel pack edition... same as the Lateef and several other new and old titles (Satchmo, Shirley Horn... can't remember, saw a dozen or more in a store yesterday, and they're not labelled as LPRs but as some new series - forgot how it's called. Prize is cheap, and funny enough at least one of the releases is at the same time available in the expensive VME edition... I don't understand Verve...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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