Verve CD release schedule

[ghost of miles]

Apologies if this has been posted elsewhere. Someone posted it to the Yahoo Songbirds list today; the January releases (in bold) were news to me, but I haven't perused Alan's site in awhile:

The Verve Music Group Release Schedule

10.4.05

Jamie Cullum - TBD - New Release - Verve

Will Downing - Soul Symphony - New Release - GRP

10.11.05

Shirley Horn - The Best of Shirley Horn - New Release - Verve

Acoustic Alchemy - Best Kept Secret (DVD) - Catalog/Reissues - Verve

John Coltrane - Live at The Half Note - Catalog/Reissues - Impulse

Bobby McFerrin - Live in Montreal (DVD) - New Release - Verve

Sasan Tedeschi - Hope & Desire - New Release - Verve Forecast

10.25.05

Various Artists - Impulsive - New Release - Impulse

Various Artists - Impulsive Unmixed - Catalog/Reissue - Impulse

Jimmy Smith - Christmas 64' - Catalog/Reissues - Verve Reissues

11.01.05

Diana Krall - Christmas Songs - New Release - Verve

Various Artists - Soundtrack Brokeback Mountain - New Release - Verve

11.08.2005

Various Artists - New York For Lovers - Catalog/Reissue - Verve Reissues

Various Artists - Paris For Lovers - Catalog/Reissue - Verve Reissues

11.22.2005

Norman Brown - The Very Best Of Norman Brown - Catalog/Reissue - GRP

12.06.2005

Paul Anka - Rock Swings Live At The Montreal Jazz Festival (DVD)- New Release - Verve

01.24.2006

Herb Ellis - Ellis In Wonderland - Catalog/Reissue - Verve Reissues

Eddie Fisher - Eddie Fisher and The Next One - Catalog/Reissue - GRP

Jimmy Raney - Jimmy Raney featuring Bob Brookmeyer - Catalog/Reissue - GRP

Howard Roberts - Good Pickin's - Cataog/Reissue - Verve Reissues

01.31.2006

Stan Getz - Stan Getz For Lovers - Catalog/Reissue - Verve Reissues

Carmen McRae - Carmen McRae For Lovers - Catalog/Reissue - Verve Reissues

Various Artists - Vintage Verve (US Only) - Catalog/Reissue - Verve Reissues

02.14.2006

Teddy Thompson - Separate Ways - New Release - Verve Forecast

Nina Simone - Broadway - Blues - Ballads - Catalog/Reissue - Verve

Nina Simone - High Priestess of Soul - Catalog/Reissue - Verve Reissues

Nina Simone - I Put A Spell On You - Catalog/Reissue - Verve

Nina Simone - In Concert - Catalog/Reissue - Verve

Nina Simone - Pastel Blues - Catalog/Reissue - Verve

Nina Simone - Wild Is The Wind - Catalog/Reissue - Verve

Jimmy Smith - Bluesmith - Catalog/Reissue - Verve Reissues

02.28.2006

Roy Hargrove - Refelctions and Distractions - New Release - Verve

Rhett Miller - The Believer - New Release - Verve Forecast

03.28.2006

Jackie Greene - TBD - New Release - Verve Forecast

TBS - Jimmy Smith - Bluesmith - Catalog/Reissue - Verve Reissues

TBS - Herbie Hancock - Live TBD - New Release - Verve

TBS - Terry Callier - Live in Berlin - New Release - Verve Int'l

TBS - Mark Scholtez - Real Street - New Release - Verve Int'l

TBS - Herbie Hancock - Live TBD - New Release - Verve

TBS - Michael Brecker - The Very Best of Michael Brecker - Catalog/Reissue - Verve

TBS - Ella Fitzgerald - Jukebox Ella: The Complete Verve Singles Vol. 2 - Catalog Reissue - Verve Reissues

TBS - Various Artists - Vote Verve (US Only) - Catalog Reissue - Verve Reissues

TBS - Various Artists - We Get A Kick Out Of Jazz - New Release - Verve

[felser]

Great to see that 'Terry Callier - Live in Berlin' on the schedule! He's a monster talent.

[mikeweil]

Nothing new to say about it - even more compilations, even less reissues. My bank account is grateful for this model of jazz reissue policy.

[ejp626]

How's the Raney/Brookmeyer? That one looks appealing to me, ever since the Jazz in Paris series turned me on to Raney.

[jazzbo]

Yes, that one looks intriguing. . . and another Ella Jukebox release!

[robviti]

these look interesting to me:

Herb Ellis - Ellis in Wonderland

Harry "Sweets" Edison (tp) Charlie Mariano (as -1,3) Jimmy Giuffre (ts, bars, cl) Oscar Peterson (p) Herb Ellis (g) Ray Brown (b) Alvin Stoller (d)

Los Angeles, CA, January 3, 1956

1. 2608 Detour Ahead Norgran MGN 1081

2. 2609-1 Conversation Clef unissued

3. 2610 Ellis in Wonderland Norgran MGN 1081

4. 2611 Have You Met Miss Jones? -

5. 2612-6 A Simple Tune (Beyond the Moon) -

Jimmy Raney Featuring Bob Brookmeyer

ABC Paramount 128 [1956]

Bob Brookmeyer (valve trombone), Dick Katz, Hank Jones (piano), Jimmy Raney (guitar), Teddy Kotick (bass), Osie Johnson, (drums).

Jim's Tune

Get Off That Roof

How Long Has This Been Going On?

Isn't It Romantic

The Flag Is Up

No Male for Me

No One But You

Too Late Now

Jimmy Smith - Bluesmith

Verve 8809 Recorded Sept. 11, 1972

Jimmy Smith (organ), Teddy Edwards (tenor sax), Ray Crawford (guitar), Leroy Vinnegar (bass), Donald Dean (drums), Victor Pantoja (conga)

Straight Ahead

Lolita

Absolutely Funky

Mournin' Wes

Blues for 3+1

Bluesmith

[ghost of miles]

these look interesting to me:

Herb Ellis - Ellis in Wonderland

Harry "Sweets" Edison (tp) Charlie Mariano (as -1,3) Jimmy Giuffre (ts, bars, cl) Oscar Peterson (p) Herb Ellis (g) Ray Brown (b) Alvin Stoller (d)

Los Angeles, CA, January 3, 1956

1. 2608 Detour Ahead Norgran MGN 1081

2. 2609-1 Conversation Clef unissued

3. 2610 Ellis in Wonderland Norgran MGN 1081

4. 2611 Have You Met Miss Jones? -

5. 2612-6 A Simple Tune (Beyond the Moon) -

Jimmy Raney Featuring Bob Brookmeyer

ABC Paramount 128 [1956]

Bob Brookmeyer (valve trombone), Dick Katz, Hank Jones (piano), Jimmy Raney (guitar), Teddy Kotick (bass), Osie Johnson, (drums).

Jim's Tune

Get Off That Roof

How Long Has This Been Going On?

Isn't It Romantic

The Flag Is Up

No Male for Me

No One But You

Too Late Now

Jimmy Smith - Bluesmith

Verve 8809 Recorded Sept. 11, 1972

Jimmy Smith (organ), Teddy Edwards (tenor sax), Ray Crawford (guitar), Leroy Vinnegar (bass), Donald Dean (drums), Victor Pantoja (conga)

Straight Ahead

Lolita

Absolutely Funky

Mournin' Wes

Blues for 3+1

Bluesmith

Those are the ones that caught my eye as well... and Lon, I, too, will be happy to finally hear that ELLA JUKEBOX V. 2. They were supposed to put that one out some time back.

[garthsj]

Both "Ellis in Wonderland" and the "Raney with Brookmeyer" are fine albums, especially the Ellis. I have long wanted this to be available, together with "Sweets" which was released to great acclaim earlier this year. What a pity that these are not going to be available as "hard disks"! Looks like I will have to get a CD burner ... there is a DeFranco album that is only available in this format as well.

There are so many unreleased treasures still in the Verve vaults (several Giuffres, and DeFrancos for instance), can I assume that this will now be the preferred method for reissuing albums with "limited" interest? If so, will Verve make a real attempt to have the liner notes and covers available for download as well? .. Just musing ...

these look interesting to me:

Herb Ellis - Ellis in Wonderland

Harry "Sweets" Edison (tp) Charlie Mariano (as -1,3) Jimmy Giuffre (ts, bars, cl) Oscar Peterson (p) Herb Ellis (g) Ray Brown (b) Alvin Stoller (d)

Los Angeles, CA, January 3, 1956

1. 2608 Detour Ahead Norgran MGN 1081

2. 2609-1 Conversation Clef unissued

3. 2610 Ellis in Wonderland Norgran MGN 1081

4. 2611 Have You Met Miss Jones? -

5. 2612-6 A Simple Tune (Beyond the Moon) -

Jimmy Raney Featuring Bob Brookmeyer

ABC Paramount 128 [1956]

Bob Brookmeyer (valve trombone), Dick Katz, Hank Jones (piano), Jimmy Raney (guitar), Teddy Kotick (bass), Osie Johnson, (drums).

Jim's Tune

Get Off That Roof

How Long Has This Been Going On?

Isn't It Romantic

The Flag Is Up

No Male for Me

No One But You

Too Late Now

Jimmy Smith - Bluesmith

Verve 8809 Recorded Sept. 11, 1972

Jimmy Smith (organ), Teddy Edwards (tenor sax), Ray Crawford (guitar), Leroy Vinnegar (bass), Donald Dean (drums), Victor Pantoja (conga)

Straight Ahead

Lolita

Absolutely Funky

Mournin' Wes

Blues for 3+1

Bluesmith

Those are the ones that caught my eye as well... and Lon, I, too, will be happy to finally hear that ELLA JUKEBOX V. 2. They were supposed to put that one out some time back.

[Larry Kart]

The Raney-Brookmeyer is excellent (but I'm someone who might place Raney on my top 15 list of improvisers, regardless of instrument). It sure could use a remastering job, though. I have the original LP, and the sound is rather dim.

[CJ Shearn]

any recs on the JOS? the AMG says its one of his best Verves. I do hope they add bonus tracks. "The Boss" was a great reissue and has become some of my fav. Smith material since.

[JSngry]

What a pity that these are not going to be available as "hard disks"! Looks like I will have to get a CD burner ...

Am I missing something? Aren't these going to be regular retail reissues?

[Chuck Nessa]

What a pity that these are not going to be available as "hard disks"! Looks like I will have to get a CD burner ...

Am I missing something? Aren't these going to be regular retail reissues?

That was my impression.

But he should buy a burner anyway.

[Ron S]

What a pity that these are not going to be available as "hard disks"! Looks like I will have to get a CD burner ...

Am I missing something? Aren't these going to be regular retail reissues?

That was my impression.

But he should buy a burner anyway.

So he can burn copies of everything in his collection for the rest of us?

[CJ Shearn]

anybody care to comment on "Bluesmith" for me? pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease!

[robviti]

anybody care to comment on "Bluesmith" for me? pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease!

i've never heard it, but it's noteworthy in that you have a bass player on a smith date. maybe jimmy's feet were sore.

[JSngry]

anybody care to comment on "Bluesmith" for me? pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease!

Judging by the lineup, I'd have to say that even if it's not great it'll still be more than good enough to keep.

[CJ Shearn]

lol, maybe it was just the suits and A&R at Verve who made that choice for bass players on Smith dates. The only time he had a bass player on Blue Note were the two June 1960 tracks with Sam Jones on bass, and some tunes on "Go For Whatcha Know" from '86.

[garthsj]

You should live so long!!

Ah Well ... If I still that 8,000+ LP collection I would have gladly spread the joy around ... now it would just be copies of CDs that everyone else already has. Which could be the subject of whole new thread .. what are the "rarest" or "most desireable" jazz CDs?

Hey! Was I mistaken here? I thought that these were only available as online downloads!! I hope that I am wrong ... but the handwriting is on the wall, and I have given Santa a Christmas list that includes a CD burner (as well the Mosiac Basie - Complete Studio Verve, The Claxton book, and an iPod Nano!) ...

Last, Larry Kart is absolutely correct ... The Raney with Brookmeyer could use a remastering job ... but this is true of most of the ABC jazz albums ... and there is still a lot to be mined in that catalog? "Zoot Sims on Three Altos" anyone?

What a pity that these are not going to be available as "hard disks"! Looks like I will have to get a CD burner ...

Am I missing something? Aren't these going to be regular retail reissues?

That was my impression.

But he should buy a burner anyway.

So he can burn copies of everything in his collection for the rest of us?

Edited November 26, 2005 by garthsj

[Larry Kart]

Isn't it four altos? A truly insane record, in any case, at least in the execution -- the music is fine and doesn't even leave you with the feeling that it's trickery. Also, there's some lovely Zoot on alto (particularly on "Turtle Dove") on John Benson Brooks' "Folk Jazz U.S. A." (VIK) from the same period -- 1956. On that album you also get to hear Al Cohn on baritone play "Lord Randall, My Son." Benson Brooks was tight with George Russell. Wish there was more music on record by him, aside from the "Folk Jazz" album and "Alabama Concerto." He wrote the tune "You Came a Long Way from St. Louis," among others.

[JSngry]

Benson Brooks was tight with George Russell. Wish there was more music on record by him, aside from the "Folk Jazz" album and "Alabama Concerto." He wrote the tune "You Came a Long Way from St. Louis," among others.

Let's not forget the great "Where Flamingos Fly"!

Larry, have you heard JBB's Avant Slant (one PLUS 1 = II?) (Decca, 1968)? An "audio collage", and very, ummm... UNIQUE! http://www.emptymirrorbooks.com/poets/hart/avantslant.html

[Larry Kart]

Jim: Haven't heard it, but I remember that alarming cover. Interesting that two members of Brooks' trio there were (or came to be) better known as writers -- Don Heckman worked (maybe still does) as a jazz critic; Howard Hart was a poet. I don't recall -- was "Where Flamingos Fly" also based on folk material?

[JSngry]

Not sure.

That trio recording was done somewhere between 1961 & 1963, iirc, the album per se was from 1968/69, and only snippets of the trio stuff were used, as parts of the collage. Heckman was quite the "avant-gardist"!

Not sure is I'd call it a "worthy endeavor" or not, but it is, as I said, unique.

[Chuck Nessa]

I find "Flamingos" interesting and "Alabama" 2nd (or 3rd) rate George Russell. What am I missing?

[Larry Kart]

I find "Flamingos" interesting and "Alabama" 2nd (or 3rd) rate George Russell. What am I missing?

The folksy feel (in the good sense) of the themes themselves, the way most of that material lies right for the soloists (Cannonball especially, who may have been re-encountering some stuff he grew up in the midst of), and, to some extent, the way Brooks manipulates and extends all this. On the other hand, when Brooks pushes the material in a more or less "progressive" direction, as he does in the second movement, in a "boppy episodic" (Brooks' words) variation on "Here We Go Loop de Loo" that he calls "The Loop," the results can be tedious, and the soloists are pretty much reduced to sounding out the underlying harmonic busy-ness ("based on four sets of tonics"). On the whole, the positives outweigh those moments for me, and I'm always kind of bemused at how Cannonball, Art Farmer, Barry Galbraith, and Milt Hinton managed to make their way through so much score paper so naturally.

[connoisseur series500]

anybody care to comment on "Bluesmith" for me? pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease!

I've got a Russian copy version which came from an LP, I think. The music is excellent, but I don't care for the "mastering." I would really like to hear this in legitimate form. I'll buy the reissue when it comes out.