Verve and
Impulse! Records, together with UMe, launched their new series Vital Vinyl, a
celebration of essential jazz LPs from the iconic labels' enduring catalogs.
Throughout the year, the labels are making some of their most beloved must-have
albums from the '50s, '60s and '70s available once again as non-limited
editions LPs, pressed on audiophile grade 180-gram black vinyl and showcased
with their original cover artwork, track listings and liner notes. The records
will be released in three batches with the first available today followed by
the second on May 3 and the final installment on June 7. Almost all major jazz
artists are included within this series, from the joyful vocals of Ella
Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday and Louis Armstrong to the Brazilian Jazz
revolutions of Stan Getz, Charlie Byrd and Antonio Carlos Jobim, through to the
powerful soloing of Charlie Parker, Bill Evans, Dizzy Gillespie, Coleman
Hawkins, Jimmy Smith, Lester Young, Oscar Peterson, Ben Webster, Wes Montgomery
and Gerry Mulligan. View the trailer to learn more about the series:
https://Verve.lnk.to/VitalVinylBatch1PromoPR
The nine classic records available today include Billie
Holiday's Songs For Distingué Lovers and Body and Soul, Coleman Hawkins &
Ben Webster's Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster, Ella Fitzgerald's Mack
The Knife: Ella In Berlin, Jimmy Smith's The Cat, Antonio Carlos Jobim's The
Composer Of Desafinado Plays, Wes Montgomery's California Dreaming and Stan
Getz's collaborations with Bill Evans and Charlie Byrd: Stan Getz & Bill
Evans and Jazz Samba, respectively. All titles are available to order now:
https://ume.lnk.to/VitalVinyl
May 3rd will see the release of Oscar Peterson's We Get
Requests and his collaboration with Lester Young, The President Plays With The
Oscar Peterson Trio, Benny Carter's Further Definitions, Gil Evans Orchestra's
Out Of The Cool, Dizzy Gillespie's Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac, Roy Haynes' Out
of The Afternoon and Oliver Nelson's The Blues and the Abstract Truth.
The series will conclude with the June 7th release of Sonny
Rollins' On Impulse!, Archie Shepp's Fire Music, McCoy Tyner's Inception, Ella
Fitzgerald's Sings The Cole Porter Songbook, Gerry Mulligan/Ben Webster's Gerry
Mulligan Meets Ben Webster, Charlie Parker/Dizzy Gillespie's Bird And Diz and a
pair of Charles Mingus records: The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady and Mingus
Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus.
In all, 40 titles comprise the Vital Vinyl series, making
some of these albums available for the first time in years while others already
in print will now be perennially available. Vital Vinyl is rounded out by 16
records already recently newly reissued including revered titles from Alice
Coltrane, John Coltrane, Count Basie, Charlie Haden, Charlie Parker and Keith
Jarrett, out now. More info about all releases is below.
Whether you're a serious collector looking to complete your
collection or a music fan just getting into jazz who wants to pick up a few
classics for your turntable, the Vital Vinyl series has you covered with high
quality reissues of some of the best records from this exciting, prolific era
in Verve and Impulse! Records history.
NOW AVAILABLE
Billie Holiday – Songs For Distingué Lovers: Norman Granz
brings together Barney Kessel on guitar, Ben Webster on tenor sax and Harry
'Sweets' Edison on trumpet to back up Billie on this 1956 classic.
Billie Holiday – Body And Soul: A perfect companion piece to
Songs For Distingué Lovers featuring classic versions of "They Can't Take
That Away From Me" and "Let's Call The Whole Thing Off."
Coleman Hawkins & Ben Webster – Coleman Hawkins
Encounters Ben Webster: Two titans of the tenor collaborate on this landmark 1957
album, perfectly distilling their differing styles to produce a bona fide jazz
classic.
Ella Fitzgerald – Mack The Knife: Ella In Berlin: One of the
great live jazz albums, this 1960 collection features the famous title track
and a superb four-piece band including Jim Hall on guitar.
Jimmy Smith – The Cat: The Hammond Organ maestro's
best-known album, featuring perennial favorites "Main Theme From The
Carpetbaggers" and the killer title track.
Stan Getz & Bill Evans – Stan Getz & Bill Evans:
Recorded in 1964 but not released until 1973, this classic double-header also
features an all-star rhythm section of Ron Carter on bass and Elvin Jones on
drums.
Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd – Jazz Samba: This famous 1962
collaboration sounds as fresh today as it did when it was released, an all-time
classic album including evergreen versions of "Desafinado," "O
Pato" and "One Note Samba."
Antonio Carlos Jobim – The Composer Of Desafinado Plays:
This Claus Ogerman-arranged masterpiece was the debut album from the legendary
Brazilian composer/pianist, featuring landmark performances of "The Girl
From Ipanema," "Once I Loved" and "Corcovado."
Wes Montgomery – California Dreaming: A career highlight for
the guitarist, recorded at Rudy Van Gelder's studio during September 1966, this
Creed Taylor-produced album was an artistic and commercial smash, reaching #1
on the US Billboard Jazz chart.
AVAILABLE MAY 3
Oscar Peterson – We Get Requests: Nothing less than one of
the great jazz piano trio albums of all time. First released in 1964, We Get
Requests features all-time-classic versions of "The Girl From
Ipanema," "Quiet Nights" and "The Days Of Wine And
Roses."
Lester Young & Oscar Peterson – The President Plays With
The Oscar Peterson Trio: A landmark collaboration between two jazz titans, this
classic 1952 collection also features the stellar rhythm section of Barney
Kessel on guitar, Ray Brown on bass and JC Heard on drums.
Benny Carter – Further Definitions: The alto sax pioneer
takes his place in one of the heaviest horn frontlines in jazz history –
alongside Phil Woods, Coleman Hawkins and Charlie Rouse – on this classic 1961
studio album, also featuring Coltrane bassist Jimmy Garrison and drummer Jo
Jones.
Gil Evans Orchestra – Out Of The Cool: A classic big-band
album and one of the first-ever releases on the Impulse! label, this 1961
recording features a superb line-up including Jimmy Knepper on trombone, Ron
Carter on bass and a fiery Elvin Jones on drums.
Dizzy Gillespie – Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac: A
perennially-popular 1967 live album from the bebop trumpet pioneer, an
effervescent, electrifying quintet recording also featuring his great friend
and fellow bebop legend James Moody on various saxophones and flute.
Roy Haynes – Out Of The Afternoon: Recorded at the Van
Gelder Studio in May 1962, this classic quartet album features Roland Kirk on
saxophones and several famous Haynes drum solos, most notably on his own
composition "Snap Crackle."
Oliver Nelson – The Blues and the Abstract Truth: The
saxist/composer/arranger offers up six unique takes on the blues for this 1961
classic, alongside one of the great pick-up bands in jazz history: Eric Dolphy,
Freddie Hubbard, Bill Evans, Paul Chambers and Roy Haynes.
AVAILABLE JUNE 7
Sonny Rollins – On Impulse!: The tenor sax master attacks
five standards and in the process produces some of his most intense
performances on record. Taped at the Van Gelder Studio in one marathon session
on July 8th 1965, this electrifying Impulse! Records debut also featured Ray
Bryant on piano and Mickey Roker on drums.
Archie Shepp – Fire Music: The tenor firebrand and
avant-garde hero's second Impulse! album, released in 1965, was an ensemble
masterpiece featuring an original tune dedicated to Malcolm X ("Malcom,
Malcolm Semper Malcolm") plus unique takes on Antonio Carlos Jobim
("The Girl From Ipanema") and Duke Ellington ("Prelude To A
Kiss").
McCoy Tyner – Inception: The piano pioneer's 1962 debut solo
album was a groundbreaking trio date featuring Art Davis on bass and his John
Coltrane Quartet bandmate Elvin Jones on drums. Concentrating mainly on
original compositions, Inception also featured inspired takes on "Speak
Low" and "There Is No Greater Love."
Ella Fitzgerald – Sings The Cole Porter Songbook: Nothing
less than one of the great vocal jazz albums, this Grammy-winning 1956
collection showcased a large orchestra arranged by Buddy Bregman and famous
versions of "Miss Otis Regrets," "I Get A Kick Out Of You,"
"Every Time We Say Goodbye," "Night And Day," "Love
For Sale" and "I've Got You Under My Skin."
Gerry Mulligan/Ben Webster – Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben
Webster: Recorded in two sessions during November and December 1959, this
historic summit meeting between the baritone and tenor sax masters produced
some classic Mulligan compositions ("The Cat Walk," "Tell Me
When") and also unique takes on Billy Strayhorn's "Chelsea
Bridge" and Jule Styne's "Sunday."
Charles Mingus – The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady:
There's nothing else in jazz quite like this collection recorded –
astonishingly – in just one session on 20th January 1963. With liner notes
written by Mingus's psychotherapist, the album uses ornate ensemble
orchestration to produce a sound somewhere between jazz and folk.
Charles Mingus – Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus:
Mingus's second Impulse! album, released in 1963, was another large-ensemble
masterpiece featuring two of the bassist/bandleader's greatest compositions –
"Celia" and "Better Get Hit In Yo' Soul" - plus a famous
version of Duke Ellington's "Mood Indigo."
Charlie Parker/Dizzy Gillespie – Bird And Diz: One of the
bedrock albums of the bebop era, 1950's Bird And Diz saw producer Norman Granz
bring together a formidable rhythm section – Thelonious Monk, Curley Russell
and Buddy Rich – to bring Parker's effervescent compositions to life, producing
a timeless jazz landmark.
VITAL VINYL TITLES ALREADY AVAILABLE
Alice Coltrane – Journey In Satchidananda
Bill Evans – Conversations With Myself
Charlie Haden – Liberation Music Orchestra
Charlie Parker – Charlie Parker With Strings
Count Basie - April In Paris
Duke Ellington & John Coltrane – Duke Ellington &
John Coltrane
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong – Ella & Louis
Keith Jarrett – Treasure Island
John Coltrane Quartet – Ballads
John Coltrane – Coltrane
John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman – John Coltrane and Johnny
Hartman
John Coltrane Quartet – Crescent
John Coltrane – "Live" At The Village Vanguard
John Coltrane – A Love Supreme
Oscar Peterson Trio – Night Train
Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto – Getz/Gilberto
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