Verve The Sound Of America Vinyl

It s a fascinating portrait of founder norman granz who fought a war against segregation through music and of verve artists.

Verve the sound of america vinyl.

Remastered at abbey road studios. Record covers are only a portion of verve. But the collection hits all the right notes. The jazz impresario always managed with ferocity to fight against racism and to give black musicians access to the concert halls.

View credits reviews tracks and shop for the 2013 cd release of verve the sound of america the singles collection on discogs. 1956 was the year that verve records was founded. By 1956 there were 750 000 jukeboxes in america. Verve records 0600753455616 format.

Customer reviews 4 6 out of 5 stars. Printed with stunning original album artwork. The sound of america captures the spirit of jazz a quintessentially american genre of music. This collection of 100 single releases tells the story of verve records in a unique way.

Verve the sound of america the singles collection takes you through the history of one of the most influential jazz labels of all time with tracks such as ella fitzgerald s top 50 hit mack the knife 1960. Pressed onto 180g heavyweight vinyl for optimum sound quality. The sound of america. Slipcased with vinyl re issues of ten legendary recordings on verve this is an exceptional opportunity to own a unique slice of jazz history.

Bossa nova dixieland latin jazz cool jazz swing hard bop gypsy jazz easy listening. Hip hop is read. A fantastic informative and well equipped book about the legendary jazz label verve and its founder norman granz. A magnificent new release documenting the history of one of america s greatest record labels.

The verve is the entire story of jazz from its earliest days in new orleans to the 1970s and beyond told through archival material from verve the genre s most important label. 5x cd compilation deluxe edition remastered country. The righteous brothers go ahead and cry verve records 1966 used vinyl lp record 1966 pressing let it be me what now my love stagger le save the last dance for me vinyl wes montgomery movin wes verve records 810 045 1.