Current Expected Release Date: August 21, 2026

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""Verve Records: The Sound of America"" As an independent record producer going back to the early 1940s, Norman Granz started building a personal network of record companies - disc by disc, artist by artist, innovation by innovation - that grew into a tsunami by the time he sold Verve Records at the end of 1960. It remains a feat unmatched to this day. This 2-CD set celebrates the fascinating spectrum of recordings made during the Norman Granz era of Verve Records. It includes vocal tracks by Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday; Charlie Parker with strings; a raucous live jam session; Beatnik poetry by Jack Kerouac and stand-up comedy. Verve Label Group; Verve; Jazz; Catalog

Tracklist:

  1. Jazz at the Philharmonic — Blues
  2. Coleman Hawkins — Picasso
  3. Oscar Peterson — Tenderly
  4. Bud Powell — Like Someone in Love
  5. Count Basie and His Orchestra — New Basie Blues
  6. Johnny Hodges — Castle Rock
  7. Andre’s All Stars — Con Poco Coco
  8. Lionel Hampton and Stan Getz — Louise
  9. Lester Young and Teddy Wilson — Taking a Chance on Love
  10. The JATP Quintet — Easy Living
  11. Benny Carter — Flamingo
  12. Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong — You Won’t Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart)
  13. Art Tatum — I’ll Never Be the Same
  14. Roy Eldridge — Dale’s Wail
  15. Lionel Hampton — That Old Black Magic, Part 1
  16. Charlie Parker — Laura 300
  17. Jam Session #1 — Ballad Medley All the Things You Are/Dearly Beloved/The Nearness of You/I’ll Get By/Everything Happens to M
  18. Jack Kerouac — The Subterraneans
  19. Mort Sahl — The Future Lies Ahead — excerpt
  20. Jonathan Winters — Football Game
  21. Shelley Berman — Department Store
  22. Count Basie and Joe Williams — Thou Swell
  23. Spike Jones and His City Slickers — Cocktails for Two
  24. Margaret Whiting — Why Was I Born?
  25. Mel Tormé — On the Street Where You Live
  26. Anita O’Day — Lullaby of the Leaves
  27. Bing Crosby and Buddy Bregman — Blue Room
  28. Billie Holiday — I Thought About You
  29. Ella Fitzgerald — Chelsea Bridge — rehearsal
  30. Fred Astaire — No Strings (I'm Fancy Free)

UPC: 600574154859
Label: Verve
Release Date: 8.21.26
Format: CD