Richard Havers Verve - The Sound Of America

The story of Verve Records is the story of jazz. Verve signed practically every major jazz artist of the fifties and sixties and is home to some of the greatest music ever recorded. Norman Granz, the record label’s founder, also organised hugely influential, high-profile, racially integrated concerts, first at the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and then at venues across America and then around the world.

This volume, published in anticipation of the 70th anniversary of the first Jazz at the Philharmonic concert, is the ultimate guide to the artists and the music that made Verve great and jazz cool.

Verve have opened up their archive and provided access to some of their rarest material. Features on the label’s key artists and key albums are guaranteed to interest both curious newcomers and dedicated fans – illustrated with both iconic and unseen photographs from some of the finest jazz photographers, classic cover art and ephemera, and insightful timelines.

Artists featured in this book:

Louis Armstrong
Count Basie
Louie Bellson
George Benson
Willie Bobo
Ray Brown
Clifford Brown
Kenny Burrell
Charlie Byrd
Benny Carter
Blossom Dearie
Buddy DeFranco
Harry Edison
Roy Eldridge
Duke Ellington
Herb Ellis
Bill Evans
Tal Farlow
Ella Fitzgerald
Stan Getz
Astrud Gilberto
Dizzy Gillespie
Jimmy Giuffre
Lionel Hampton
Herbie Hancock
Coleman Hawkins
Johnny Hodges
Billie Holiday
Illinois Jacquet

Antonio Carlos Jobim
Nat King Cole
Lee Konitz
Diana Krall
Gene Krupa
Herbie Mann
Gary McFarland
Wes Montgomery
Gerry Mulligan
Anita O’Day
Charlie Parker
Oscar Peterson
Flip Phillips
Bud Powell
Buddy Rich
Lalo Schifrin
Nina Simone
Jimmy Smith
Sonny Stitt
Art Tatum
Cal Tjader
Mel Tormé
Sarah Vaughan
Dinah Washington
Ben Webster
Kai Winding
Lester Young

ISBN 9780500517147
27.70 x 21.60 cm
Hardback without Jacket
With over 1,000 illustrations in colour and black and white
First published 2013