Verve to Celebrate 60th with Numerous Reissues

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Verve to Celebrate 60th with Numerous Reissues and Compilations

Sets from Parker, Getz, Fitzgerald, Basie and much more due
By JazzTimes
Verve Records will celebrate its 60th anniversary throughout 2016 with a series of reissues from artists such as Charlie Parker, Billie Holiday, Count Basie, Oscar Peterson, Bill Evans, Wes Montgomery, Louis Armstrong, Jimmy Smith, Stan Getz and Ella Fitzgerald.
According to a press release, the Fitzgerald release, Jazz at the Philharmonic: The Ella Fitzgerald Set, is “a new compilation bringing together all of the singer’s Jazz at the Philharmonic performances previously issued by Verve on various albums, on a single collection for the first time ever.” The collection—which includes concerts from 1949, 1953 and 1954 and features appearances by Parker, Lester Young and Hank Jones, among others—will feature newly remastered music and an essay by author Will Friedwald.
The first set of releases, due out in March, will also include a new digital collection,Verve 60, featuring 60 tracks by 60 different artists from throughout the label's history, spanning from Ella and Oscar through Wayne Shorter and Herbie Hancock to Diana Krall and Christian McBride. In addition, several albums from the Verve catalog will be reissued on vinyl, including Ella & Louis; Billie Holiday's Lady Sings the Blues;Charlie Parker with Strings; Oscar Peterson's Night Train; and Count Basie's April in Paris.
Several releases will also make their debuts in HD digital audio and iTunes, including titles by Fitzgerald, Evans, Parker, Wynton Kelly, and Stan Getz. Jimmy Smith's singles for the label will be compiled into a digital box set.
The release schedule continues in May and June with more vinyl and digital reissues, including Getz/Gilberto and albums by Wes Montgomery, Blossom Dearie, Coleman Hawkins and Anita O'Day. A new CD collection will compile unreleased music by Charlie Parker, while Louis Armstrong's complete studio recordings for the label will be collected onto one multi-disc set.
For more information, visit Verve.

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	Verve to Celebrate 60th with Numerous Reissues and Compilations Sets from Parker, Getz, Fitzgerald, Basie and much more due By JazzTimes Verve Records will celebrate its 60th anniversary throughout 2016 with a series of reissues from artists such as Charlie Parker, Billie Holiday, Count Basie, Oscar Peterson, Bill Evans, Wes Montgomery, Louis Armstrong, Jimmy Smith, Stan Getz and Ella Fitzgerald. According to a press release, the Fitzgerald release, Jazz at the Philharmonic: The Ella Fitzgerald Set, is “a new compilation bringing together all of the singer’s Jazz at the Philharmonic performances previously issued by Verve on various albums, on a single collection for the first time ever.” The collection—which includes concerts from 1949, 1953 and 1954 and features appearances by Parker, Lester Young and Hank Jones, among others—will feature newly remastered music and an essay by author Will Friedwald. The first set of releases, due out in March, will also include a new digital collection,Verve 60, featuring 60 tracks by 60 different artists from throughout the label's history, spanning from Ella and Oscar through Wayne Shorter and Herbie Hancock to Diana Krall and Christian McBride. In addition, several albums from the Verve catalog will be reissued on vinyl, including Ella & Louis; Billie Holiday's Lady Sings the Blues;Charlie Parker with Strings; Oscar Peterson's Night Train; and Count Basie's April in Paris. Several releases will also make their debuts in HD digital audio and iTunes, including titles by Fitzgerald, Evans, Parker, Wynton Kelly, and Stan Getz. Jimmy Smith's singles for the label will be compiled into a digital box set. The release schedule continues in May and June with more vinyl and digital reissues, including Getz/Gilberto and albums by Wes Montgomery, Blossom Dearie, Coleman Hawkins and Anita O'Day. A new CD collection will compile unreleased music by Charlie Parker, while Louis Armstrong's complete studio recordings for the label will be collected onto one multi-disc set. For more information, visit Verve.