"How Verve Got Gutted"

[CJ Shearn]

JOS "Angel Eyes: Ballads and Slow Jams" is a must, one of Jimmy's finest late period efforts, "Damn!" is good too, but this one is the better of the two IMO, from the same date.

[Kevin Bresnahan]

Horace Silver's final studio album, "Jazz Has A Sense Of Humor" was released on Verve in 1999. It didn't get the greatest reviews, but I liked it.

[CJ Shearn]

Horace Silver's final studio album, "Jazz Has A Sense Of Humor" was released on Verve in 1999. It didn't get the greatest reviews, but I liked it.

I heard some of that on the radio back then, it was nice! But hey, it's Horace

[duaneiac]

Back in 2003, Verve released the 2 CD Jukebox Ella: The Complete Verve Singles Vol. 1.

Here we are 12 years later and with this current change in management direction, it's a pretty safe bet we will never see Vol. 2 materialize.

[uli]

Back in 2003, Verve released the 2 CD Jukebox Ella: The Complete Verve Singles Vol. 1.

Here we are 12 years later and with this current change in management direction, it's a pretty safe bet we will never see Vol. 2 materialize.

i admit that i have no clue about geffen or the management at verve before them. but from the history of sampling by rappers i know that they at least listen to and dig some jazz. so from that perspective i think there is at least as good if not better a chance to see some reissues than from any other commercially thinking management.

Edited March 22, 2015 by uli

[mjzee]

On 3/21/2015 at 0:37 PM, duaneiac said:

Back in 2003, Verve released the 2 CD Jukebox Ella: The Complete Verve Singles Vol. 1.

 

Here we are 12 years later and with this current change in management direction, it's a pretty safe bet we will never see Vol. 2 materialize.

I wonder whether there was an error in calling it Volume 1.  I recently found a used copy of Jukebox Ella.  Per the booklet, it contains singles recorded between 1956 and 1967.  It seems unlikely there were singles recorded after 1967, because her first release for Capitol was in 1967.  Unless someone here knows otherwise, this is probably simply "The Complete Singles."