Verve Records: Jazz
Founded 1956 in New York City, US
About
Norman Granz founded Verve in New York in 1956 following the earlier Clef and Norgran labels, creating one of the most commercially successful jazz labels in history. Verve documented Ella Fitzgerald's definitive Songbook series, signed Oscar Peterson, and built a catalog that spans bop, cool jazz, and Brazilian jazz. The label's association with prestige and quality has made it a destination brand within jazz collecting.
Producer notes
Verve recordings tend toward the polished end of jazz production, clean, well-separated, and dynamically rich. The Ella Fitzgerald Songbook sessions and Antonio Carlos Jobim's American recordings are particularly useful for sampling harmonic and vocal content.
Notable Jazz artists
Dig Verve Records
Each press plays a random jazz record from the label.