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Andi Chorley

Ended yesterday and started today after a swim with Softly...But with That Feeling Review by Herb Ellis released in 1961 on Verve.
Scott Yanow wrote for Allmusic
This somewhat obscure Herb Ellis LP (the fifth and final one that the guitarist led for Verve) is a relaxed affair. Joined by vibraphonist Victor Feldman, bassist Leroy Vinnegar and drummer Ronnie Zito, Ellis swings lightly and easily on such songs as "One Note Samba" (which had not become a bossa nova standard yet), "Like Someone in Love," "John Brown's Body" and Ray Brown's "Gravy Waltz."

#herbellis #jazz #jazzguitar #verve

youtube.com/watch?v=zZfgo2rviA

John Eckman

Billie Holiday, Songs for Distingué Lovers, 1958 on Verve

Great set of recordings, with liner notes by Norman Granz. No real detail on the sessions on the record itself, but apparently recorded during sessions in January 1957 in Hollywood – the same sessions that yielded All or Nothing at All and Body and Soul.

Wonderful versions of “Stars Fell on Alabama” and “One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)” in particular.

Granz writes on the liner notes:

. . . quite possibly the best liner notes ever written about Miss Holiday singing songs would be simply to say to the listener ‘this is a fact: Miss Holiday has happened to some songs’ and to the discriminating listener that ought to suffice.

My copy is a 2024 Barnes & Noble exclusive pressing on yellow vinyl, pressed at GZ Media. May be from a digital source (no credit for mastering – though it is a licensed recording, not a grey market one) but sounds great.

#1950s #1958 #barnesNoble #BillieHoliday #jazz #NormanGranz #Verve #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds

John Eckman

Ella Fitzgerald, Ella at the Shrine, 2018 on Verve

Previously unreleased live appearance by Ella at the Shrine auditorium in LA January 21st, 1956 – making it two weeks earlier than Ella at Zardi’s:

Verve Records, celebrating Ella Fitzgerald’s 100th birthday in 2017, released at the end of that year Ella At Zardi’s – a vibrant, previously unreleased album recorded during a two-week stint at the Hollywood nightclub. Captured February 2, 1956, all signs pointed to the album as the label’s, and Ella’s, first live recording. Incredibly, it was discovered that Verve Records founder Norman Granz had also recorded Ella at Los Angeles’ Shrine Auditorium the week before.

It’s only seven songs and ~20 minutes, but Ella is in fine form and already a superstar. Released as part of Record Store Day 2018 on yellow vinyl.

#2018 #EllaFitzgerald #jazz #Live #LosAngeles #NormanGranz #RecordStoreDay #RecordStoreDay2018 #Verve #vinyl #vinylcollection

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