{"product_id":"verve-records-the-sound-of-america","title":"Verve Records: The Sound of America","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product_description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/verve\"\u003eVerve\u003c\/a\u003e, 2026\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs an independent record producer going back to the early 1940s, Norman Granz started building a personal network of record companies, disc by disc, artist by artist, innovation by innovation that grew into a tsunami by the time he sold Verve Records at the end of 1960. It remains a feat unmatched to this day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis set celebrates the fascinating spectrum of recordings made during the Norman Granz era of Verve Records. It includes vocal tracks by Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday; Charlie Parker with strings; a raucous live jam session; Beatnik poetry by Jack Kerouac and stand-up comedy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"accordion\"\u003e\u003cinput id=\"handle1\" name=\"collapse\" type=\"checkbox\"\u003e\n\u003ch5 class=\"handle\"\u003e\u003clabel for=\"handle1\"\u003eTracklist \u0026amp; Credits - 4LP - The Complete Recordings\u003c\/label\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product_tracklist\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracklist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLP 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSide A\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJazz at the Philharmonic — Blues 10:34\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eColeman Hawkins — Picasso 3:17\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOscar Peterson — Tenderly 3:46\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBud Powell — Like Someone in Love 1:54\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSide B\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCount Basie and His Orchestra — New Basie Blues 3:26\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJohnny Hodges — Castle Rock 2:49\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAndre’s All Stars — Con Poco Coco 6:51\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLionel Hampton and Stan Getz — Louise 6:47\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLP 2\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSide C\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLester Young and Teddy Wilson — Taking a Chance on Love 5:10\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe JATP Quintet — Easy Living 5:31\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBenny Carter — Flamingo 2:53\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eElla Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong — You Won’t Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart) 3:40\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArt Tatum — I’ll Never Be the Same 2:48\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSide D\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRoy Eldridge — Dale’s Wail 3:37\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins and Sonny Stitt — On the Sunny Side of the Street 5:43 *\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLionel Hampton — That Old Black Magic, Part 1 6:34\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Modern Jazz Quartet — D \u0026amp; E Blues 4:59\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLP 3\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSide E\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCharlie Parker — Laura 3:00\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJam Session #1 — Ballad Medley: All the Things You Are\/Dearly Beloved\/The Nearness of You\/I’ll Get By\/Everything Happens to Me\/The Man I Love\/What’s New?\/Someone to Watch Over Me\/Isn’t It Romantic 17:22\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSide F\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJack Kerouac — The Subterraneans 3:11\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMort Sahl — The Future Lies Ahead — excerpt 6:00\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJonathan Winters — Football Game 3:25\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShelley Berman — Department Store 6:06\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLP 4\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSide G\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCount Basie and Joe Williams — Thou Swell 2:22\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpike Jones and His City Slickers — Cocktails for Two 3:35\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRose Murphy — You Were Meant for Me 2:47 *\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuddy Rich — Can’t We Be Friends? 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