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10/02/2001 | Umvd Labels
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All Music Guide Review
In jazz, ballads have a way of separating the men from the boys and the women from the girls. They show what an improviser is made of emotionally. On ballads, technique for the sake of technique doesn't cut it -- you have to bring some genuine feeling and honest-to-God emotion to the table. And there is plenty of honest-to-God emotion on this four-CD, 57-track boxed set, which takes a long look at the ballad playing of artists who have recorded for Verve over the years. Spanning 1952-1996, A Jazz Romance: A Night in With Verve ranges from bop, swing, and cool jazz to post-bop, and the list of artists reads like a who's who of jazz. Verve turns the spotlight on trumpet greats (Clifford Brown, Chet Baker, Roy Eldridge) as well as tenor titans (Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Ben Webster, Dexter Gordon, Stan Getz), alto masters (Cannonball Adderley, Johnny Hodges), and guitarists (Johnny Smith, Laurindo Almeida, Tal Farlow, Kenny Burrell). Much to its credit, Verve doesn't neglect vocalists; Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Mel Tormé, Billie Holiday, Blossom Dearie, Abbey Lincoln, and Shirley Horn are among the singers it includes. However, there are a few glaring omissions. Verve doesn't provide anything by the seminal Charlie Parker, who recorded his famous Bird With Strings sessions of 1949 and 1950 for that label. And Helen Merrill (a superb singer) would have been a better choice than Patti Page, who is heard on a 1957 arrangement of "Detour Ahead." While Page was a talented example of a jazz-influenced pop singer, Merrill is more relevant to jazz. But all things considered, A Jazz Romance is a real pleasure to listen to -- and it is easily recommended to jazz lovers who have a large budget and a healthy appetite for ballads. ~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide
A Jazz Romance: A Night in With Verve Track Listing
Credits of A Jazz Romance: A Night in With Verve
- Johnny Mandel
- Arranger, Conductor
- Marcus McLaurine
- Bass
- Bert Meulendijk
- Guitar
- George Morrow
- Bass
- Paul Motian
- Drums
- Dale Oehler
- Arranger, Conductor
- Benoit Quersin
- Bass
- Sarah Vaughan
- Vocals
- Alvin Stoller
- Drums
- Billy Strayhorn
- Piano
- Marty Symes
- Performer
- Toots Thielemans
- Harmonica
- Bobby Tucker
- Piano, Conductor, Arranger
- Jean-Louis Viale
- Drums
- Hans Vroomans
- Piano
- Sam Woodyard
- Drums
- Diana Krall
- Performer
- Joe Hunt
- Drums
- Gerry Wiggins
- Organ
- Paul J. Hoeffler
- Photography
- Richie Powell
- Piano
- David Andoff
- Design
- Paul Coates
- Performer
- Clint Baker
- Performer
- Jim Pryor
- Piano
- Steve Williams
- Drums
- Ken Druker
- Compilation Supervisor
- Elis Regina
- Vocals, Performer
- Richard Rodgers
- Performer
- Coleman Hawkins
- Performer
- Gene Ramey
- Bass
- Laura Fygi
- Vocals
- Abbey Lincoln
- Vocals
- Charles Ables
- Bass
- Louis Armstrong
- Trumpet, Vocals
- Al Bartee
- Drums
- Billie Holiday
- Vocals
- Ray Brown
- Bass
- Kenny Burrell
- Guitar
- Red Callender
- Bass
- Gene Cherico
- Bass
- Clark Terry
- Flugelhorn
- Malcolm Creese
- Bass
- Bill Crow
- Bass
- Diz Disley
- Guitar
- Donald Edwards
- Drums
- Gil Evans
- Arranger, Conductor
- Harold Fisher
- Drums
- Barry Galbraith
- Guitar
- Roland Guerin
- Bass
- Jurre Haanstra
- Keyboards
- Albert "Tootie" Heath
- Drums
- Belford Hendricks
- Arranger, Conductor
- Milt Hinton
- Bass
- J.J. Johnson
- Trombone
- Gus Johnson
- Drums
- Jimmy Jones
- Piano
- Rodney Kendrick
- Piano
- Frits Landesbergen
- Vibraphone
- Jerry Livingston
- Performer
- Patti Page
- Vocals
- Nina Simone
- Performer
- Richard X. Heyman
- Arranger, Conductor
- Cannonball Adderley
- Sax (Alto)
- Laurindo Almeida
- Guitar
- Chet Baker
- Trombone
- Bob Brookmeyer
- Trombone
- Clifford Brown
- Trumpet
- Gary Burton
- Vibraphone
- Cy Coleman
- Performer
- Curtis Counce
- Bass
- Blossom Dearie
- Piano, Vocals
- Billy Eckstine
- Performer
- Harry "Sweets" Edison
- Trumpet
- Roy Eldridge
- Performer
- Herb Ellis
- Guitar
- Bill Evans
- Piano
- Tal Farlow
- Performer
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Vocals
- Astrud Gilberto
- Vocals
- Dexter Gordon
- Sax (Tenor)
- Chico Hamilton
- Drums
- Bill Henderson
- Vocals
- Buck Hill
- Sax (Tenor)
- Johnny Hodges
- Sax (Alto)
- Shirley Horn
- Piano, Vocals
- Milt Jackson
- Vibraphone
- Illinois Jacquet
- Sax (Tenor)
- Hank Jones
- Piano
- Jo Jones
- Drums
- Barney Kessel
- Guitar
- Morgana King
- Performer
- Michel Legrand
- Vocals
- Mundell Lowe
- Guitar
- Gerry Mulligan
- Sax (Baritone)
- Gary Peacock
- Bass
- Oscar Peterson
- Piano
- Flip Phillips
- Sax (Tenor)
- Arthur Prysock
- Performer
- Buddy Rich
- Drums
- Max Roach
- Drums
- Aldo Romano
- Performer
- George Shearing
- Piano
- Stanley Turrentine
- Sax (Tenor)
- Dinah Washington
- Vocals
- Ben Webster
- Sax (Tenor)
- Mark Whitfield
- Guitar
- Teddy Wilson
- Piano
- Charlie Shavers
- Trumpet
- Lester Young
- Sax (Tenor)
- Irving Ashby
- Guitar
- Dave Bailey
- Drums
- Raymond Fol
- Piano
- Neal Hefti
- Arranger, Conductor
- Pete Rugolo
- Conductor
- Grady Tate
- Drums
- Ed Thigpen
- Drums
- Jimmy Woode
- Bass
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