Jazz Romance-Night In With Ver (2001) (Armstrong/Fitzgerald/Torme )

Product Summary Label: Uni/verve UPC: 00731455588026 Release Date: 10/9/2001 Buy.com Sku: 60504319 Item#: M5JDLT Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. When I Fall In Love - Ben Webster ~ Various Artists 2. It Amazes Me - Blossom Dearie ~ Various Artists 3. For Heaven's Sake - Bill Evans ~ Various Artists 4. Where Or When - Clifford Brown ~ Various Artists 5. I've Got A Crush On You - Bill Henderson ~ Various Artists 6. Only Trust Your Heart - Stan Getz/Astrud Gilberto ~ Various Artists 7. Lost In The Stars - Gerry Mulligan ~ Various Artists 8. Last Night When We Were Young - Kenny Burrell ~ Various Artists 9. Les Moulins De Mon Coeur - Michel Legrand ~ Various Artists 10. My Man - Sarah Vaughan ~ Various Artists 11. Shadow Of Your Smile, The - Dexter Gordon ~ Various Artists 12. If The Moon Turns Green - Billie Holiday ~ Various Artists 13. I Didn't Know About You - Johnny Hodges ~ Various Artists 14. Shenandoah - Johnny Smith ~ Various Artists Disc 2 Song Title Sample 1. If You Love Me - Shirley Horn ~ Various Artists 2. La Chanson Des Rues - Stephane Grappelli ~ Various Artists 3. You Are Too Beautiful - Cannonball Adderley ~ Various Artists 4. Plus Je T'Embarasse - Blossom Dearie ~ Various Artists 5. Thanks For The Memory - Stan Getz ~ Various Artists 6. I'm Gonna Laugh You Right Out Of My Life - Mel Torme ~ Various Artists 7. My Ideal - Dinah Washington ~ Various Artists 8. How Long Has This Been Going On? - Roy Eldridge ~ Various Artists 9. How Deep Is The Ocean - Ella Fitzgerald ~ Various Artists 10. I Got Lost In Her Arms - Billy Eckstine ~ Various Artists 11. Star Dust - Illinois Jacquet ~ Various Artists 12. Just For A Thrill - Ray Brown/Milt Jackson ~ Various Artists 13. Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year - Abbey Lincoln ~ Various Artists 14. Alone Together - Chet Baker ~ Various Artists 15. It's The Talk Of The Town - Lester Young ~ Various Artists Disc 3 Song Title Sample 1. Some Other Time - Mark Whitfield/Diana Krall ~ Various Artists 2. Very Thought Of You, The - J.J. Johnson ~ Various Artists 3. Alfie - Roland Kirk ~ Various Artists 4. Ne Me Quitte Pas - Nina Simone ~ Various Artists 5. Caruso - Aldo Romano ~ Various Artists 6. Reach For Tomorrow - Ella Fitzgerald ~ Various Artists 7. Little Girl Blue - Stan Getz ~ Various Artists 8. Someone To Watch Over Me - Sarah Vaughan ~ Various Artists 9. Masquerade Is Over, (I'm Afraid) The - Nancy Wilson/Cannonball Adderley ~ Various Artists 10. Moonlight Becomes You - Tal Farlow ~ Various Artists 11. Bill - Morgana King ~ Various Artists 12. Ghost Of A Chance, (I Don't Stand A) - Arthur Prysock ~ Various Artists 13. Like Someone In Love - Coleman Hawkins ~ Various Artists 14. I Should Care - Abbey Lincoln ~ Various Artists Disc 4 Song Title Sample 1. Walk A Little Faster - Blossom Dearie ~ Various Artists 2. Nearness Of You, The - Stephane Grappelli ~ Various Artists 3. P.S. I Love You - Billie Holiday ~ Various Artists 4. It's Magic - Dinah Washington ~ Various Artists 5. Last Time I Saw Paris, The - Johnny Hodges ~ Various Artists 6. Volta - Toots Thielemans/Elis Regina ~ Various Artists 7. Our Love Is Here To Stay - Lester Young ~ Various Artists 8. Stars Fell On Alabama - Ella Fitzgerald/Louis Armstrong ~ Various Artists 9. It Never Entered My Mind - Mark Whitfield ~ Various Artists 10. Les Feuilles Mortes - Laura Fygi ~ Various Artists 11. In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning - Ben Webster ~ Various Artists 12. Detour Ahead - Patti Page ~ Various Artists 13. Memories Of You - Shirley Horn ~ Various Artists 14. Summer Knows, The - Laurindo Almeida ~ Various Artists (P) 1998 Universal Music, a division of Universal Studios Canada Ltd. (C) 1998 Universal Music, a division of Universal Studios Canada Ltd.   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info 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 Torm?, 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 Producer: Ken Druker (Compilation)   Technical Info Release Date : 10/09/2001 Original Release Date : 2001 Catalog ID : 555 880 Label : Verve (USA) Number of Discs : 4 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00731455588026    Product Image