Review
“Volume 1 of The Clef/Verve Labels is subtitled "The Norman Granz Era." The volume provides comprehensive listings of recordings made or issued under the Clef, Verve, and subsidiary labels between 1944 and 1961, when Norman Granz owned both labels and conducted recording sessions. Granz, through his "Jazz at the Philharmonic" concert series and recordings, had considerable impact in bringing jazz to a wider public and boosting the careers of some of the most famous jazz musicians of the time. Volume 1 lists classic performances by Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Billie Holliday, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Oscar Peterson, and many other great names in jazz. Volume 2, subtitled "The MGM Era," is devoted to sessions done for the Verve label from its purchase by MGM in 1961 until the last sessions in 1973. During this period Verve expanded its catalog to include recordings of jazz, Bossa Nova, folk music, and rock and pop groups. Artists such as Stan Getz, Wes Montgomery, the Mothers of Invention, Astrud Gilberto, and the Righteous Brothers were featured. Volume 1 covers early Clef sessions (1944-1949), Clef/Norgran sessions (1950-1956), Verve sessions (1955-1961), and leased and purchased sessions. Volume 2 includes the Verve masters (1961-1966), including Verve-folkways series sessions, the MGM Master series (1966-1973), and reissues from other labels. The final three parts of volume 2 are indexes to single numerical listings, album numerical listings, and artists.”–ARBA
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"The Clef/Verve discography is another magnificent achievement for which the jazz world owes Michel Ruppli and Greenwood Press an enormous debt of gratitude. The information contained in it should now be available to writers, researchers, and collectors." Jazztimes
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