Guide to Verve Records (Jazz Label Guide No. 7; Episode 368)

The series of videos focusing on individual jazz record labels continues with a seventh episode. In this instalment Allan discusses Verve Records, the landmark jazz label created by Norman Granz out of the whirlwind of Jazz At The Philharmonic, which championed the giants of mid-century jazz and lit the bossa nova touchpaper in the 1960s under Creed Taylor. Plus attention to Verve's precursor labels Clef and Norgran, and the usual tips for new collectors.

00:00:08 Part 1: Introduction
00:04:02 Part 2: Norman Granz's early years
00:08:44 Part 3: Jazz At The Philharmonic
00:13:53 Part 4: Clef and Norgran 1953-56
00:18:08 Part 5: Verve: the Granz years 1956-61
00:21:50 Part 6: Verve: the Taylor years 1961-67
00:32:56 Part 7: Verve post-Taylor: 1972 & all that
00:35:10 Part 8: Collecting Verve, Clef and Norgran
00:56:13 Part 9: Conclusion and suggestions

See also:

- https://londonjazzcollector.wordpress...
- https://www.jazzdisco.org/verve-records/
- Tad Hershorn's interview by Marc Myers of JazzWax at https://www.jazzwax.com/2011/10/tad-h...
- Tad Hershorn's book, Norman Granz: The Man Who Used Jazz For Justice at https://www.amazon.ca/Norman-Granz-Us...

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