The Story of Verve And Jazz In America

Verve signed practically every major jazz artist of the 1950s and 1960s and is home to some of the greatest music ever recorded. Charlie Parker, Count Basie, Billie Holiday, Dizzy Gillespie, Oscar Peterson, and Ella Fitzgerald all released records through Verve.

This superb new volume presents some of the rarest records and unseen ephemera from the label that helped define the world of jazz. MORE HERE & HERE

Verve: The Sound of America by Richard Havers is available to order.

Verve Records: 20 classic album covers HERE