Verve The Sound of America

Name: Verve The Sound of America
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ISBN: 9780500517147

ISBN-10: 0500517142

ISBN-13: 9780500517147

Edition: 2013

Authors: Richard Havers, Herbie Hancock

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Verve signed practically every major jazz artist of the 1950s and 1960s and is home to some of the greatest music ever recorded. Count Basie, Billie Holiday, Dizzy Gillespie, Lionel Hampton, and Ella Fitzgerald all released their 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. Hundreds of the best examples of iconic seven-inch, ten-inch, and twelve-inch records appear, along with original master tapes, publicity reports, news clippings, ledger books, telegrams, and contracts. The ultimate music guide, the book includes features on key artists as well as infographics and timelines that…

Book details

List price: $75.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Publication date: 11/4/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 400
Size: 8.90" wide x 11.20" long x 1.80" tall
Weight: 4.994

Richard Havers is a consultant to Universal Music on jazz and has curated box sets including Louis Armstrong: Ambassador of Jazz and Ella Fitzgerald: The Voice of Jazz. He has written extensively on the topic of 20th-century music and pop culture. His previous books include Verve, Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey, and Sinatra.