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Verve Records
Parent company Universal Music Group
Founded 1956
Founder Norman Granz
Distributing label Verve Records (In the US)
Genre Jazz
Country of origin US
Official website Official website of Verve Records

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History

The Verve catalog grew throughout the 1950s and 1960s to include most of the major figures in jazz, though Granz tended to record established artists, sometimes those in decline, rather than new talent. It also recognized the potential of comedy albums, producing Spike Jones' first LP, Dinner Music For People Who Aren't Very Hungry in 1956 and several best-selling albums featuring live performances by Shelley Berman beginning in 1960. Comedy (from the Greek κωμωδίαkomodia has a popular meaning (any discourse generally intended to amuse especially in Television, Film, and Lindley Armstrong "Spike" Jones ( December 14, 1911 – May 1, 1965) was a popular musician and bandleader specializing in performing Dinner Music For People Who Aren't Very Hungry - Spike Jones Demonstrates Your Hi-Fi was the first long-playing release by comedic bandleader Spike Jones. Sheldon Leonard "Shelley" Berman (born February 3, 1926) is an American comedian writer teacher and actor Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

Granz sold Verve to MGM in 1961 for $3 million. Creed Taylor was appointed as producer, and adopted a more commercial approach, cancelling several contracts. Creed Taylor (b1929 in Lynchburg Virginia) is an American Record producer. Taylor brought the bossa nova to America with the Stan Getz/Charlie Byrd LP Jazz Samba as well as Getz/Gilberto. Bossa nova ( is a style of Brazilian music popularized by Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes and João Gilberto. Stanley Gayetzky ( February 2, 1927 in Philadelphia – June 6, 1991 in Malibu, California) usually known by Charlie Lee Byrd ( September 16, 1925 – November 30, 1999) was a famous American Jazz and Classical guitarist born in Jazz Samba is a Bossa nova LP by Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd, released on the Verve label on February 13 1962 Getz/Gilberto, is a Jazz Bossa nova album released in 1964 by the American saxophonist Stan Getz Several arrangers of note worked for the Verve label too in the 1960s, including Claus Ogerman and Oliver Nelson. Claus Ogerman (born April 29, 1930) is a German musical arranger / orchestrator, conductor and Composer, perhaps best known Oliver Edward Nelson ( June 4, 1932 in St Louis Missouri &ndash October 28, 1975) was an American Jazz Claus Ogerman, by his own admission in Gene Lees' Jazzletter publication, arranged some 60-70 albums for Verve under Creed Taylor's direction from 1963-1967. [1]

Shortly before leaving Verve in 1967, Taylor supervised the creation of a folk music subsidiary named Verve Folkways (later renamed Verve Forecast) by Verve executive Jerry Schoenbaum. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Folk music can have a number of different meanings including Traditional music: The original meaning of the term "folk music" was synonymous Verve Forecast Records is a record label specializing in cutting edge material which was founded in 1967 by Verve Records and since been revived twice But by now, new recordings began to decline & would cease altogether in the early 1970s. This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970.

In the seventies, the label became part of the PolyGram label group, at this point incorporating the Mercury/EmArcy jazz catalog, which Philips, part owners of PolyGram had earlier acquired. PolyGram was the name from 1972 of the Major label recording company started by Philips as a holding company for its music interests in 1945 Mercury Records is a Record label operating as a standalone company in the UK and as part of the Island Def Jam Music Group in the US and are both subsidiaries of EmArcy Records is a Jazz record label founded in 1954 by Mercury Records and is today a European jazz label owned by Universal Music Group. Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV ( Royal Philips Electronics Inc. Verve Records became the Verve Music Group after PolyGram was merged with Seagram's Universal Music Group in 1998. For the rapper Seagram, see Seagram Miller The Seagram Company Ltd Universal Music Group (UMG is the largest Business group and family of Record labels in the Recording industry. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) The jazz holdings from the merged companies were folded into this sub-group.

The label was revived in the mid-1980s for new releases. Yet a more important focus for the new Verve Records was the reissuing of its back catalogue, in ever more imaginative ways. The "Verve By Request" label began to reissue many original Verve bossa nova titles on CD in the late 1990s, and the Elite series revived many obscure albums which had languished for many years. Bossa nova ( is a style of Brazilian music popularized by Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes and João Gilberto.

When Universal and Polygram merged in 1998, Verve's holdings were merged with Universal's GRP Recording Company to became Verve Music Group. This was run by producer Tommy LiPuma. Tommy LiPuma (born July 5 1936) is an American music producer Ron Goldstein was named President of the merged companies.

Since 2002, the label has released a series of Verve Remixed compilation discs where classic tracks by Verve artists are remixed by contemporary electronic music DJs. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Verve Remixed is a series of albums released by Verve Records centered on the concept of classic Verve tracks Remixed by contemporary electronic A remix is an alternative version of a song different from the original version Electronic music is music that employs Electronic musical instruments and Electronic Music technology in its production By the mid-2000s, there was an extensive "Verve Vault" section on iTunes.

In December 2006 parent company Universal Music Group sacked 85% of the staff, reduced the artist roster, and shifted the catalog over to its UME division.

Some of the record labels currently in the Verve Music Group.

List of early Verve artists

Instrumentalists

Vocalists

Others

See also

External links

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