The Verve Story: 1944 - 1994

Release Date: 1994
Format: Pre-Owned CD
Label: Verve Records
Catalog Number: 314 521 737-2

1-1 J.J. Johnson / Nat King Cole / Illinois Jacquet– Blues 10:22
1-2 Charlie Parker / Lester Young– Oh, Lady Be Good! 11:05
1-3 Lester Young– I've Found A New Baby 4:03
1-4 Billie Holiday– Trav'lin' Light 3:23
1-5 Charlie Parker– Repetition 2:56
1-6 Coleman Hawkins– Picasso 3:14
1-7 Machito– Tanga 5:07
1-8 Bud Powell– Celia 2:57
1-9 Charlie Parker– Just Friends 3:30
1-10 Charlie Parker / Dizzy Gillespie– Bloomdido 3:24
1-11 Johnny Hodges– Jeep's Blues 2:55
1-12 Gene Krupa Trio– Drum Boogie 3:03
1-13 Illinois Jacquet– Port Of Rico 2:41
1-14 The Oscar Peterson Trio– Tenderly 5:43
1-15 Dizzy Gillespie / Stan Getz– It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) 6:37
1-16 Roy Eldridge– Echos Of Harlem 4:00
2-1 Art Tatum– Tea For Two 3:30
2-2 Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra– Manteca (Theme) 4:13
2-3 Benny Carter– My One And Only Love 3:52
2-4 Lionel Hampton– Flying Home 3:13
2-5 Flip Phillips– Lemonaid 11 6:30
2-6 Count Basie Orchestra / Joe Williams– Every Day I Have The Blues 5:26
2-7 Count Basie Orchestra– April In Paris 3:46
2-8 Anita O'Day– Honeysuckle Rose 3:12
2-9 Lester Young / Teddy Wilson– All Of Me 5:07
2-10 Ella Fitzgerald– Just One Of Those Things 3:30
2-11 Billie Holiday– Lady Sings The Blues 3:43
2-12 Oscar Peterson– Swinging On A Star 4:55
2-13 Buddy DeFranco– Cooking The Blues 6:57
2-14 Ella Fitzgerald / Louis Armstrong– They Can't Take That Away From Me 4:37
2-15 Coleman Hawkins / Ben Webster– La Rosita 5:01
2-16 Dizzy Gillespie / Sonny Stitt / Sonny Rollins– I Know That You Know 5:28
3-1 Stan Getz / J.J. Johnson– Crazy Rhythm 7:42
3-2 Blossom Dearie– Surrey With The Fringe On Top 4:15
3-3 Duke Ellington / Johnny Hodges– Stompy Jones 6:38
3-4 Sonny Stitt– I Can't Give You Anything But Love 4:01
3-5 Gerry Mulligan / Ben Webster– Chelsea Bridge 7:18
3-6 Ella Fitzgerald– Mack The Knife 4:40
3-7 Mel Tormé– Too Close For Comfort 4:01
3-8 Jimmy Giuffre– In The Morings Out There 6:48
3-9 Gerry Mulligan– I'm Gonna Go Fishin' 5:48
3-10 Stan Getz– Night Rider 3:56
3-11 Lee Konitz– I Remember You 4:26
3-12 Oscar Peterson– Something's Coming 3:50
3-13 Stan Getz / Charlie Byrd– Desafinado 5:49
3-14 Jimmy Smith– Walk On The Wild Side 5:53
4-1 Bill Evans– 'Round Midnight 6:29
4-2 Stan Getz / João Gilberto– The Girl From Ipanema 5:21
4-3 Cal Tjader– Soul Sauce 2:26
4-4 Kenny Burrell– Last Night When We Were Young 4:36
4-5 Wes Montgomery– If You Could See Me Now 8:21
4-6 Jimmy Smith / Wes Montgomery– Night Train 6:45
4-7 Joe Williams– Every Night 5:16
4-8 Betty Carter– The Good Life 6:57
4-9 Shirley Horn– You Won't Forget Me 7:09
4-10 Abbey Lincoln– Bird Alone 8:31
4-11 Joe Henderson– Johnny Come Lately 6:29
4-12 Charlie Haden– Hello My Lovely 6:47