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5 unusual facts about verve records


Al Gamble

Gamble grew up listening to his father's record collection, which included Jimmy Smith, Ray Charles, Jack McDuff and other jazz and soul artists on the Verve and Blue Note labels.

Findlay Brown

Findlay's second solo album Love Will Find You was released in 2010 on Verve Records, US.

Jim Weatherly

Weatherly, who had previously recorded with The Gordian Knot at Verve Records, and also later at RCA Records, was offered a solo recording contract with Buddah Records after the success of "Georgia", and he released a number of albums in the 1970s.

Ola Sto Fos

It is also made available in many other markets through her contract with Verve Records.

The Very Best of 1989–1998

The Very Best of 1989–1998 is an international compilation album by popular Greek artist Eleftheria Arvanitaki that was released in 1999 by Verve Records under the EmArcy label in many markets around the world.


Another View

When the Velvet Underground moved from Verve Records (who had released their first two albums) to parent company MGM Records, they signed a two-album deal, releasing their third and eponymous album The Velvet Underground in March 1969.

Boss Tenors

Boss Tenors (subtitled Straight Ahead from Chicago August 1961) is an album by saxophonists Gene Ammons and Sonny Stitt recorded in Chicago in 1961 and originally released on the Verve label.

Eleftheria Arvanitaki Live

Eleftheria Arvanitaki Live is an international compilation album by popular Greek artist Eleftheria Arvanitaki of live recordings that was released in 2003 under the EmArcy label through Verve Records.

Ingfried Hoffmann

He has released several commercial recordings on a variety of labels, including Columbia Records, Philips Records, Polydor Records, and Verve Records.

Milt Jackson and the Hip String Quartet

Milt Jackson and the Hip String Quatet is an album by vibraphonist Milt Jackson accompanied by a string quartet arranged and conducted by Tom McIntosh that was recorded in 1968 and released on the Verve label.

Pablo Records

Pablo Records was a record label founded by Norman Granz in 1973, roughly a decade after he had sold his jazz labels (including the world-famous Verve Records) to MGM Records.

Somebody Loves Me

Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook (1959) and her Verve/Polygram release: "Jazz at the Philharmonic, the Ella Fitzgerald Sets".

Stis Akres Ap' Ta Matia Sou

Stis Akres Ap' Ta Matia Sou (To The Edges of Your Eyes) is an international album by popular Greek artist Eleftheria Arvanitaki released in 2006 through her Verve Records contract under the EmArcy label.

The Montreal Tapes: Tribute to Joe Henderson

The Montreal Tapes: Tribute to Joe Henderson is a live album by the American jazz bassist Charlie Haden with saxophonist Joe Henderson and drummer Al Foster recorded at the Montreal International Jazz Festival in 1989 and released on the Verve label.


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