Verve Signs ‘CHIPS’ Creator Maddie Brewer (EXCLUSIVE)

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/verve-chips-creator-maddie-brewer-1236749191/

Verve Signs ‘CHIPS’ Creator Maddie Brewer (EXCLUSIVE)
#Variety #News #Verve

https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/verve-chips-creator-maddie-brewer-1236749191/

Blossom Dearie is an album by Blossom Dearie that was recorded in 1956 and released in 1957. It was her first recording for Verve.

Billboard noted that "hers is smoky sort of voice. and she handles a tune musically. Package embraces standards and offers thrush sultry moment or two via some French lyrics on "It Might As Well Be Spring," "Tout Doucement" and "Comment Alles Vous." "Thou Swell" it the best of the lot. This is the gal who organized and arranged for the Blue Stars in France. Their solo debut will attract some attention from hip jocks, but no great sales are foreseen." - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxYxJP2iDl8&list=PLFzsEL_FeQMaVbe9y83CtswcfX1j8xYVe&index=1

#BlossomDearie #VocalJazz #Jazz #Verve #Music #HerbEllis #RayBrown

Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd, Jazz Samba, 1962 on Verve

Early work in the bossa nova trend in the US, recorded at Pierce Hall, All Souls Unitarian Church in DC and released two years before Getz/Gilberto. Includes “Desafinado” (which was also on Getz/Gilberto) and “Samba de Uma Nota” composed by Antonio Carlos Jobim.

My copy—via a private sale—is the 2023 Acoustic Sounds Series reissue on Verve by UMG / UMe, which is a fantastic pressing.

Bill Evans Trio, Bill Evans at Town Hall Volume One, 1967 on Verve

Recorded at Town Hall on February 21st, 1966. The trio here includes Chuck Isreals and Arnold Wise – this being the only commercial recording with Wise on drums.

The second side includes the 13 minute “Solo -In Memory of His Father, Harry L. Evans” who had died in 1966.

My copy—via private sale—is the 2022 Acoustic Sounds Series reissue supervised by Chad Kassem from Analogue Productions.

Sarah Vaughan, Sarah Vaughan Sings George Gershwin, 1958 on Mercury

Fantastic collection of Sarah Vaughan doing Gershwin standards from the twenties and thirties, supported by Hal Mooney & His Orchestra.

My copy—via a private sale—is a 2xLP gatefold reissue in mono by Verve/UMe, which reproduces the old Mercury labels.

Bill Evans, At The Montreux Jazz Festival, 1968 on Verve

Second 1968 Bill Evans performance I’ve posted this week, this one has the trio (again with Eddie Gomez and Jack DeJohnette) at Casino de Montreux in Switzerland, and was recorded by the technical department of Radio Suisse Romande.

My copy (via a private sale) is the 2020 Analogue Productions reissue on two 45rpm 200g records, cut by Matthew Lutthans at The Mastering Lab. Sounds fantastic, though I can’t say I like having to change the platter twice as often.

Omari Hardwick Signs With Verve
#Agencies #OmariHardwick #Verve

https://deadline.com/2026/03/omari-hardwick-signs-verve-1236766710/