Verve Song Books

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Verve Song Books is a celebrated series of jazz vocal albums on Verve Records, featuring major singers interpreting the works of individual composers from the Great American Songbook.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf album series
jazz vocal album series
associatedWith American popular standards
Great American Songbook
surface form: Great American Songbook tradition
concept each album devoted to a single composer
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
criticalReception highly acclaimed by jazz critics
curatorialApproach systematic exploration of individual composers
distributionFormat LP record
compact disc
digital release
era 1950s
1960s
features major jazz singers
focus Great American Songbook
genre jazz
vocal jazz
historicalSignificance helped canonize Great American Songbook repertoire in jazz
includesAlbum Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Song Book
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Song Book
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Song Book
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Song Book
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers and Hart Song Book version
surface form: Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers and Hart Song Book
includesComposer Cole Porter NERFINISHED
Duke Ellington
George Gershwin
Harold Arlen
Ira Gershwin
Irving Berlin NERFINISHED
Jerome Kern NERFINISHED
Johnny Mercer
Lorenz Hart
Richard Rodgers NERFINISHED
influenced later songbook-style tribute albums
labelImprint Verve
language English
notableFor comprehensive composer-focused songbook albums
primaryArtist Ella Fitzgerald
producer Norman Granz
recordLabel Verve Records
targetAudience Great American Songbook enthusiasts
jazz listeners
vocalFocus interpretation of standard songs by jazz singers

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