Musicians :
Louis Armstrong (trumpet, vocals), Count Basie (piano, bandleader), Shelley Berman, Jonathan Winters (spoken word, comedy), Benny Carter (alto saxophone, trumpet), Bing Crosby, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Anita O'Day, Mel Tormé, Margaret Whiting, Joe Williams, Fred Astaire (vocals), Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie (trumpet), Stan Getz, Coleman Hawkins, Sonny Rollins, Lester Young (tenor saxophone), Lionel Hampton (vibraphone), Johnny Hodges, Charlie Parker (alto saxophone), Woody Herman (clarinet, saxophone, vocals, bandleader), Jack Kerouac (spoken word, poetry), Oscar Peterson, Bud Powell, Art Tatum, Teddy Wilson (piano), Rose Murphy (vocals, piano), Mort Sahl (spoken word, comedy), Sonny Stitt (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone), Buddy Rich (drums), Buddy Bregman (arranger, conductor).

4 LP Box Set of Recordings Made During the Norman Granz Era !

As an independent record producer going back to the early 1940s, Norman Granz started building a personal network of record companies disc by disc, artist by artist, innovation by innovation that grew into a tsunami by the time he sold Verve Records at the end of 1960. It remains a feat unmatched to this day.

This 4 LP box set celebrates the fascinating spectrum of recordings made during the Norman Granz era of Verve Records. It includes vocal tracks by Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday; Charlie Parker with strings; a raucous live jam session; Beatnik poetry by Jack Kerouac and stand-up comedy.