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� Count Basie, bandleader and pianist
� Ray Brown, bassist
� Dave Brubeck, pianist
� Michel Camilo, pianist
� Cyrus Chestnut, pianist
� Dizzy Gillespie, trumpeter
Go to www.telarc.com and check out the list of artists on their jazz label.
Ubiquity Records
Hip music including acid jazz (by original groove masters from the ’60s and
’70s, as well as new young players) and Latin jazz. Ubiquity also issues the
Cubop series (including Viva Cubop, Vols. 1-3) highlighting the Cuban-bebop
connection (check out Chapter 9 for details on Cubop). Ubiquity’s compilations
are a great way to score some rare tracks and get a taste of some fantastic
artists before committing to entire albums.
Ubiquity artists include
� Eddie Harris
� Ivan “Boogaloo” Jones
� The Pharaohs
Check out www.ubiquityrecords.com to see if you can locate the rare
finds you’ve been craving.
Verve Music Group
Appendix B: Trustworthy Jazz Labels
Verve, a longtime leading jazz label, is a part of Universal Music Group. Verve
includes the GRP and Impulse! labels. The combined catalog is thick with
phenomenal jazz, primarily from the 1950s forward.
Verve Records was founded by Norman Granz in 1956 to oversee his past and
future jazz recordings. In the ’40s, Granz had made his name by creating the
Jazz at the Philharmonic series, which presented jazz in classical concert
halls. His first recordings were of Philharmonic concerts (the Complete Jazz
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