Blue Note Records and The Verve Music Group present The Definitive Series

For the first time in their history, the prestigious jazz labels Blue Note Records and Verve Music Group have joined forces to create The Definitive Series, remarkable collections of classic jazz artists compiled from the archives of both companies. Each of the 14 CDs being released on Tuesday, September 24, 2002 represents the definitive recording highlights of 14 giants of the jazz world. Included in each collection are popular tunes and overlooked gems that showcase the range and brilliance of each musician.

Because all the artists in this series recorded for various labels during the primes of their careers, The Definitive Series compiles for the very first time the very best of the best. The music was drawn from the diverse catalogs associated with Verve and Blue Note, including Capitol, Decca, EmArcy, Impulse, Mercury, MGM, Pacific Jazz, Roost and Roulette. Compilations were selected and sequenced by such esteemed jazz figures as Michael Cuscuna, Dan Morganstern and Richard Seidel. Liner notes for each album in the series were written by such noteworthy editors, authors and journalists as Peter Keepnews, Arnold Laubich, Brian Priestley, Robert Pruter, Peter Pullman, Doug Ramsey and Chris Sheridan.

Verve and Blue Note will each issue seven Definitive Series CDs. Blue Note releases recordings by Cannonball Adderley, Chet Baker, Nat “King" Cole, Bud Powell, Jimmy Smith, Art Tatum and McCoy Tyner. Verve's Definitive titles focus on the careers of Clifford Brown, Stan Getz, Joe Henderson, George Shearing, Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington and Joe Williams.

All titles in The Definitive Series are available now.

The Definitive Series from Blue Note
http://www.bluenote.com/definitive

The Definitive Series from Verve
http://www.vervemusicgroup.com/series.asp?sid=17