Confirmation: The Best of the Verve Years

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Just Friends
  3:32
• 2
  Swedish Schnapps
  3:16
• 3
  Laird Bird
  2:46
• 4
  K.C. Blues
  3:27
• 5
  April in Paris
  3:08
• 6
  Laura
  2:59
• 7
  Embraceable You
  10:34
• 8
  Ballade
  2:58
• 9
  Au Privave
  2:41
• 10
  The Song Is You
  2:59
• 11
  Mango Mangue
  2:56
• 12
  Confirmation
  3:01
• 13
  Segment
  3:22
• 14
  She Rote
  3:12
• 15
  Kim
  3:01
• 16
  In the Still of the Night
  3:25
• 17
  Star Eyes
  3:36
• 18
  How High the Moon?
  6:04
• CD 2
• 1
  Cardboard
  3:10
• 2
  I Didn't Know What Time It Was
  3:14
• 3
  Oh, Lady Be Good
  11:07
• 4
  I Can't Get Started
  3:10
• 5
  Lover Man
  3:25
• 6
  Funky Blues
  13:29
• 7
  Old Folks
  3:37
• 8
  Now's the Time
  3:03
• 9
  Tico-Tico
  2:46
• 10
  What Is This Thing Called Love?
  2:38
• 11
  Blues for Alice
  2:48
• 12
  Leap Frog
  2:31
• 13
  Bloomdido
  3:26
• 14
  My Little Suede Shoes
  3:06
• 15
  Chi-Chi
  3:05
• 16
  Repetition
  2:58

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April in Paris

April in Paris 1957

Right On Time

Right On Time 2022

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The Rough Guide to Jazz Legends: Charlie Parker 2011

Bird's Nest

Bird's Nest 2009

East of the Sun

East of the Sun 2004

Dancing in the Dark

Dancing in the Dark 2004

Release credits

• Al Block
  flute [16]
• Al Haig
  piano [2.8, 1.12]
• Al Porcino
  trumpet [4, 10, 16]
• Barney Kessel
  guitar [6]
• Bart Varsalona
  trombone [4, 10, 16]
• Ben Webster
  tenor saxophone [6]
• Benny Carter
  alto saxophone [6]
• Bernie Leighton
  piano [6]
• Bernie Privin
  trumpet [4, 10]
• Bill Harris
  trombone [4, 10, 16]
• Bronislaw Gimpel
  violin [2.2, 1.1, 1.5]
• Buddy Rich
  drums (drum set) [1.1, 1.5-7, 2.2, 2.13]
• Carl Pool
  trumpet [4, 10]
• Carl Poole
  trumpet [4, 10]
• Charles Mingus
  double bass [16]
• Charlie Parker
  alto saxophone [1.1, 1.4-7, 1.10-12, 1.16-17, 2.2, 2.4, 2.6-10, 2.13-14, 2.16]
• Charlie Parker Quartet
  performing orchestra [2.2, 1.1, 1.5]
• Charlie Parker Quintet
  performing orchestra [13]
• Charlie Shavers
  trumpet [6]
• Curley Russell
  double bass [13, 16]
• Danny Bank
  baritone saxophone [4, 10], bass saxophone [4]
• Diego Iborra
  bongos [16], congas [16], percussion [16]
• Dizzy Gillespie
  trumpet [13]
• Don Lamond
  arranger [4], conductor [4], drums (drum set) [4, 10]
• Doug Mettome
  trumpet [16]
• Eddie Brown
  oboe [6]
• Flip Phillips
  tenor saxophone [2.4, 2.6, 2.10, 2.16, 1.7]
• Frank Brieff
  viola [1.1, 1.5, 2.2]
• Frank Miller
  cello [1.1, 1.5, 2.2]
• Fred Ruzilla
  viola [16]
• Freddie Green
  guitar [4, 10]
• Gene Orloff
  violin [16]
• Gil Evans
  arranger [16], conductor [16]
• Hal McKusick
  clarinet [16]
• Hank Jones
  piano [7, 10]
• Hank Ross
  tenor saxophone [4, 10]
• Harry Kaltzman
  violin [16]
• Harry Melnikoff
  violin [6]
• Harry Terrill
  alto saxophone [4, 10]
• Herman Leonard
  photography
• Howard Kay
  violin [6]
• Isadore Zir
  viola [6]
• J.C. Heard
  drums (drum set) [6]
• James Patrick
  liner notes
• Jimmy Carroll
  arranger [1.1, 1.5, 2.2], conductor [2.2, 1.1, 1.5]
• Jimmy Carroll & His Orchestra
  performing orchestra [2.2, 1.1, 1.5]
• Jimmy Maxwell
  trumpet [4, 10]
• Joe Benaventi
  cello [16]
• Joe Lipman
  arranger [1.6, 2.4, 2.10], conductor [2.4, 2.10, 1.6]
• Joe Lipman & His Orchestra
  performing orchestra [4, 10]
• John LaPorta
  clarinet [16]
• Johnny Hodges
  alto saxophone [6]
• Joseph Singer
  French horn [6]
• José Mangual
  bongos [9, 14]
• Junior Collins
  French horn [1.16, 2.7]
• Lester Young
  tenor saxophone [7]
• Lou McGarity
  trombone [4, 10]
• Luis Miranda
  congas [14]
• Manny Albam
  baritone saxophone [16]
• Manny Fidler
  violin [16]
• Manny Thaler
  bassoon [16]
• Maurice Brown
  cello [6]
• Max Hollander
  violin [2.2, 1.1, 1.5]
• Max Roach
  drums (drum set) [1.4, 1.10, 1.12, 1.16-17, 2.8]
• Meyer Rosen
  harp [2.2, 1.1, 1.5]
• Miles Davis
  trumpet [4, 17]
• Milton Lomask
  violin [1.1, 1.5, 2.2]
• Mitch Miller
  cor anglais [1.1, 1.5, 2.2], oboe [2.2, 1.1, 1.5]
• Murray Williams
  alto saxophone [4, 10, 16]
• Myor Rosen
  harp [1.1, 1.5, 2.2]
• Nat Nathanson
  viola [16]
• Neal Hefti
  arranger [16], conductor [16]
• Neal Hefti Orchestra
  performing orchestra [16]
• Norman Granz
  producer [4, 10]
• Oscar Peterson
  piano [4, 6, 10]
• Percy Heath
  double bass [1.12, 2.8]
• Pete Mondello
  tenor saxophone [16]
• Ray Brown
  double bass [1.1, 1.5-7, 2.2, 2.4, 2.6, 2.10]
• Ray Wetzel
  trumpet [16]
• Roy Eldridge
  trumpet [7]
• Roy Haynes
  drums (drum set) [9, 14]
• Sam Caplan
  violin [6]
• Sam Rand
  violin [6]
• Sammy Caplan
  violin [16]
• Shelly Manne
  drums (drum set) [16]
• Sid Harris
  violin [16]
• Sonny Salad
  alto saxophone [16]
• Stan Freeman
  piano [2.2, 1.1, 1.5]
• Teddy Kotick
  double bass [2.9, 2.14, 1.4, 1.10, 1.17]
• The Dave Lambert Singers
  vocal [16]
• Thelonious Monk
  piano [13]
• Tommy Mace
  oboe [16]
• Tommy Turk
  trombone [7]
• Tony Aless
  piano [1.16, 2.16]
• Verlye Mills
  harp [6]
• Vincent Jacobs
  French horn [16]
• Walter Bishop, Jr.
  piano [2.9, 2.14, 1.4, 1.17]
• William Claxton
  photography
• Zelly Smirnoff
  violin [1.6, 2.16]
• [unknown]
  tuba [6], xylophone [6]
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Issues

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  Confirmation: The Best of the Verve Years

  2x CD
  8 August 1995