the hits are on verve

side one

1. MORE Kai Winding

2. WALK ON THE WILD SIDE (Part Il)

Jimmy Smith

3. DESAFINADO

Stan Getz

4. SWEET SEPTEMBER

‘Bill Evans

5. HOBO FLATS

Jimmy Smith

side two ~~

1, LITTLE TRACY Wynton Kelly

. THE GIRL FROM

IPANEMA

Antonio Carlos Jobim

. GRAVY WALTZ Kai Winding

. WHAT'D I SAY? Jimmy Smith

. 'M IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE Pat Thomas ASCAP

Director of Engineering: Val Valentin

Produced by Oru Layo

This record has been engineered and manufactured in accordance with standards developed by the Record In- dustry Association of America, Inc., a non-profit organi- zation dedicated to the betterment of recorded music and literature.

This album contains some of the biggest-sell-

ing single records in the history of Verve. The

artists and the tunes in this set have proven that

they are solid money-makers, but, even more

importantly, the musical quality of these tracks

is of a very high order. This indicates that the

American public, so often maligned for its lack

of good taste in hit discs, knows and buys musi-

cal artistry when it hears it.

Each of the tracks included is a gem in its own

right; but the diversity of the material and the

performances make the album a treasure-house

of precious stones, each one of a color and a cut

different from the others.

Kai Winding’s version of More, the theme

from the film Mondo Cane, is certainly a case in

point. This driving and most unusual hit ar-

ranged by Claus Ogerman, soared to the top of

national popularity. Musically it makes use of

a new electronic instrument called the Ondioline

and Kai's belting trombone choir. This track can

also be found in the album More (V/V6-8551 ) made by Winding.

Another theme from a picture accomplishes

complete change of pace. Elmer Bernstein wrote

the film music for Walk On The Wild Side, and

Jimmy Smith came up with the hit. The big band

punches and drives on this one, with the Smith organ pulsating over all. This tune can also be

found on Jimmy's album Bashin’ (V/V6-8474 ).

Desafinado is the Stan Getz hit that made

bossa nova a household word in the United

States. In yet another change of pace from the

tracks that precede it, Desafinado teams the lyric

Getz tenor sax with the subtle guitar shadings of Charlie Byrd. This winner is culled from the hit

album Jazz Samba (V/V6-8432).

Sweet September is another movie theme; the

song was featured in the picture The V_I.P.’s.

Pianist Bill Evans plays it with majestic style

against a full, yet certainly not maudlin string

background.

A title like Hobo Flats might lend itself natur-

ally to a movie title, but, as yet, there is no film

VS-201

by that name. If a motion picture is produced

called Hobo Flats, this swinging, bluesy melody,

written and arranged for Jimmy Smith by Oliver

Nelson, would provide a perfect musical setting

for cinematic action. This tune comes from the

best-selling Jimmy Smith album Hobo Flats

(V/V6-8544 ).

Another chart item which received extensive

radio play around the country is Little Tracy by

Wynton Kelly. This tune also won most-often-

played contests in juke boxes. It can be found

in Wynton’s album Comin’ In The Back Door

(V/V6-8576 ).

That brilliant Brazilian composer Antonio

Carlos Jobim is represented twice on this album,

first by the Getz version of Desafinado, and sec-

ond by his own instrumental interpretation of an-

other of his hit songs The Girl From Ipanema.

This and more Jobim playing Jobim can be found

in the LP The Composer of Desafinado Plays

... CV/V6-8547 ).

Kai Winding takes his encore with an undulat-

ing, swinging version of the Ray Brown-Steve

Allen tune Gravy Waltz. Again the Winding

trombone choir is in evidence, but with a totally

different, funky sound. This top track may be found in Kai's album Soul Surfin’ (V/V6-8551 ).

Jimmy Smith returns with one of the classic

Ray Charles tunes What'd I Say? His wailing

organ sound is just the right time and tempera-

ture for this roaring blues standard. It's from

Smith’s album Any Number Can Win (V/VE6-

8552).

Last but never least is a compelling interpre-

tation of that Jimmy McHugh and Dorothy Fields

standard, I'm In The Mood For Love by one of

the brightest new stars in the jazz vocal sky, Pat

Thomas.

As this album demonstrates, Verve Records

maintains a high degree of musical taste and

integrity while scoring with the big hits across

the sales counter. Something that might be de-

scribed as having your art and selling it too.

THE HITS

ARE ON

VERVE

STEREO -A 59) 92)

c—BMI

ON THE WILD —JIMMY SMI n) Col b

Album V/

the hits are on verve

Documents