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Jazz / Electronica; Progressive House; Downtempo; Club/Dance; Trip-Hop; House; Broken Beat; Vocal Jazz; Standards; Traditional Pop; Ballads; Jazz-House; Garage/House
Jazz and contemporary dance music has always been a strong and natural one. From it’s earliest days, jazz had people dancing and in recent years, countless dance floors have vibrated to the voices of Nina Simone and Billie Holiday over a powerful house beat. The American composer, conductor, and self-described "March King" John Philip Sousa observed, "Jazz will endure as long as people hear it through their feet instead of their brains."
The artists represented in the Verve catalog are some of the most important in jazz history and their influence surfaces in genres as wide ranging from pop, hip-hop, R&B, and country. Many modern day producers and DJs pillage record stores for rare Verve vinyl from which they draw samples and inspiration.
In the spirit of jazz - keeping the legacy in focus while moving forward - Verve opened its vaults to today’s top producers and DJs. Twelve remixers, through their individual creative visions, have seamlessly integrated a contemporary context for these songs while maintaining the deepest respect for the original landmark versions.
It is our hope that the work of these brilliant DJs and producers will introduce a new generation to this timeless music.
Carmen McRae - (2) Vocal
Willie Bobo - (1) Percussion
Astrud Gilberto - (3) Vocal
Dinah Washington - (4) Vocal
Nina Simone - (5, 9) Vocal
Shirley Horn - (6) Vocal
Ella Fitzgerald - (7) Vocal
Billie Holiday - (8, 11) Vocal
Sarah Vaughan - (10) Vocal
Tony Scott - (12) Vocal
Thievery Corporation - (3) Remix
Masters At Work - (9) Remix
Joe Claussell - (5) Remix
King Britt - (12) Remix
Richard Dorfmeister - (1) Remix
Madrid de los Austrias - (1) Remix
MJ Cole - (2) Remix
Rae and Christian - (4) Remix
Mark De Clive-Lowe - (6) Remix
De-Phazz - (7) Remix
dZihan & Kamien - (8) Remix
Tricky - (11) Remix
United Future Organization - (10) Remix
More than ten years on from the first whisperings of a dance revolution, there are scores of solid producers in the scene, figures with all the talent, historical knowledge, and judgment necessary to rework most any tracks from the Verve archive. Surprisingly, Verve Remixed strays from the label's crossover-heavy '60s and '70s material (the records usually name-checked by dance producers), preferring instead to tackle serious classics from the canon of vocal jazz, focusing especially on female vocalists: Billie Holiday (two songs), Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington, Nina Simone, Carmen McRae, and Shirley Horn. As is nearly always the case with tributes or remix albums, the results are mixed; several productions triumph in either equalling or enhancing the intent of the original, but too often a complex arrangement of a pop standard is trampled by insistence on a constant groove, whether it's of downtempo or more clubby house origin. British garage producer MJ Cole provides a few good vibes underneath Carmen McRae's "How Long Has This Been Going On?," but, in so doing, utterly destroys the pace and rhythm of the original. dZihan & Kamien are given the unenviable task of redoing Billie Holiday's "Don't Explain," and seem utterly unable to find a middle ground between all or nothing (of course, there isn't much of a middle ground on most dancefloors). The most intriguing collaboration on paper, a take on Holiday's classic "Strange Fruit" by nightmarish trip-hop star Tricky, suffers from the same strange quality: it's a great production, but shows little understanding of the arranging skills necessary to frame a great singer. The best track here, Richard Dorfmeister's grooving house take on Willie Bobo's "Spanish Grease," proves the point perfectly; the original was a laid-back jam (not a standard), and the remix coaxes a superb house production out of it. Too many other contributions here are unable or unwilling to spend the hours necessary to craft traditional pop.
---John Bush, All Music Guide |
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