- Format: CD
- Label: Fantasy
- Genre: Jazz
Jazz At The Philharmonic founder Norman Granz so missed the recording aspect of the music business, which he'd abandoned in 1962 when he sold his Clef, Norgran, and Verve labels to MGM, that ten years later he decided to take the plunge and start up yet another label. The veteran producer (then based in Beverly Hills) launched Pablo Records in 1973 and quickly built a world-class jazz catalog of albums by Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Pass, and Oscar Peterson--all of whom Granz managed--as well as Count Basie, Benny Carter, John Coltrane, Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Milt Jackson, Zoot Sims, Sarah Vaughan, and many others. Each of those jazz giants is represented in this collection, a tribute to Granz's vision and aesthetic.
Track listing:Ella Fitzgerald with the Nelson Riddle Orchestra: I've Got You Under My Skin; Lester Young: A Foggy Day; Milt Jackson/Oscar Peterson/Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen/Mickey Roker: Stella by Starlight; Count Basie: Li'l Darlin'; Buddy DeFranco: In a Sentimental Mood; John Coltrane: Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye; Joe Pass: Willow Weep for Me; Dizzy Gillespie & Machito: Calidoscopico; Sarah Vaughan: I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues; Oscar Peterson/Joe Pass/Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen: On a Clear Day; Duke Ellington/Ray Brown: See See Rider; Louis Bellson/Walfredo de los Reyes: Javilla; Zoot Sims: Oh Lady, Be Good!; Harry "Sweets" Edison: Avalon; Benny Carter: Three Little Words
