About This Program
Jazz history, live performance, and lively conversation make Discover Jazz the most distinctive jazz appreciation course available for adults. Each series includes stellar live performances by critically acclaimed guest artists, curated examples of historically significant recordings, and engaging Q&A.

From Atlantic and Blue Note to Impulse, Prestige, Verve and many others, these iconic record labels produced some of the world’s greatest jazz recordings and documented decades of the musical lexicon for fans around the globe. In this Discover Jazz series, guitarist, bandleader and educator Terrence Brewer guides us on a nostalgic look back at some of the greatest jazz albums of all time.
For our class on Verve Records, Brewer and friends highlighted the evolution of the label and its immense roster of jazz music’s greatest exponents. Established in 1956 by impresario and producer Norman Granz and marketed as “The Sound of America,” Verve Records established new territory with its release of the classic “Getz-Gilberto” recording in 1964, ushering in the jazz-bossa craze and introducing fans worldwide to this new musical marriage. The label remains active today, releasing new music by Samara Joy, Jon Batiste, John Scofield, Herbie Hancock, Brandee Younger and many others.

SET LIST
Star Eyes, by Gene de Paul & Don Ray
Só Danço Samba, by Antônio Carlos Jobim
This Can’t Be Love, by Richard Rogers & Lorenz Hart
Road Song, by Wes Montgomery
Eternal Triangles, by Sonny Stitt

PERSONNEL
Terrence Brewer guitar, presenter
Kasey Knudsen, sax
Anne Sajdera, piano
Doug Ebert, bass
Greg Wyser-Pratt, drums