The label was started in 2006 by British radio DJ and A&R legend Gilles Peterson to release artists he felt deserved attention. It follows on from the first Brownswood Records imprint...

Verve Records was originally founded in 1956 by one of the most important non-musicians in American jazz, Norman Granz, concert promoter, industry visionary and manager of such important artist as Oscar Peterson or Ella Fitzgerald. In 1960 Granz sold...