Search - Various Artists :: Versatile Jazz

An ambitious little label that only survived for a few years but left an indelible imprint that will be remembered for decades; by and large owing to the impressive coterie of artists they chose to record, truly the cream of the crop.
The selections on this disc feature an impressive array of jazz stars: superstar vocalist Carmen McCrae, first call New York City session bassist Buster Williams; the funkiest guitar player in NYC Cornell Dupree; saxophonist Hank Crawford; young trumpet virtuoso Jon Faddis; the funky organist Richard 'Groove' Holmes, Cuban jazz superstar Chico O'Farrill and jazz guitar legend Grant Green whose last recorded session before he died was for Versatile - Not a bad roster for such a short lived label.