12.13.2005 | I've got the Verve

Check out The Verve Remixed Complete Box Set on Amazon.com. A friend recently introduced me to the collection via (legally purchased) CD. iTunes also has a version that costs $10 more but comes with bonus tracks. It's an eclectic collection of some old jazz standards electrified with some funky fresh beats. Here are my favorite (non-bonus) tracks from the collection:

Spanish Grease 7:26 Willie Bobo (Dorfmeister con madrid de los austrias muga reserva mix) How Long Has This Been Going On 4:57 Carmen McRae (MJ Cole Remix) Return To Paradise 5:52 Shirley Horn (Mark De Clive-Lowe Remix) Strange Fruit 3:19 Billie Holiday (Tricky Remix) Hare Krishna 6:57 Tony Scott (King Britt Remix) Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby? 4:58 Dinah Washington (Rae and Christian Remix) Summertime 6:50 Sarah Vaughan (UFO Remix) Manteca 6:53 Dizzy Gillespie (Funky Lowlives Remix) Sinnerman 4:35 Nina Simone (Felix Da Housecat's Heavenly House Mix) Whatever Lola Wants 4:40 Sarah Vaughan (Gotan Project Remix)

Blues From Brother George Jackson 5:11 Archie Shepp (Mondo Grosso Next Wave Mix) Do What You Wanna 5:24 Ramsey Lewis (Mr. Scruff's Soul Party Mix) Soul Sauce 4:16 Cal Tjader (Fila Brazillia Remix) Fried Neckbones And Some Home Fries 4:30 Willie Bobo (Dan The Automator Remix) Just One of Those Things 4:48 Blossom Dearie (Brazilian Girls Remix) Little Girl Blue 5:18 Nina Simone (Postal Service Remix) Sing, Sing, Sing 6:07 Anita O'Day (RSL Remix) Fever 4:38 Sarah Vaughan (Adam Freeland Remix) The Gentle Rain 6:01 Astrud Gilberto (RJD2 Remix) Peter Gunn 5:08 Sarah Vaughan (Max Sedgley Remix) Stay Loose 3:20 Jimmy Smith (Lyrics Born Remix)

There's also a parallel set of albums called Verve Unmixed – the old jazz standards without the funky fresh beats. The best ones of these worth downloading are "Strange Fruit" and "Do What You Wanna."