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Norman Granz' J.A.T.P.: Carnegie Hall, 1949

Read "Carnegie Hall, 1949" reviewed by David Rickert


This release, one might suspect, is a tribute to Norman Granz, who died late last year. A tireless promoter of jazz, one of Granz’s first projects was the Jazz at the Philharmonic series, which successfully presented jazz to a more cultured audience. Although criticized by some as vaudeville for pandering to the masses, the concerts were often a chance to see veterans and younger players who otherwise might never have played together. The song selection isn’t all that challenging, reflecting ...

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Interview

Tad Hershorn: Norman Granz (Pt. 3)

Tad Hershorn: Norman Granz (Pt. 3)

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers

Tad Hershorn spent decades working on Norman Granz: The Man Who Used Jazz for Justice (University of California Press). For his newly published biography, Tad interviewed Granz multiple times before his death. Though Tad had enormous respect for Granz and his accomplishments on behalf of jazz and civil rights, he maintains a steely objectivity in his writing, determined to paint a portrait of Granz that's both detailed and honest, warts and all. Among the most intriguing parts of the book ...

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Recording

Tad Hershorn: Norman Granz (Pt. 4)

Tad Hershorn: Norman Granz (Pt. 4)

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers

Like the late Steve Jobs, Norman Granz was someone who worshipped art and made technology accessbile to millions of consumers. In the case of Granz, of course, that technology was jazz records. In Tad Hershorn's Norman Granz: The Man Who Used Jazz for Justice (University of California Press), we learn things about Granz we didn't know before. Among them are revelations that Granz had a strong leftist background, that he took big personal and financial risks as a major advocate ...

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Tad Hershorn: Norman Granz (Pt. 2)

Tad Hershorn: Norman Granz (Pt. 2)

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers

Norman Granz wasn't a complicated man. He was merely an entrepreneur who loved highly creative people and felt their brilliance deserved wider recognition. Once you understand this about him, much of what comes next falls neatly into place. For years Granz has been considered an enigma because most people like him tended to go into other lines of work or rarely cared as much as he did about the creative people in their employ. Through Tad Hershorn's new biography Norman ...

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Tad Hershorn: Norman Granz (Pt. 1)

Tad Hershorn: Norman Granz (Pt. 1)

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers

Norman Granz played perhaps the single biggest role in the spread of small-group jazz in the years following World War II. As a concert promoter and record company founder, Granz had tireless drive, a undiminished passion for the music and musicians, and a buzzsaw personality that came in handy along the way. Yet little is known about what made him tick or how he managed to promote bebop's popularity and legitimize the American Songbook. Until now, that is. Tad Hershorn's ...

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Video / DVD

A Treasure Trove of Jazz from Norman Granz

A Treasure Trove of Jazz from Norman Granz

Source: Riffs on Jazz by John Anderson

Norman Granz was the producer of the famous Jazz at the Philharmonic concert series, a constantly changing all-star jazz band that toured the United States and Europe from 1945 to 1959 and at one time or another included just about every significant jazz artist of the day. He was also a record producer and founder of Verve Records,among other labels.

Granz was born in Los Angeles of Jewish immigrant parents,a background that may help explain his lifelong battle against racism,particularly ...

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Eagle to Release Never-Before-Completed Norman Granz Movie, "Improvisation", Featuring the Greatest Jazz Artists of the 20th Century

Eagle to Release Never-Before-Completed Norman Granz Movie, "Improvisation", Featuring the Greatest Jazz Artists of the 20th Century

Source: Kayos Productions, Inc.

Incredible Document Features Never-Before-Seen Charlie “Bird" Parker Footage!

New York, NY -- Eagle Eye Media will release the succinctly entitled Improvisation on September 4. This amazing double-set features rare film clips of some of the greatest jazz musicians of all time including Coleman Hawkins, Ella Fitzgerald, Lester “Prez" Young, Hank Jones, Dizzy Gillespie, Oscar Peterson, Buddy Rich, Count Basie, Duke Ellington and, as the coup de grace, never-before-seen footage of the mythic Charlie “Bird" Parker. The $19.98 2-DVD package has ...

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Music Industry

VERVE RECORDS FOUNDER NORMAN GRANZ DIES AT 83

VERVE RECORDS FOUNDER NORMAN GRANZ DIES AT 83

Source: All About Jazz

Norman Granz, the founder of Verve Records, died at age 83 on Thursday, November 22nd, 2001 at his home in Geneva, Switzerland.

Granz was one of the most influential executives in the jazz world. He is known especially for founding Verve Records and the Jazz At The Philharmonic concert series. He is also respected for his fight against segregation in the 1940s and 1950s, as he paid performers equal wages and held his concerts only in non-segregated clubs.

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Music

Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Jazz At The...

Eagle Eye Media
2005

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Carnegie Hall, 1949

Fantasy Jazz
2002

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Presents Improvisation

Not On Label (Norman (15) Self-released)
1996

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J.A.T.P. In London,...

Not On Label (Norman (15) Self-released)
1989

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1950s

Verve Records
1974

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Jazz At The...

Not On Label (Norman (15) Self-released)
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