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    Norman Granz (August 6, 1918 – November 22, 2001) was an American jazz record producer and concert promoter. He founded the record labels Clef, Norgran...
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    but no label to release it, so she signed to Pablo run by Norman Granz. She had known Granz since 1948 when she performed on one of his Jazz at the Philharmonic...
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    co-founder of the Savoy, until she turned the rest of her career over to Norman Granz, who founded Verve Records to produce new records by Fitzgerald. With...
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    record label owned by Universal Music Group (UMG). Founded in 1956 by Norman Granz, the label is home to the world's largest jazz catalogue, which includes...
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    and began playing in more formal jazz concert settings, including at Norman Granz-produced Jazz at the Philharmonic events. His popularity diminished towards...
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    headline is the real joke. Shrdlu (Norman Shrdlu) is listed as the composer of "Jam Blues", cut 1 on the 1951 Norman Granz-produced jazz album released in...
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    Jammin' the Blues is a 1944 American short film made by Gjon Mili and Norman Granz in which a number of prominent jazz musicians re-create the jam-session...
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    1992 and 2008. In 1956 Ella Fitzgerald signed with Verve Records, the Norman Granz record label. Fitzgerald recorded with Verve until the mid-1960s. Included...
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    Pablo Records was a jazz record company and label founded by Norman Granz in 1973, more than a decade after he had sold his earlier catalog (including...
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    Inglewood Jam 6-16-'52 (Jazz Chronicles JCS 102) Norman Granz' Jam Session, #1 (Clef MGC 601) Norman Granz' Jam Session, #2 (Clef MGC 602) Charlie Parker...
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  • Artistry of Stan Getz (Clef MGC 143). 1953: Norman Granz' Jam Session #3 (Clef, 1953) 1953: Norman Granz' Jam Session #4 (Clef, 1953) 1953: Interpretations...
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  • Bird and Diz (category Albums produced by Norman Granz)
    magazine columnist wrote of Granz's contribution to the album's sound, stating "Though there is no mention of bop in Norman Granz'[s] notes, we owe him a...
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  • admitted to the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1988. Under the auspices of producer Norman Granz, Parker fulfilled a long-held desire to record in a string setting. Plans...
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    title of a series of jazz concerts, tours and recordings produced by Norman Granz. Over the years, "Jazz at the Philharmonic" featured many of the era's...
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    labels associated with Norman Granz (1953–56). Piano Starts Here (Columbia, 1968) – 1933 studio recordings & 1949 Gene Norman concert listed below Classic...
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  • Ella and Louis (category Albums produced by Norman Granz)
    later followed by 1957's Ella and Louis Again and 1959's Porgy and Bess. Norman Granz, the founder of the Verve label, selected eleven ballads for Fitzgerald...
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    pop, rhythm and blues, rock, soul, and world music. He was signed to Norman Granz's Pablo Records for three of his solo albums, Agora, Happy People and...
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  • Night Train (Oscar Peterson album) (category Albums produced by Norman Granz)
    " one of Peterson's best known original compositions. Album producer Norman Granz had sold the record label Verve, but remained Peterson's manager, and...
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  • Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book (category Albums produced by Norman Granz)
    Ira Gershwin with arrangements by Nelson Riddle. It was produced by Norman Granz, Fitzgerald's manager and the founder of Verve Records. Fifty-nine songs...
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  • Billie Holiday Sings (category Albums produced by Norman Granz)
    Ray Brown – double bass Barney Kessel – guitar Alvin Stoller – drums Norman Granz – producer David Stone Martin – artwork (Billie Holiday Sings) Alex de...
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  • Records, a label founded in 1956 by producer Norman Granz in Los Angeles, California. Alongside new sessions Granz re-released many of the recordings of his...
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  • Gottehrer (1940–), co-founder of music and entertainment company The Orchard Norman Granz (1918–2001), founder of Clef Records, Norgran Records, Verve Records...
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  • Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book (category Albums produced by Norman Granz)
    created Verve Records (and the first album to be released by the label). Norman Granz, Fitzgerald's manager and the producer of many of her albums, decided...
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  • at Clef Records, a record company started by Norman Granz, brother of friend and neighbor, Irving Granz. The company was soon renamed 'Verve', where he...
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    Obituary Norman Granz, The Independent, November 26, 2001. Retrieved November 20, 2008. The Billboard Music-Radio - "Thesaurus in Pact for Granz Transcriptions"...
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  • an American jazz record label founded by Norman Granz in 1946. It became part of Verve Records, which Granz created in 1956. Clef recordings were, in...
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    Here", "Quiet and Roll 'Em" with Sam Donahue, and "How 'Bout That Mess". Norman Granz hired Krupa and drummer Buddy Rich for his Jazz at the Philharmonic concerts...
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    Parker signed for Mercury Records with Jazz at the Philharmonic promoter Norman Granz as his producer. The partnership enabled Parker to work with musicians...
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  • producer Norman Granz's Clef Records, which was later absorbed into the newly founded Verve Records by 1956. All of her work for Norman Granz consisted...
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    stolen in 1939, he abandoned the instrument until about 1957. That year Norman Granz gave him one and urged him to play it (with far different results at...
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