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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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    JC 34832) Charlie Parker - The Bird You Never Heard (Stash STCD 10) Norman Granz Jazz Concert (Norgran MGN 3501–2) Charlie Parker at the Pershing Ballroom...
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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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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    Retrieved December 10, 2018. Havers, Richard (January 28, 2024). "How Norman Granz Revolutionized Jazz With 'Jazz at the Philharmonic'". uDiscover Music...
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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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    reached a "state of comic ecstasy". Kubrick had American jazz producer Norman Granz record portions of the script for Sellers to listen to, so he could study...
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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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  • 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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    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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  • of a Jazz at the Philharmonic presentation as organized by promoter Norman Granz, which also included Stan Getz and Oscar Peterson as headliners. All...
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    Carnegie Hall, including Benny Goodman, Fats Waller, Duke Ellington, Norman Granz, Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, Charlie Parker, Billie...
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  • singer Ella Fitzgerald released a rendition of the song, produced by Norman Granz, on the album Ella Swings Gently with Nelson. The song was a standard...
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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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    Grey Al Grey Featuring Arnett Cobb (Black & Blue, 1977) With Norman Granz Norman Granz' Jam Session, #1 (Clef MGC 601) this and the following album features...
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    drums and he went wild. Then I told him that when I was working for Norman Granz, Norman had found these tapes of Kerouac reading his poetry from The Beat...
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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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