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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Sarah Vaughan (section Rio and Norman Granz)
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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brilliant and melodically inventive pianist. According to an interview with Norman Granz, he heard a radio program broadcasting from a local club while taking...
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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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Angeles founded by Norman Granz in 1953. It became part of Verve Records, which Granz created in 1956. It is the first letters of Granz's full name. Verve...
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Records in 1961, Norman Granz continued to manage live performances, bookings and produce Ella Fitzgerald's recordings for the label. Granz had semi-retired...
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Story he recorded with Stan Getz and made two albums with Art Tatum for Norman Granz as well as with his own big band. Hampton performed with Louis Armstrong...
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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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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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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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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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The Jazz Scene is a 1949 compilation album edited by Norman Granz, featuring recordings from Ralph Burns, Duke Ellington, George Handy, Coleman Hawkins...
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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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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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the RCA Thesaurus transcriptions library. In 1952, Getz signed with Norman Granz for his labels Clef and Norgran Records, which would be consolidated...
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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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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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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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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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