Norman Granz: The Man Who Used Jazz for Justice

Tad Hershorn

Published by University of California Press 2011

Norman Granz

The Man Who Used Jazz for Justice

Tad Hershorn

https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520949775

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"Any book on my life would start with my basic philosophy of fighting racial prejudice. I loved jazz, and jazz was my way of doing that," Norman Granz told Tad Hershorn during the final interviews given for this book. Granz, who died in 2001, was iconoclastic, independent, immensely influential, often thoroughly unpleasant—and one of jazz’s true giants. Granz played an essential part in bringing jazz to audiences around the world, defying racial and social prejudice as he did so, and demanding that African-American performers be treated equally everywhere they toured. In this definitive biography, Hershorn recounts Granz’s story: creator of the legendary jam session concerts known as Jazz at the Philharmonic; founder of the Verve record label; pioneer of live recordings and worldwide jazz concert tours; manager and recording producer for numerous stars, including Ella Fitzgerald and Oscar Peterson.

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Hershorn Tad :

Tad Hershorn is an archivist at the Institute for Jazz Studies at Rutgers University.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Illustrations Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Foreword Oscar Peterson Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Prologue: “I Made Things Work” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. “A ll I Wanted Was My Freedom” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
2. “A Marvelous Crucible” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
3. Cole Train Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	39
4. “The Opener” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
5. Let Freedom Swing Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
6. Norman Granz versus . . . Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	99
7. Mambo Jambo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	115
8. Enter Ella and Oscar Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
9. The Continental Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
10. “I Feel Most at Home in the Studio” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	166
11. Starry Nights Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	186
12. “T hat Tall Old Man Standing Next to Ella Fitzgerald” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	212
13. The Jazz Hurricane Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	230
14. “T he Lost Generation” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	253
15. Duke, Prez, and Billie Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	266
16. Joie de Verve Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	278
17. Across the Sea Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	295
18. “Musicians Don’t Want to Jam” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	308
19. Picasso on the Beach Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	324
20. “One More Once” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	336
21. Takin’ It on Out – for Good Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	356
22. “Somewhere There’s Music” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	373
Epilogue: “My Career, Such As It Is . . .” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	387
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	393
Chronology Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	397
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	401
Selected Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	437
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	449

Language: English
Publisher: University of California Press
Pages
- Main content: 488

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Published: October 17, 2011
ISBN: 9780520949775