Norman Granz
Norman Granz
Norman Granzwas an American jazz music impresario...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth6 August 1918
CountryUnited States of America
looks want ready
If you don't get substantially what you want, be ready to walk. And don't look back.
artist play made
I made it easier for many artists to play in certain areas.
talking judging not-judging
I'm talking as a professional impresario. I'm not judging anybody at all.
dukes might combination
If I were to put on Barbra Streisand and Duke Ellington, one might say the combination isn't good.
records sabbatical juice
My juices needed restoring. I needed a sabbatical from the record business.
reality rights development
I don't say that the supposed Civil Rights development is a myth, but it's a matter of dealing with reality. It's purely peripheral and, in many cases, it's just a facade.
people talent sponsors
Sponsors and networks will really go all out and simply evaluate people on the basis of talent.
artist genuine function
My function at Verve was that of a genuine producer in artists and repertoire.
europe switzerland decided
In 1958, I decided that I was going to live in Europe permanently. So in 1959 I moved to Lugano, Switzerland.
smarter
You’re probably smarter than you present yourself.
important want should
At Verve, my bookkeeper would invariably say, 'Well, why do you want to put out Roy Eldridge?' Or 'Why do you want to put out Ben Webster? They don't sell.' And I'd say, 'Well, whether they sell or not, they're important, they should be recorded and they're what Verve stands for, so we don't have to discuss that any further.
art thinking jazz
I don't think that jazz, as any kind of an art form, has any permanence attached to it, apart from the practitioners of it.
teenager europe looks
If you look at my audiences, even in Europe, they're hardly teenagers.
years albums jazz
For years, Jazz At The Philharmonic albums were the only ones of their kind.