Norman Granz
Norman Granz
Norman Granzwas an American jazz music impresario...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth6 August 1918
CountryUnited States of America
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There are many artists that I present that I admit I like less than I do others. But I think that they warrant being presented by my own, personal standards.
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Of the newer people I would like to display to the public, I find it almost impossible to get them to agree to the jam session form.
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I still travel a great deal. I go to the States, not for too long periods, but I make frequent trips because of my management problems with Ella.
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Many movie people, who would never have dreamt of using jazz arrangers for scores, are doing it frequently now, even though they water them down.
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The new, younger artists today are too insecure to be willing to face that kind of musical competition afforded by the jam session.
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Ella can work nightclubs that Duke might not be able to work, because of having the big band. Where they go now is strictly a matter of their own names and talents.
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Today it's rare to find a major artist that would be willing to break up his own group. They need the musical security their own groups give them.
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You can't have a finale that runs one hour. So you give each man 40 minutes or so, and you say: Let's do a jam session at the end with the leaders.
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To play today in London, next week in Madrid and the week after that in Warsaw is a bit better than playing Newark and Baltimore and Philadelphia. I've been doing that for 20 years.
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When I was doing jazz concerts in America, I would use the biggest names I could find.
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I don't know who's 18 years old today that, 20 years hence, is going to be a jazz fan.
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I allowed artists to play for as long as they felt they could justifiably continue to create.
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Ellington is a writer and arranger, as well as a musician and leader. He does movie sound tracks.
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Amsterdam must have more than a million people. But the only area where jazz is really profitable and successful in an economic sense is in Japan. That's because they haven't been exposed enough.