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Norman Granz: The Man Who Used Jazz for Justice
Tad Hershorn
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Hardback. Norman Granz, who died in 2001, was iconoclastic, independent, influential, often thoroughly unpleasant - and one of jazz's true giants. This biography recounts Granz's story: creator of the legendary jam session concerts known as Jazz at the Philharmonic; founder of the Verve record label; and manager and recording producer for numerous stars. Num Pages: 488 pages, 24 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: AVGJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 163 x 35. Weight in Grams: 836. The Man Who Used Jazz for Justice. 488 pages, Illustrations. Norman Granz, who died in 2001, was iconoclastic, independent, influential, often thoroughly unpleasant - and one of jazz's true giants. This biography recounts Granz's story: creator of the legendary jam session concerts known as Jazz at the Philharmonic; founder of the Verve record label; and manager and recording producer for numerous stars. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AVGJ. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 35. Weight: 840.
'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: ... Read more
'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: ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
488
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
488
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520267824
SKU
V9780520267824
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About Tad Hershorn
Tad Hershorn is an archivist at the Institute for Jazz Studies at Rutgers University.
Reviews for Norman Granz: The Man Who Used Jazz for Justice
"This book is a valuable addition to the jazz literature."
Norman Vickers The Jazz Society Of Pensacola "[A] diligently researched biography... [Hershorn] meticulously documents the personnel and songs played at many concerts and recording dates."
David Lander Stereophile "An impressively researched, detailed, and highly readable account of ... one of the most significant non-musicians in jazz." Blue Light ... Read more
Norman Vickers The Jazz Society Of Pensacola "[A] diligently researched biography... [Hershorn] meticulously documents the personnel and songs played at many concerts and recording dates."
David Lander Stereophile "An impressively researched, detailed, and highly readable account of ... one of the most significant non-musicians in jazz." Blue Light ... Read more