Norman Granz (eBook)

The Man Who Used Jazz for Justice

Tad Hershorn (Autor)

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2011
488 Seiten
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-94977-5 (ISBN)

Infos

"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.

Inhalt

List of Illustrations 
Foreword by Oscar Peterson 
Prologue: “I Made Things Work” 

1 “All I Wanted Was My Freedom” 
2 “A Marvelous Crucible” 
3 Cole Train 
4 “The Opener” 
5 Let Freedom Swing 
6 Norman Granz versus . . . 
7 Mambo Jambo 
8 Enter Ella and Oscar 
9 The Continental 
10 “I Feel Most at Home in the Studio” 
11 Starry Nights 
12 “That Tall Old Man Standing Next to Ella Fitzgerald” 
13 The Jazz Hurricane 
14 “The Lost Generation” 
15 Duke, Prez, and Billie 
16 Joie de Verve 
17 Across the Sea 
18 “Musicians Don’t Want to Jam” 
19 Picasso on the Beach 
20 “One More Once” 
21 Takin’ It on Out—for Good 
22 “Somewhere There’s Music” 

Epilogue: “My Career, Such As It Is . . .” 
Acknowledgments 
Chronology 
Notes 
Selected Bibliography 
Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 17.10.2011
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Jazz / Blues
• Schlagworte: 20th century jazz • african american jazz • african american performers • Billie Holiday • Ella Fitzgerald • Entertainment Industry • history of jazz • history of music • influential african americans • inspiring musicians • jazz and blues • Jazz at the Philharmonic • jazz biography • jazz icons • jazz lovers • jazz stars • music and theater • Musician Biography • musician books • music lovers • Oscar Peterson • overcoming prejudice • post war jazz • post wwii • racial prejudice • social activist • social prejudice • verve records • world of jazz
• ISBN-10: 0-520-94977-3 / 0520949773
• ISBN-13: 978-0-520-94977-5 / 9780520949775