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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.Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of California Press
ISBN-139780520267824
eBay Product ID (ePID)109217630
Product Key Features
Book TitleNorman Granz: the Man Who Used Jazz for Justice
AuthorTad Hershorn
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
TopicMusic
Publication Year2011
Dimensions
Item Height229mm
Item Width152mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorTad Hershorn
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States