Norman Granz's Profile
Brief about Norman Granz: By info that we know Norman Granz was born at 1918-08-06. And also Norman Granz is American Musician.
Some Norman Granz's quotes. Goto "Norman Granz's quotation" section for more.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.
Tags: Enough, Sense, SuccessfulElla 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.
Tags: Big, Matter, WorkGermany is probably the richest country in Western Europe. Yet they wouldn't take any television with Duke and Ella, their reaction being that people weren't interested in it.
Tags: Country, Interested, TelevisionI 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.
Tags: Matter, Reality, RightsThe economic picture in the States today doesn't allow for jazz concerts in a tour fashion. People now are too used to the Festival, which gives them more names for the same price.
Tags: Fashion, Today, UsedThere 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.
Tags: Less, Others, PersonalThere are very few groups that really stay together. The leaders of groups make enough money to be able to afford to work a maximum of 35-40 weeks a year.
Tags: Money, Together, WorkTo 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.
Tags: After, Playing, TodayAs long as we're in a democracy, I have to give what I think the majority of people will enjoy.
Tags: Democracy, Enjoy, GiveEllington is a writer and arranger, as well as a musician and leader. He does movie sound tracks.
Tags: Leader, Movie, WriterI allowed artists to play for as long as they felt they could justifiably continue to create.
Tags: Artists, Create, FeltI don't know who's 18 years old today that, 20 years hence, is going to be a jazz fan.
Tags: Jazz, Old, TodayI don't think I will ever do any tours again in the United States. I rather think that that's over with.
Tags: Again, Rather, UnitedI don't think that jazz, as any kind of an art form, has any permanence attached to it, apart from the practitioners of it.
Tags: Apart, Art, JazzI don't want to sound as if I'm doing something tremendously special. But I am a jazz fan.
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