(1918-08-06)August 6, 1918 Los Angeles, California
Died
November 22, 2001(2001-11-22) (aged 83) Geneva, Switzerland
Occupation(s)
Jazz record producer, label owner
Years active
1944–2001
Labels
Clef, Norgran, Down Home, Verve, Pablo
Relatives
Ashley Elizabeth Couture (cousin)
Musical artist
Norman Granz (August 6, 1918 – November 22, 2001) was an American jazz record producer and concert promoter. He founded the record labels Clef, Norgran, Down Home, Verve, and Pablo. Granz was acknowledged as "the most successful impresario in the history of jazz".[1] He was also a champion of racial equality, insisting, for example, on integrating audiences at concerts he promoted.[2]
^"Norman Granz" (obituary), The Telegraph, November 26, 2001
^Freedland, Michael (November 26, 2001). "Norman Granz - Verve record label founder who gave jazz respectability and integrated audiences". The Guardian.
NormanGranz (August 6, 1918 – November 22, 2001) was an American jazz record producer and concert promoter. He founded the record labels Clef, Norgran...
co-founder of the Savoy, until she turned the rest of her career over to NormanGranz, who founded Verve Records to produce new records by Fitzgerald. With...
but no label to release it, so she signed to Pablo run by NormanGranz. She had known Granz since 1948 when she performed on one of his Jazz at the Philharmonic...
record label owned by Universal Music Group (UMG). Founded in 1956 by NormanGranz, the label is home to the world's largest jazz catalogue, which includes...
and began playing in more formal jazz concert settings, including at NormanGranz-produced Jazz at the Philharmonic events. His popularity diminished towards...
title of a series of jazz concerts, tours and recordings produced by NormanGranz. Over the years, "Jazz at the Philharmonic" featured many of the era's...
Pablo Records was a jazz record company and label founded by NormanGranz in 1973, more than a decade after he had sold his earlier catalog (including...
1992 and 2008. In 1956 Ella Fitzgerald signed with Verve Records, the NormanGranz record label. Fitzgerald recorded with Verve until the mid-1960s. Included...
admitted to the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1988. Under the auspices of producer NormanGranz, Parker fulfilled a long-held desire to record in a string setting. Plans...
magazine columnist wrote of Granz's contribution to the album's sound, stating "Though there is no mention of bop in NormanGranz'[s] notes, we owe him a...
"The Daily News" in 1922. Shrdlu (Norman Shrdlu) is listed as the composer of "Jam Blues", cut 1 on the 1951 NormanGranz-produced jazz album released in...
Gottehrer (1940–), co-founder of music and entertainment company The Orchard NormanGranz (1918–2001), founder of Clef Records, Norgran Records, Verve Records...
labels associated with NormanGranz (1953–56). Piano Starts Here (Columbia, 1968) – 1933 studio recordings & 1949 Gene Norman concert listed below Classic...
pop, rhythm and blues, rock, soul, and world music. He was signed to NormanGranz's Pablo Records for three of his solo albums, Agora, Happy People and...
Records, a label founded in 1956 by producer NormanGranz in Los Angeles, California. Alongside new sessions Granz re-released many of the recordings of his...
later followed by 1957's Ella and Louis Again and 1959's Porgy and Bess. NormanGranz, the founder of the Verve label, selected eleven ballads for Fitzgerald...
The Jazz Scene is a 1949 compilation album edited by NormanGranz, featuring recordings from Ralph Burns, Duke Ellington, George Handy, Coleman Hawkins...
singer Ella Fitzgerald released a rendition of the song, produced by NormanGranz, on the album Ella Swings Gently with Nelson. The song was a standard...
Angeles founded by NormanGranz in 1953. It became part of Verve Records, which Granz created in 1956. It is the first letters of Granz's full name. Verve...
Ira Gershwin with arrangements by Nelson Riddle. It was produced by NormanGranz, Fitzgerald's manager and the founder of Verve Records. Fifty-nine songs...
Carnegie Hall, including Benny Goodman, Fats Waller, Duke Ellington, NormanGranz, Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, Charlie Parker, Billie...
an American jazz record label founded by NormanGranz in 1946. It became part of Verve Records, which Granz created in 1956. Clef recordings were, in...
at Clef Records, a record company started by NormanGranz, brother of friend and neighbor, Irving Granz. The company was soon renamed 'Verve', where he...
Ray Brown – double bass Barney Kessel – guitar Alvin Stoller – drums NormanGranz – producer David Stone Martin – artwork (Billie Holiday Sings) Alex de...
Obituary NormanGranz, The Independent, November 26, 2001. Retrieved November 20, 2008. The Billboard Music-Radio - "Thesaurus in Pact for Granz Transcriptions"...
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