Norman Granz Quotes

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Norman Granz

Profession : Musician

Birth : August 6, 1918

I'm concerned with trend. I don't know where jazz fans will come from 20 years from now.

Norman Granz

As long as we're in a democracy, I have to give what I think the majority of people will enjoy.

Norman Granz

Ellington is a writer and arranger, as well as a musician and leader. He does movie sound tracks.

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I allowed artists to play for as long as they felt they could justifiably continue to create.

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I don't know who's 18 years old today that, 20 years hence, is going to be a jazz fan.

Norman Granz

I don't think I will ever do any tours again in the United States. I rather think that that's over with.

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I don't think that jazz, as any kind of an art form, has any permanence attached to it, apart from the practitioners of it.

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I don't want to sound as if I'm doing something tremendously special. But I am a jazz fan.

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I find myself more at peace when I live in Europe.

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I still continue to do at least four concert tours a year, and in many cases, as many as six.

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I'm talking as a professional impresario. I'm not judging anybody at all.

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If I were to put on Barbra Streisand and Duke Ellington, one might say the combination isn't good.

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If you look at my audiences, even in Europe, they're hardly teenagers.

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In 1958, I decided that I was going to live in Europe permanently. So in 1959 I moved to Lugano, Switzerland.

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Jazz was uplifted by what I did.

Norman Granz

My function at Verve was that of a genuine producer in artists and repertoire.

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My juices needed restoring. I needed a sabbatical from the record business.

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Sponsors and networks will really go all out and simply evaluate people on the basis of talent.

Norman Granz

The history of all big jazz bands shows was, first they played for dancing, and then they played for singing.

Norman Granz

The public, hearing pop music, is, without knowing it, also soaking up jazz.

Norman Granz