Norman Granz Quotes

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Norman Granz

Profession : Musician

Birth : August 6, 1918

The record companies are interested in the kind of sales they can get from the rock groups.

Norman Granz

When I was doing jazz concerts in America, I would use the biggest names I could find.

Norman Granz

You will always find a few people in any area that would like things done completely their way.

Norman Granz

Ella 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.

Norman Granz

Germany 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.

Norman Granz

I 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.

Norman Granz

The 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.

Norman Granz

There 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.

Norman Granz

There 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.

Norman Granz

To 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.

Norman Granz

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.

Norman Granz

I made it easier for many artists to play in certain areas.

Norman Granz