{"product_id":"norman-granz-9780520267824","title":"Norman Granz","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNorman Granz, who died in 2001, was iconoclastic, independent, influential, often thoroughly unpleasant - and one of jazz's true giants. This biography recounts Granz's story: creator of the legendary jam session concerts known as Jazz at the Philharmonic; founder of the Verve record label; and manager and recording producer for numerous stars.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This book is a valuable addition to the jazz literature.\" -- Norman Vickers The Jazz Society Of Pensacola \"[A] diligently researched biography... [Hershorn] meticulously documents the personnel and songs played at many concerts and recording dates.\" -- David Lander Stereophile \"An impressively researched, detailed, and highly readable account of ... one of the most significant non-musicians in jazz.\" Blue Light\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations \u003cbr\u003e Foreword by Oscar Peterson \u003cbr\u003e Prologue: “I Made Things Work” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1 “All I Wanted Was My Freedom” \u003cbr\u003e 2 “A Marvelous Crucible” \u003cbr\u003e 3 Cole Train \u003cbr\u003e 4 “The Opener” \u003cbr\u003e 5 Let Freedom Swing \u003cbr\u003e 6 Norman Granz versus . . . \u003cbr\u003e 7 Mambo Jambo \u003cbr\u003e 8 Enter Ella and Oscar \u003cbr\u003e 9 The Continental \u003cbr\u003e 10 “I Feel Most at Home in the Studio” \u003cbr\u003e 11 Starry Nights \u003cbr\u003e 12 “That Tall Old Man Standing Next to Ella Fitzgerald” \u003cbr\u003e 13 The Jazz Hurricane \u003cbr\u003e 14 “The Lost Generation” \u003cbr\u003e 15 Duke, Prez, and Billie \u003cbr\u003e 16 Joie de Verve \u003cbr\u003e 17 Across the Sea \u003cbr\u003e 18 “Musicians Don’t Want to Jam” \u003cbr\u003e 19 Picasso on the Beach \u003cbr\u003e 20 “One More Once” \u003cbr\u003e 21 Takin’ It on Out—for Good \u003cbr\u003e 22 “Somewhere There’s Music” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue: “My Career, Such As It Is . . .” \u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments \u003cbr\u003e Chronology \u003cbr\u003e Notes \u003cbr\u003e Selected Bibliography \u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402849362263,"sku":"9780520267824","price":27.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520267824.jpg?v=1730481676","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/norman-granz-9780520267824","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}