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Author:
Hershorn, Tad.
Title:
Norman Granz : the man who used jazz for justice / Tad Hershorn ; foreword by Oscar Peterson.
Publisher:
University of California Press,
Copyright Date:
c2011
Description:
xii, 470 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Granz, Norman,--1918-2001.
Impresarios--United States--Biography.
Jazz--History and criticism.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
"All I wanted was my freedom" -- "A marvelous crucible" -- Cole train -- "The opener" -- Let freedom swing -- Norman Granz versus -- Mambo jambo -- Enter Ella and Oscar -- The continental -- "I feel most at home in the studio" -- Starry nights -- "That tall old man standing next to Ella Fitzgerald" -- The jazz hurricane -- "The lost generation" -- Duke, Prez, and Billie -- Joie de Verve -- Across the sea -- "Musicians don't want to jam" -- Picasso on the beach -- "One more once" -- Takin' it on out, for good -- "Somewhere there's music."
ISBN:
0520267826 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780520267824 (cloth : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)707628353
LCCN:
2011011292
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

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