Norman Granz [[electronic resource] ] : the man who used jazz for justice / / Tad Hershorn ; foreword by Oscar Peterson

• Autore: Hershorn Tad
• Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (502 p.)
• Disciplina: 781.65092; B
• Soggetto topico: Impresarios - United States; Jazz - History and criticism
• Soggetto non controllato: 20th century jazz; african american jazz; african american performers; billie holiday; ella fitzgerald; entertainment industry; history of jazz; history of music; influential african americans; inspiring musicians; jazz and blues; jazz at the philharmonic; jazz biography; jazz icons; jazz lovers; jazz stars; music and theater; music lovers; musician biography; musician books; oscar peterson; overcoming prejudice; post war jazz; post wwii; racial prejudice; social activist; social prejudice; verve records; world of jazz
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Foreword -- Prologue: "I Made Things Work" -- 1. "A ll I Wanted Was My Freedom" -- 2. "A Marvelous Crucible" -- 3. Cole Train -- 4. "The Opener" -- 5. Let Freedom Swing -- 6. Norman Granz versus . . . -- 7. Mambo Jambo -- 8. Enter Ella and Oscar -- 9. The Continental -- 10. "I Feel Most at Home in the Studio" -- 11. Starry Nights -- 12. "T hat Tall Old Man Standing Next to Ella Fitzgerald" -- 13. The Jazz Hurricane -- 14. "T he Lost Generation" -- 15. Duke, Prez, and Billie -- 16. Joie de Verve -- 17. Across the Sea -- 18. "Musicians Don't Want to Jam" -- 19. Picasso on the Beach -- 20. "One More Once" -- 21. Takin' It on Out - for Good -- 22. "Somewhere There's Music" -- Epilogue: "My Career, Such As It Is . . ." -- Acknowledgments -- Chronology -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: "Any book on my life would start with my basic philosophy of fighting racial prejudice. I loved jazz, and jazz was my way of doing that," Norman Granz told Tad Hershorn during the final interviews given for this book. Granz, who died in 2001, was iconoclastic, independent, immensely influential, often thoroughly unpleasant-and one of jazz's true giants. Granz played an essential part in bringing jazz to audiences around the world, defying racial and social prejudice as he did so, and demanding that African-American performers be treated equally everywhere they toured. In this definitive biography, Hershorn recounts Granz's story: creator of the legendary jam session concerts known as Jazz at the Philharmonic; founder of the Verve record label; pioneer of live recordings and worldwide jazz concert tours; manager and recording producer for numerous stars, including Ella Fitzgerald and Oscar Peterson.
• Titolo autorizzato: Norman Granz
• ISBN: 1-283-29183-5; 9786613291837; 0-520-94977-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910781753803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II