Norman Granz : the man who used jazz for justice /
Hershorn, Tad.
Norman Granz : the man who used jazz for justice / Tad Hershorn ; foreword by Oscar Peterson. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2011. - xii, 470 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
"Roth Family Foundation music in America imprint"--Prelim. p.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 437-448) and index.
"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."
0520267826 : HRD $34.95 9780520267824
Univ of California Pr, California/Princeton 1445 Lower Ferry rd, Ewing, NJ, USA, 08618, (609)8831759 SAN 630-639X
2011011292
Granz, Norman, 1918-2001.
Impresarios--United States--Biography.
Jazz musicians--United States--Biography.
Jazz--History and criticism.
Music--Social aspects--United States.
African American musicians--Biography.
African American musicians--United States.
Civil rights movements--United States--Songs and music.
ML429.G696 / H47 2011
781.65092
Norman Granz : the man who used jazz for justice / Tad Hershorn ; foreword by Oscar Peterson. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2011. - xii, 470 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
"Roth Family Foundation music in America imprint"--Prelim. p.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 437-448) and index.
"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."
0520267826 : HRD $34.95 9780520267824
Univ of California Pr, California/Princeton 1445 Lower Ferry rd, Ewing, NJ, USA, 08618, (609)8831759 SAN 630-639X
2011011292
Granz, Norman, 1918-2001.
Impresarios--United States--Biography.
Jazz musicians--United States--Biography.
Jazz--History and criticism.
Music--Social aspects--United States.
African American musicians--Biography.
African American musicians--United States.
Civil rights movements--United States--Songs and music.
ML429.G696 / H47 2011
781.65092