Norman Granz : the man who used jazz for justice / Tad Hershorn ; foreword by Oscar Peterson.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2011.Description: xii, 470 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0520267826 : HRD
  • 9780520267824
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 781.65092
LOC classification:
  • ML429.G696 H47 2011
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."
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"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."

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