Norman Granz quotes

I'm talking as a professional impresario. I'm not judging anybody at all. (Norman Granz)
To play today in London, next week in Madrid and the week after that in Warsaw is a bit better than playing Newark and Baltimore and Philadelphia. I've been doing that for 20 years. View quote
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If you look at my audiences, even in Europe, they're hardly teenagers. View quote
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The public, hearing pop music, is, without knowing it, also soaking up jazz. View quote
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My juices needed restoring. I needed a sabbatical from the record business. View quote
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Sponsors and networks will really go all out and simply evaluate people on the basis of talent. View quote
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I don't want to sound as if I'm doing something tremendously special. But I am a jazz fan. View quote
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The record companies are interested in the kind of sales they can get from the rock groups. View quote
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When I was doing jazz concerts in America, I would use the biggest names I could find. View quote
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I made it easier for many artists to play in certain areas. View quote
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The history of all big jazz bands shows was, first they played for dancing, and then they played for singing. (Norman Granz)
There are very few groups that really stay together. The leaders of groups make enough money to be able to afford to work a maximum of 35-40 weeks a year. View quote
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Ellington is a writer and arranger, as well as a musician and leader. He does movie sound tracks. View quote
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For years, Jazz At The Philharmonic albums were the only ones of their kind. View quote
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I allowed artists to play for as long as they felt they could justifiably continue to create. View quote
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I find myself more at peace when I live in Europe. View quote
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I still continue to do at least four concert tours a year, and in many cases, as many as six. View quote
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Jazz was uplifted by what I did. View quote
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My function at Verve was that of a genuine producer in artists and repertoire. View quote
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You will always find a few people in any area that would like things done completely their way. View quote
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The economic picture in the States today doesn't allow for jazz concerts in a tour fashion. People now are too used to the Festival, which gives them more names for the same price. (Norman Granz)
Amsterdam must have more than a million people. But the only area where jazz is really profitable and successful in an economic sense is in Japan. That's because they haven't been exposed enough. View quote
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I don't think that jazz, as any kind of an art form, has any permanence attached to it, apart from the practitioners of it. View quote
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I'm concerned with trend. I don't know where jazz fans will come from 20 years from now. View quote
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I don't know who's 18 years old today that, 20 years hence, is going to be a jazz fan. View quote
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Norman Granz

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Occupation: American Musician
Born: August 6, 1918
Died: November 22, 2001
Quotes count: 33