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

by Hershorn, Tad.

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University of California Press, c2011.

781.65092 G765h

Granz, Norman, 1918-2001.

Impresarios -- United States -- Biography.

Jazz -- History and criticism.

9780520267824 (cloth : alk. paper)

0520267826 (cloth : alk. paper)

xii, 470 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references 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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