The whole reason for Jazz at the Philharmonic was to take it to places where I could break down segregation.
Jazz is America's own. It is played and listened to by all peoples - in harmony together. Pigmentation differences have no place... as in genuine dem… - Norman Granz
Jazz is America's own. It is played and listened to by all peoples - in harmony together. Pigmentation differences have no place... as in genuine dem…
- Norman Granz
Sponsors and networks will really go all out and simply evaluate people on the basis of talent. - Norman Granz
Sponsors and networks will really go all out and simply evaluate people on the basis of talent.
I still continue to do at least four concert tours a year, and in many cases, as many as six. - Norman Granz
I still continue to do at least four concert tours a year, and in many cases, as many as six.
I allowed artists to play for as long as they felt they could justifiably continue to create. - Norman Granz
I allowed artists to play for as long as they felt they could justifiably continue to create.
If you look at my audiences, even in Europe, they're hardly teenagers. - Norman Granz
If you look at my audiences, even in Europe, they're hardly teenagers.
For years, Jazz At The Philharmonic albums were the only ones of their kind. - Norman Granz
For years, Jazz At The Philharmonic albums were the only ones of their kind.
If you don't get substantially what you want, be ready to walk. And don't look back. - Norman Granz
If you don't get substantially what you want, be ready to walk. And don't look back.
Jazz was uplifted by what I did. - Norman Granz
Jazz was uplifted by what I did.
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. - Norman Granz
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.
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