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Norman Granz Quotes
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. Thats because they havent been exposed enough. - Norman Granz Quotes
As long as were in a democracy, I have to give what I think the majority of people will enjoy. - Norman Granz Quotes
Ella can work nightclubs that Duke might not be able to work, because of having the big band. Where they go now is strictly a matter of their own names and talents. - Norman Granz Quotes
Ellington is a writer and arranger, as well as a musician and leader. He does movie sound tracks. - Norman Granz Quotes
For years, Jazz At The Philharmonic albums were the only ones of their kind. - Norman Granz Quotes
Germany is probably the richest country in Western Europe. Yet they wouldnt take any television with Duke and Ella, their reaction being that people werent interested in it. - Norman Granz Quotes
I allowed artists to play for as long as they felt they could justifiably continue to create. - Norman Granz Quotes
I dont know whos 18 years old today that, 20 years hence, is going to be a jazz fan. - Norman Granz Quotes
I dont say that the supposed Civil Rights development is a myth, but its a matter of dealing with reality. Its purely peripheral and, in many cases, its just a facade. - Norman Granz Quotes
I dont think I will ever do any tours again in the United States. I rather think that thats over with. - Norman Granz Quotes
I dont think that jazz, as any kind of an art form, has any permanence attached to it, apart from the practitioners of it. - Norman Granz Quotes
I dont want to sound as if Im doing something tremendously special. But I am a jazz fan. - Norman Granz Quotes
I find myself more at peace when I live in Europe. - Norman Granz Quotes
I made it easier for many artists to play in certain areas. - Norman Granz Quotes
I still continue to do at least four concert tours a year, and in many cases, as many as six. - Norman Granz Quotes
I still travel a great deal. I go to the States, not for too long periods, but I make frequent trips because of my management problems with Ella. - Norman Granz Quotes
Im concerned with trend. I dont know where jazz fans will come from 20 years from now. - Norman Granz Quotes
Im talking as a professional impresario. Im not judging anybody at all. - Norman Granz Quotes
If I were to put on Barbra Streisand and Duke Ellington, one might say the combination isnt good. - Norman Granz Quotes
If you look at my audiences, even in Europe, theyre hardly teenagers. - Norman Granz Quotes
In 1958, I decided that I was going to live in Europe permanently. So in 1959 I moved to Lugano, Switzerland. - Norman Granz Quotes
Jazz was uplifted by what I did. - Norman Granz Quotes
Many movie people, who would never have dreamt of using jazz arrangers for scores, are doing it frequently now, even though they water them down. - Norman Granz Quotes
My function at Verve was that of a genuine producer in artists and repertoire. - Norman Granz Quotes
My juices needed restoring. I needed a sabbatical from the record business. - Norman Granz Quotes
Of the newer people I would like to display to the public, I find it almost impossible to get them to agree to the jam session form. - Norman Granz Quotes
Sponsors and networks will really go all out and simply evaluate people on the basis of talent. - Norman Granz Quotes
The economic picture in the States today doesnt 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 Quotes
The history of all big jazz bands shows was, first they played for dancing, and then they played for singing. - Norman Granz Quotes
The new, younger artists today are too insecure to be willing to face that kind of musical competition afforded by the jam session. - Norman Granz Quotes
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