All Norman Granz Quotes
I'm talking as a professional impresario. I'm not judging anybody at all.
Norman Granz
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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.
Norman Granz
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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
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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.
Norman Granz
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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.
Norman Granz
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My juices needed restoring. I needed a sabbatical from the record business.
Norman Granz
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When I was doing jazz concerts in America, I would use the biggest names I could find.
Norman Granz
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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
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I don't think I will ever do any tours again in the United States. I rather think that that's over with.
Norman Granz
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For years, Jazz At The Philharmonic albums were the only ones of their kind.
Norman Granz
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If you look at my audiences, even in Europe, they're hardly teenagers.
Norman Granz
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The public, hearing pop music, is, without knowing it, also soaking up jazz.
Norman Granz
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As long as we're in a democracy, I have to give what I think the majority of people will enjoy.
Norman Granz
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I'm concerned with trend. I don't know where jazz fans will come from 20 years from now.
Norman Granz
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