Norman Granz was an American jazz record producer and concert promoter. He founded the record labels Clef,Norgran,Down Home,Verve,and Pablo. Granz was acknowledged as "the most successful impresario in the history of jazz". He was also a champion of racial equality,insisting,for example,on integrating audiences at concerts he promoted.
Jean-Baptiste Illinois Jacquet was an American jazz tenor saxophonist,best remembered for his solo on "Flying Home",critically recognized as the first R&B saxophone solo. He is also known as one of the writers of the jazz standard "Don'cha Go 'Way Mad."
Jazz at the Philharmonic,or JATP (1944–1983),was the title of a series of jazz concerts,tours and recordings produced by Norman Granz.
Boniface Ferdinand Leonard "Buddy" DeFranco was an Italian-American jazz clarinetist. In addition to his work as a bandleader,DeFranco led the Glenn Miller Orchestra for almost a decade in the 1960s and 1970s.
Joseph Edward Filippelli,known professionally as Flip Phillips,was an American jazz tenor saxophone and clarinet player. He is best remembered for his work with Norman Granz's Jazz at the Philharmonic concerts from 1946 to 1957. Phillips recorded an album for Verve when he was in his 80s. He performed in a variety of genres,including mainstream jazz,swing,and jump blues.
Bird and Diz is a studio album by jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker and trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie. It was recorded primarily on June 6,1950,in New York City. Two tracks featured on the original pressing,"Passport" and "Visa",were recorded by Parker,without Gillespie and with different personnel than the other tracks,in March and May 1949. The album was originally issued in 1952 in 10" format as a collection of 78 rpm singles on the Verve subsidiary label Clef Records.
Soulville is a 1957 album by swing tenor saxophonist Ben Webster,recording a session from October 15,1957,which Webster played with the Oscar Peterson Trio.
The Astaire Story is a 1952 album by Fred Astaire. The album was conceived of and produced by Norman Granz,the founder of Clef Records,who was also responsible for the Jazz at the Philharmonic concerts,at which all of the musicians on the album had performed.
The Tatum Group Masterpieces,Volume Eight is an album by pianist Art Tatum and tenor saxophonist Ben Webster,with Red Callender on double bass and Bill Douglass on drums. The 1956 session was originally released in 1958 on Verve Records album produced by Norman Granz as The Art Tatum - Ben Webster Quartet,but Granz re-acquired the masters in the 1970s after the album was allowed to go out of print. He reissued the material as one of a series of eight Group Masterpieces featuring Tatum in collaboration with other artists,also issuing it as part of a boxed set,The Complete Pablo Group Masterpieces. The album has been reissued on CD,including a January 31,1992 version with bonus tracks.
David Stone Martin,born David Livingstone Martin was an American artist best known for his illustrations on jazz record albums.
Jazz Giant is a studio album by jazz pianist Bud Powell,released on Norgran in 1950,featuring two sessions that Powell recorded for Norman Granz in 1949 and 1950.
The Best of Bud Powell on Verve is a selection of jazz pianist Bud Powell's recordings for Verve Records,released on August 23,1994.
Krupa and Rich is a 1956 studio album by jazz drummers Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich,released on Norman Granz' Clef Records. Krupa and Rich play on two different tracks each and play together only on "Bernie's Tune." Krupa and Rich would record again for Verve Records;their album Burnin' Beat was released in 1962.
The Lester Young Trio and The Lester Young Trio No. 2 are jazz trio albums by Lester Young with Nat King Cole and Buddy Rich,recorded in Hollywood,California,in March–April 1946,with the first four tracks being released in 1951.
The Lester Young Buddy Rich Trio is a jazz trio album recorded in Hollywood,California in March and April of 1946 by Lester Young,Nat King Cole and Buddy Rich.
The Flip Phillips Buddy Rich Trio is a 1953 Clef Records release of several small jazz combo tracks recorded in 1951 and 1952.
This is the complete discography of the main 12-inch (8000) series of LPs issued by Verve Records,a label founded in 1956 by producer Norman Granz in Los Angeles,California. Alongside new sessions Granz re-released many of the recordings of his earlier labels Clef and Norgran on Verve.
The Lionel Hampton Quintet is a 1954 album by Lionel Hampton accompanied by a quintet including clarinetist Buddy DeFranco.
The Art Tatum - Ben Webster Quartet is an album by pianist Art Tatum and saxophonist Ben Webster featuring tracks recorded in 1956 by the Verve label and released as a 12-inch LP in 1958. The album was reissued as The Tatum Group Masterpieces,Volume Eight by Pablo in 1975.
Pianist Art Tatum recorded commercially from 1932 until near his death. He recorded nearly 400 titles,if airchecks and informal,private recordings are included. He recorded for Brunswick (1933),Decca (1934–41),Capitol and for the labels associated with Norman Granz (1953–56).
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