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Norman Granz

Real Name:
Norman Granz
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Born: Los Angeles, USA, August 6, 1918
Died: Geneva, Switzerland, November 22, 2001

Born in Los Angeles, of a Ukrainian-Jewish ancestry, Granz was a fundamental figure in American jazz music, especially of the 1950s and the 1960s. He was the founder of Verve Records and Pablo Records. He started the Jazz at the Philharmonic (JATP) sessions which were perhaps the first marketed "jam" sessions to be distributed.
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Skin Deep (LP, Album, Mono)   Norgran Records 1955
The Tatum / Hampton / Rich Trio (LP, Mono)   Pablo Records 1955
Ella And Louis (Album) (3 versions)   Verve Records 1956
Sings The Cole Porter Songbook (2xLP, Mono, Gat)   Verve Records 1956
At The Opera House (5 versions)   Verve Records 1957
Ella And Louis Again (2xLP, Gat)   Verve Records 1957
Night And Day, The Genius Of Charlie Parker #1 (LP, Album, Mono)   Verve Records 1957
Original Sound Track: Funny Face (LP, Album, Mono)   Verve Records 1957
Porgy & Bess (2 versions)   Verve Records 1957
Soulville (LP, Mono, RE)   Verve Records 1957
Stan Getz And The Oscar Peterson Trio (LP)   Verve Records 1957
All Or Nothing At All (LP)   Verve Records 1959
Plays W.C. Handy (LP)   Verve Records 1959
Mack The Knife - Ella In Berlin (Album) (3 versions)   Verve Records 1960
Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Irving Berlin Song Book, Volume 1 (LP)   Verve Records 1961
Krupa And Rich (Album) (3 versions)   Verve Records 1961
Meets The Sax Giants Volume 1 (LP)   Verve Records 1961
The Original Drum Battle! (Album) (3 versions)   Verve Records 1962
Ella & Basie! (2 versions)   Verve Records 1963
Night Train (Album) (5 versions)   Verve Records ... 1963
Sound Of Mann (LP)   Verve Records 1963
Porgy & Bess (LP, Album)   Verve Records 1965
Tintinnabulation! (LP, Mono)   Verve Records 1966
Verve Jazz No. 1 (LP, Comp, Mono)   Metro Records 1966
Soul Call (LP, Album, Mono)   Verve Records 1967
Ella Live (LP, Album)   Verve Records 1968
Sunshine Of Your Love (LP)   Prestige 1969
Ella Fitzgerald (LP, Album, Comp)   MGM Records 1970
Things Ain't What They Used To Be (And You Better Believe It) (LP)   Reprise Records 1970
Ella Loves Cole (LP)   Atlantic 1972
J.A.T.P. In Tokyo (3xLP)   Verve Records 1972
Blues Summit (2xLP, RE, Album)   Verve Records 1973
Lady Sings The Blues (LP, Comp, Mono)   Verve Records 1973
Ella In London (LP, Mono)   Pablo Records 1974
Sirius (LP)   Pablo Records 1974
Take Love Easy (LP)   Pablo Records 1974
The Bosses (LP, Album)   Pablo Records 1974
The Trio (LP)   Pablo Records 1974
Actuación En El Palacio De Los Deportes De Barcelona (7", Promo)   Verve Records 1975
Basie Big Band (LP, Album)   Pablo Records 1975
Basie Jam (Album) (2 versions)   Pablo Records ... 1975
Dizzy Gillespie's Big 4 (LP, Album)   Pablo Records 1975
Satch And Josh (LP, Album)   Мелодия, Pablo Records 1975
The Dizzy Gillespie Big 7 At The Montreux Jazz Festival 1975 (LP)   Pablo Records 1975
The Milt Jackson Big 4 At The Montreux Jazz Festival 1975 (LP)   Pablo Records 1975
The Tatum Group Masterpieces (Album) (3 versions)   Pablo Records 1975
The Tatum Group Masterpieces Vol. 1 (LP, Album)   Pablo Records 1975
The Tatum Solo Masterpieces Vol.6 (LP)   Pablo Records 1975
This One's For Blanton (LP)   Pablo Records 1975
Virtuoso (LP, Album)   Pablo Records 1975
Another Epoch-Stride Piano (LP, Album)   Pablo Records 1976
Bahiana (2xLP)   Pablo Records 1976
Carter, Gillespie, Inc. (LP, Album)   Pablo Records 1976
Feelings (LP)   Pablo Records 1976
Leblon Beach (LP)   Pablo Records 1976
Porgy & Bess (2 versions)   RCA ... 1976
The Verve Years (1950-51) (2xLP, RE)   Verve Records 1976
Youngblood (LP)   Pablo Records 1976
Hawthorne Nights (LP, Album)   Pablo Records 1977
Live Montreux '77 (LP)   Pablo Records 1977
The Special Magic Of Ella Fitzgerald (LP, Comp)   Verve Records, Polydor 1977
The Tatum Solo Masterpieces Vol.8 (LP)   Pablo Records 1977
Things That I Used To Do (LP, Album)   Pablo Records 1977
Dream Dancing (LP)   Pablo Records 1978
Ecué Ritmos Cubanos (LP, Album)   Pablo Records 1978
Milt Jackson + Count Basie + The Big Band Vol. 2 (LP)   Pablo Records 1978
Soul Fusion (LP, Album)   Pablo Records 1978
Tudo Bem! (LP)   Pablo Records 1978
Virtuoso (LP, Album)   PGP RTB 1978
"Chops" (LP)   Pablo Records 1979
Dizzy Meets Sonny: The Modern Jazz Sextet (LP, Album, RE, Promo)   Verve Records 1979
Silent Partner (LP)   Pablo Records 1979
The Gifted Ones (Album) (2 versions)   Pablo Records ... 1979
The London Concert (2xLP)   Pablo Records 1979
The Tatum Solo Masterpieces Vol.9 (LP)   Pablo Records 1979
A Perfect Match (2 versions)   Pablo Records 1980
Night Rider (LP, Album)   Pablo Records 1980
The Best Of (LP)   Pablo Records 1980
The Incomparable Ella (LP, Comp)   Polydor 1980
The Trumpet Summit Meets The Oscar Peterson Big Four (LP, Album)   Pablo Records 1980
Checkmate (LP, Red)   Pablo Records 1981
Have No Fear Joe Turner Is Here (LP, Album)   Pablo Records 1981
I Want A Little Girl (LP, Red)   Pablo Records 1981
Oscar Peterson Live At The Northsea Jazz Festival, The Hague, Holland, 1980 (2 versions)   Pablo Records 1981
Potpourri (LP)   Pablo Records 1981
Ain't But A Few Of Us Left (LP, Album)   Pablo Records 1982
Eximious (LP)   Pablo Records 1982
Ira, George And Joe - Joe Pass Loves Gershwin (LP)   Pablo Records 1982
Kansas City (LP, Album)   Pablo Records 1982
The Alternative Blues (LP, Album)   Pablo Records 1982
Ella À Nice (LP)   Pablo Records 1983
For The Second Time (LP, Album, RE)   Pablo Records 1983
History Of An Artist Vol. 2 (2 versions)   Pablo Records 1983
The Best Of Art Tatum (LP)   Pablo Records 1983
The Best Of Joe Pass (LP)   Pablo Records 1983
Live At Long Beach City College (LP)   Pablo Records 1984
The Cole Porter Songbook, Vol. 2 (CD, Album)   Verve Records 1984
The Good Life (Album) (2 versions)   Pablo Records 1984
The Silver Collection (CD, Comp)   Verve Records 1984
The Stockholm Concert 1966 (CD)   Pablo Records 1984
The Stripper / Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye (7", Single, Pic) Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye Old Gold (2) 1984
The Billie Holiday Songbook (Album) (2 versions)   Verve Records 1985
The Cole Porter Songbook (Comp) (2 versions)   Verve Records 1985
The Jerome Kern Songbook (CD)   Verve Records 1985
The Rodgers And Hart Songbook Volume 2 (CD, Comp)   Verve Records 1985
Bird And Diz (Album) (2 versions)   Verve Records 1986
Easy Living (CD)   Pablo Records 1986
If You Could See Me Now (CD)   Pablo Records 1986
Air Mail Special (CD, Comp)   Verve Records 1987
Benny Carter Meets Oscar Peterson (CD)   Pablo Records 1987
Drummer Man (Album) (2 versions)   Verve Records ... 1987
Moonlighting (The Television Soundtrack Album) (Album) (4 versions) Stormy Weather MCA Soundtracks ... 1987
Untitled (CD)   Pablo Records 1987
Intermission Riff (LP, Album)   Pablo Records 1988
Ella / Things Ain't What They Used To Be (And You Better Believe It) (CD, Album)   Reprise Records 1989
Jazz-Club • Guitar (LP, Comp) Patti Coke, Heat Wave Verve Records 1989
Montreux '77 (CD)   Pablo Records 1989
Montreux '77 (CD)   Pablo Records 1989
Montreux '77 (CD)   Pablo Records 1989
Montreux '77 (CD)   Pablo Records 1989
Montreux '77 (CD)   Pablo Records 1989
Montreux '77 (CD)   Pablo Records 1989
Montreux '77 (CD)   Pablo Records 1989
Montreux '77 (CD)   Pablo Records 1989
Montreux '77 (CD)   Pablo Records 1989
Montreux '77 (CD)   Pablo Records 1989
Montreux '77 (CD)   Pablo Records 1989
Montreux '77 (CD)   Pablo Records 1989
Montreux '77 (LP, Album)   Pablo Records 1989
Montreux '77 (2 versions)   Pablo Records 1989
Pour L'Amour D'Ella Fitzgerald (2xLP)   Polygram 1989
Soulville (CD, Album)   Verve Records 1989
At The Shrine (Album) (3 versions)   Verve Records ... 1990
Ella Fitzgerald Sings The George And Ira Gershwin Song Book (3xCD)   Verve Records 1990
For The Love Of Ella (2xCD)   Verve Records 1990
Jazz 'Round Midnight - Piano (CD)   Verve Records 1990
Romance - The Vocal Styling Of Oscar Peterson (CD)   Polydor K.K. 1990
The Tatum Group Masterpieces, Vol. 3 (CD, Album)   Pablo Records 1990
Ecué Ritmos Cubanos (LP, Album)   Pablo Records 1991
Lady In Autumn: The Best Of The Verve Years (2xCD)   Verve Records 1991
Verve Jazz Box (7xCD, Comp + Box)   Verve Records 1991
At The Montreux Jazz Festival 1975 (CD, Album, RM)   Original Jazz Classics 1992
Dizzy Gillespie's Big 4 (LP, Album)   Pablo Records, Pablo Records 1992
Jazz 'Round Midnight (CD, Album)   Verve Records 1992
Pick Yourself Up (CD)   Verve Records 1992
Two Of The Few (CD)   Pablo Records 1992
Dizzy Gillespie - Jazz Masters 10 (CD, Comp)   Verve Records 1993
Gillespiana And Carnegie Hall Concert (CD, Comp)   Verve Records 1993
Plays Porgy And Bess (CD)   Verve Records 1993
Smooth Ride (CD, Comp)   Hammer & Lace Records, Arsenal Records (4) 1993
Solitude (CD, Album)   Verve Records 1993
The Complete Ella In Berlin: Mack The Knife (CD)   Verve Records 1993
Edison's Lights (CD, Album)   Pablo Records 1994
Lester Young (CD, Comp)   Polydor K.K. 1994
Norman Granz's Jazz At The Philharmonic: The First Concert (CD)   Verve Records, PolyGram 1994
Nothing But The Blues (CD, Album, RE)   Verve Records 1994
Steppin' Out: Astaire Sings (CD, Album)   Verve Records 1994
The Verve Story: 1944 - 1994 (4xCD, Comp + Box)   Verve Records 1994
This One's For Blanton (CD, RM)   Pablo Records 1994
Bird's Best Bop On Verve (CD, Comp)   Verve Records 1995
Cool Velvet And Voices (CD, RE, Comp)   Verve Records 1995
My Gentleman Friend (LP)   Verve Records 1995
South Of The Border (CD, Comp, RE)   Verve Records 1995
The Girl From Ipanema: The Antonio Carlos Jobim Songbook (CD, Comp) Desafinado (Slightly O... Verve Records 1995
Volkswagen Meets Jazz (CD, Comp) They Can't Take That A... Motor Music 1995
East Of The Sun: The West Coast Sessions (3xCD)   Verve Records 1996
Love Songs: Best Of The Song Books (CD, Comp)   Verve Records 1996
Pour L'Amour D'Ella Fitzgerald (2xCD)   Polygram 1996
The Mel Tormé Collection 1944 - 1985 (4xCD, Comp + Box)   Rhino Entertainment Company 1996
Best Of Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong On Verve (CD)   Verve Records 1997
Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Cole Porter Song Book (2xCD, Album, RM)   Verve Records 1997
Norman Granz' Jazz At The Philharmonic: Paris, 1960 (CD, Album)   Pablo Records 1997
Songs For Distingué Lovers (CD, Album, RM)   Verve Records 1997
Before Dawn (CD, Album, RM)   Verve Records 1998
Charlie Parker (CD, RM)   Verve Records 1998
Ella In London (CD, Album)   Pablo Records 1998
Flautista! Herbie Mann Plays Afro-Cuban Jazz (Album) (2 versions)   Verve Records ... 1998
Give Him The Ooh-La-La (CD)   Verve Records 1998
Our Love Is Here To Stay: Ella & Louis Sing Gershwin (CD, Comp)   Verve Records 1998
The Complete Jazz At The Philharmonic On Verve (1944 - 1949) (10xCD, Comp, RM)   Verve Records 1998
One O'Clock Jump (CD, Album, RE)   Verve Records 1999
Rhythm Is My Business (2 versions)   Verve Records ... 1999
Supercool - A Musikproduktion Schwarzwald Compilation (CD) Sunshine Of Your Love Motor Music 1999
The Ellington Suites (LP, Album, RP)   Pablo Records 1999
The Modern Jazz Sextet (CD, Album, RE, RM, Dig)   Verve Records 1999
Body And Soul (CD, Comp)   Verve Records 2000
Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Irving Berlin Song Book (2xCD)   Verve Records 2000
The Verve Album (2xCD, Comp) Lester Leaps In, Royal... Verve Records 2000
Plays The Harold Arlen Song Book (CD, RM, Album, Comp, Dig)   Verve Records 2001
Sings Comden & Green (CD, Album, RE, RM)   Verve Records 2001
The Lionel Hampton Quintet (CD, Album)   Verve Records 2001
King Of Swing (CD, Album, RP, RM, Car)   Verve Records 2002
Norman Granz' J.A.T.P. Carnegie Hall, 1949 (CD)   Pablo Records 2002
Snow - The Get Easy! Christmas Collection (CD) Santa Claus Is Coming ... Universal Music (Germany) 2002
The Definitive Stan Getz (CD)   Verve Records 2002
Verve // Unmixed (CD) Wait Till You See Her Verve Records 2002
Verve // Unmixed (CD, Comp) Wait 'Til You See Him Verve Records 2002
Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster (LP, Album)   Verve Records 2003
In God's Country (CD) Stormy Weather Uncut Magazine 2003
Manteca (12", Promo) Manteca (Original) Verve Records 2003
My Gentleman Friend (CD)   Verve Records 2003
New York Jazz (CD)   Verve Records 2003
The Diva Series: Blossom Dearie (CD, Comp)   Verve Records 2003
Verve // Remixed² / Verve // Unmixed² (Comp) (2 versions) Manteca, Slap That Bas... Verve Records ... 2003
Verve // Unmixed² (3 versions) Manteca, Slap That Bas... Verve Records 2003
+ One (LP, RE, 180)   Speakers Corner Records, Mercury 2004
Count Basie At Newport (CD)   Verve Records 2004
Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Jerome Kern Song Book (CD)   Verve Records 2005
Gene Krupa Plays Gerry Mulligan Arrangements (CD)   Verve Records 2005
How Long Has This Been Going On? (CD, Album, XRC)   Pablo Records, JVC 2005
Merry Mixmas - Christmas Classics Remixed (2 versions) Sleigh Ride (The Latin... Capitol Records 2005
Smooth Jazz Cafe 7 (CD, Comp) Speak Low (Bent Remix) Universal Music Polska 2005
Verve // Remixed³ & Verve // Unmixed³ (2xCD, Comp) Speak Low, Just One Of... Universal Music (Canada) 2005
Verve // Unmixed³ (CD, Comp) Speak Low, Just One Of... Verve Records 2005
Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson (CD, Album, RE)   Jazz Heritage 2006
FabricLive. 27 (CD, Comp, Mixed, Met) Sunshine Of Your Love Fabric (London) 2006
First Class Jazz - Miles Davis (CD)   EMI Music (Belgium) 2006
Lo Mejor (CD, RE, Ltd, Boo)   Universal Music (Spain), Diario El País S.L. 2006
The Gift Of Love (3xCD, Comp) Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye EMI Records, Virgin 2006
The Steamer (CD, RM)   Jazz Heritage 2006
Great Vibes! (CD, Comp, RM) Louise Verve Records 2007
Jazz For Broken Hearts (CD, Comp, RM) Gloomy Sunday, Reachin... Verve Records 2007
Organized! (CD, Comp, RM) Extended Blues Verve Records 2007
Swinging Gentlemen (CD, Comp, RM) It's Only A Paper Moon... Verve Records 2007
Room Service Deluxe (2xCD, Comp) Mack The Knife Huh Records, Liberation Music 2008
Smoky Jazz (CD, Comp) Blue Mood Verve Records 2008
A Classy Pair (Album) (2 versions)   Pablo Records  
A Concert Of Contemporary Music (LP)   Verve Records  
A Jazz Portrait Of Frank Sinatra (CD)   Verve Records  
A Man And His Guitar - Live At Long Beach City College (CD, Album)   Pablo Records  
Autumn Leaves (LP)   Verve Records  
Blues For Basie (LP, Album, RE)   Verve Records  
Digital At Montreux (CD)   Pablo Records  
Ella Fitzgerald's Big Sixteen (LP)   Verve Records  
Ella Swings Lightly (LP, Album)   Verve Records  
In Concert (2xLP)   Verve Records  
Jazz History Vol. 6 (2xLP)   Verve Records, Verve Records  
Jazz History Vol. 7 (2xLP, Comp, Gat)   Verve Records  
Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson (Album) (2 versions)   Verve Records ...  
Nigerian Marketplace (CD)   Pablo Records  
Night In Tunesia (LP, RE, RM)   VSP  
Porgy And Bess (2xLP, RE)   PGP RTB, Verve Records  
Take Love Easy (CD, Album)   Pablo Records, ZYX Music  
The Genius Of Coleman Hawkins (CD)   Verve Records  
The Special Magic Of Ella & Louis (LP)   Verve Records  
The Voice Of Jazz (LP)   Mercury  
Verve Jazz No. 13 (LP)   Metro Records  
Virtuoso (CD, Album, RE)   Pablo Records  
Whisper Not (LP, Album)   Verve Records  
Appears On:
How High The Moon (2xShellac, 10", Album)   Mercury, Mercury 1941
Creamy (LP)   Verve Records 1955
Basie (7", EP)   Karusell 1956
The Shadow Of Your Smile (LP)   Verve Records 1965
Ella Fitzgerald At The Montreux Jazz Festival 1975 (LP, Album)   Pablo Records 1975
The Giants (LP, Album)   Pablo Records 1977
If I'm Lucky (Album) (2 versions)   Pablo Records ... 1978
Ella Abraça Jobim - Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Antonio Carlos Jobim Song Book (2xLP, Album)   Pablo Records 1981
"Face To Face" (LP, Album)   Pablo Records 1982
Nigerian Marketplace (Album) (2 versions)   Pablo Records 1982
Bird: The Complete Charlie Parker On Verve (10xCD) Introductions By Verve Records 1988
Ella And Louis Again Vol. 2 (LP, RE, Mono)   Verve Records 1989
Montreux '77 (CD)   Pablo Records 1989
Jazz At The Philharmonic 1949 (CD, Album, RE)   Verve Records 1993
Basie & Zoot (CD, Album, RE, RM)   Pablo Records, Original Jazz Classics 1994
The Complete Jazz At The Philharmonic On Verve (1944 - 1949) (10xCD, Comp, RM)   Verve Records 1998
The Drum Battle - At JATP (CD, Album, RE) Introduction Verve Records 1999
Ella Abraça Jobim (CD, Album, RM)   Pablo Records 2003
Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster (LP)   Verve Records  
Norman Granz' Jam Session #5 (12", Mono)   Columbia  
Oscar Peterson Quartet #1 (LP, Mono, RE)   Verve Records  
Smack Dab In The Middle / Big Red (7")   Clef Records  
The Swinging Guitar Of Tal Farlow (LP, Album, Mono)   Verve Records  
Tracks Appear On:
Bird: The Complete Charlie Parker On Verve (10xCD) Jam Blues Verve Records 1988
First Class Jazz - Oscar Peterson (CD) Introduction Of Oscar ... EMI Music (Belgium) 2006
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