Jazz Scene by Norman Granz, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Neal Hefti 78 RPM
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Label: Mercury Format: 6 x Vinyl, 12", 78 RPM, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered Country: US Released: 1950 Genre: Jazz Style: Bop, Swing, Big Band, Afro-Cuban Jazz
he Jazz Scene by Norman Granz
An Album of 78 RPM Records and Photographs.
Here is a wonderful collection of jazz music and photographs made under the direction of Norman Granz. There were only 5,000 copies of this set made, and each is numbered and signed by Norman Granz.
Numbered and Signed 2,821 and Signed by Norman Granz
About Norman Granz:
Born on August 6, 1918, Norman Granz began promoting Monday night jam sessions at the 331 Club in Los Angeles using local players augmented by star sidemen from the touring big bands. In 1944, at age 26 and while working as a film director at Metro-Goldyn-Mayer film studios, he ordered a poster that was supposed to read "Jazz Concert At The Philharmonic Auditorium." Lacking sufficient space, the Los Angeles printer made it read "Jazz At The Philharmonic." Granz approved this, then borrowed $300 to present the concert that the poster advertised. Ten years later, Jazz At The Philharmonic, Inc. had a turnover of four million dollars!
The release of the first Jazz At The Philharmonic (JATP) records brought Granz national prominence. These were the first authorized records of live jazz, and they created a sensation. Their spectacular sales allowed Granz to begin his first JATP national tour in 1946. When the group arrived in New York for its concerts in May and June, they found an audience now accustomed to concert jazz, and the concerts were a huge success. As with the prior Los Angeles performance, the New York concerts were recorded for eventual release on record.
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