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The public, hearing pop music, is, without knowing it, also soaking up jazz.

~Norman Granz

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The record companies are interested in the kind of sales they can get from the rock groups.

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When I was doing jazz concerts in America, I would use the biggest names I could find.

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You will always find a few people in any area that would like things done completely their way.

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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.

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Germany is probably the richest country in Western Europe. Yet they wouldn't take any television with Duke and Ella, their reaction being that people weren't interested in it.

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I don't say that the supposed Civil Rights development is a myth, but it's a matter of dealing with reality. It's purely peripheral and, in many cases, it's just a facade.

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The economic picture in the States today doesn't 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.

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There are many artists that I present that I admit I like less than I do others. But I think that they warrant being presented by my own, personal standards.

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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.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: August 6th, 1918

Died: November 22nd, 2001

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