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Tad Hershorn: Norman Granz (Pt. 3)

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
October 6, 2011

Tad Hershorn spent decades working on Norman Granz: The Man Who Used Jazz for Justice (University of California Press). For his newly published biography, Tad interviewed Granz multiple times before his death. Though Tad had enormous respect for Granz and his accomplishments on behalf of jazz and civil rights, he maintains a steely objectivity in his writing, determined to paint a portrait of Granz that's both detailed and honest, warts and all. Among the most intriguing parts of the book ...
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Tad Hershorn: Norman Granz (Pt. 4)

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
October 6, 2011

Like the late Steve Jobs, Norman Granz was someone who worshipped art and made technology accessbile to millions of consumers. In the case of Granz, of course, that technology was jazz records. In Tad Hershorn's Norman Granz: The Man Who Used Jazz for Justice (University of California Press), we learn things about Granz we didn't know before. Among them are revelations that Granz had a strong leftist background, that he took big personal and financial risks as a major advocate ...
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Tad Hershorn: Norman Granz (Pt. 2)

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
October 4, 2011

Norman Granz wasn't a complicated man. He was merely an entrepreneur who loved highly creative people and felt their brilliance deserved wider recognition. Once you understand this about him, much of what comes next falls neatly into place. For years Granz has been considered an enigma because most people like him tended to go into other lines of work or rarely cared as much as he did about the creative people in their employ. Through Tad Hershorn's new biography Norman ...
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Tad Hershorn: Norman Granz (Pt. 1)

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
October 3, 2011

Norman Granz played perhaps the single biggest role in the spread of small-group jazz in the years following World War II. As a concert promoter and record company founder, Granz had tireless drive, a undiminished passion for the music and musicians, and a buzzsaw personality that came in handy along the way. Yet little is known about what made him tick or how he managed to promote bebop's popularity and legitimize the American Songbook. Until now, that is. Tad Hershorn's ...
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Tad Hendrickson's Top 10 Jazz Albums of 2009

Source: All About Jazz @ Spinner
January 2, 2010

By Tad Hendrickson

It's that time of year again where I take a moment to look back and try and piece it all together with a succinct list of the year's 10 best jazz albums. This is an annual rite for jazz scribes and just about anyone else out there that covers a beat for a publication. One could argue that it is a sort of weird to rank different artistic endeavors (After all, isn't beauty in the eye of ...
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Tad Robinson CD Release Celebration for 'A New Point of View', at Wabash College Friday, March 23--Free!

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
March 20, 2007

Tad Robinson and Severn Records are pleased to announce the world premiere debut of the material from the new CD, A New Point of View, (Severn Records St. Date March 20, 2007) at Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana, on Friday, March 23 as part of their “Experience Indiana Artists and Speakers Series". The show time is 8:00 PM - 10:30 PM. This is a free concert!

Tad Robinson A New Point Of View Severn Records 0040 ...
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