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Nov 25 21:25 UTC 2001

Today's news reports the death of Norman Granz, 83.  Granz' most important
work was the development of the Verve jazz label, which made many of the 
key recordings of Count Basie and Ella Fitzgerald.  After he sold Verve
to a conglomerate, in the 1970s or so he started the Pablo label, which 
was still active when I got into jazz.  Pablo had lots of late small-group
recordings with Basie, and Duke Ellington, and still more 
Ella Fitzgerald.