| Grex > Music3 > #57: Musical Obituaries |
| Musical Obituaries | 
Nov 25 21:22 UTC 2001 |
Continued from item 63 in the old music conference (item:music2,63)
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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.
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Nov 25 22:00 UTC 2001 |
I'm not a big jazz fan, but Verve seems to have been quite an important label during its heyday..