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Jazz fan Norman Granz started organizing jam sessions in his hometown of Los Angeles in 1942. These were so successful that a few years later he institutionalized this formula into the Jazz At The Philharmonic concerts. This JATP series grew into a worldwide success and almost all well-known swing and bebop musicians have taken part in one of the concerts that still take place in a session atmosphere. Later, Granz plunged into the record business and started labels such as Clef, Verve and Pablo. As manager of Oscar Peterson and Ella Fitzgerald, among others, he saw to it that jazz musicians were always treated with respect. Granz died in 2002 as one of the few millionaires in jazz.more
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