[Dixielandjazz] Ella Fitzgerald and Norman Granz: "She Was His Star"

[Robert Ringwald]

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A revealing excerpt from Tad Hershorn's new book, "Norman Granz: The Man Who Used
Jazz For Justice," can be found in the September issue of Jazz Times magazine, which
also features Ella Fitzgerald on the front cover. The biography will be published
in October by the University of California. Here's a link:

http://jazztimes.com/articles/28170-ella-fitzgerald-norman-granz-she-was-his-star

Excerpted with permission from
Norman Granz: The Man Who Used Jazz for Justice  by Tad Hershorn
, an archivist at the Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers University. To be released
October 2011 from University of California Press.
Originally published in
September 2011


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