The economic picture in the States today doesn't allow for jazz concerts in a tour fashion. People now are too used to the Festival, which gives them more names for the same price.
quote by Norman Granz
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!
To play today in London, next week in Madrid and the week after that in Warsaw is a bit better than playing Newark and Baltimore and Philadelphia. I've been doing that for 20 years.
quote by Norman Granz
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!
Amsterdam must have more than a million people. But the only area where jazz is really profitable and successful in an economic sense is in Japan. That's because they haven't been exposed enough.
quote by Norman Granz
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!