2014 Janice Scroggins 88 Keys Not Enough Time USA
(photo: Brandy Kayzakian-Rowe) Janice Marie Scroggins b. July 17, 1956 d. May 27, 2014
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1918 Norman Granz USA
Los Angeles. Today would have been the 95th birthday of Norman Granz. For me as a jazz lover he captured a special place. He was a talented and visionary producer who demanded respect for his artists in a time America was openly practicing racism. Jim Crow laws directed black musicians to a rear entrances, but Granz would require for his artists the same access as any of the white patrons - occasionally pulling his performers when they were still denied that access by club owners. In my jazz expedition, Norman Granz has stood out - richly deserving the many accolades as a producer and social activist during a very fertile time in jazz, about 1949-1960. He died on November 22, 2001 in Geneva, Switzerland. He was the founder of record labels - Clef , Norgran , Down Home, Verve and Pablo . Norman Granz and Louis Armstrong
1973 Bill Cosby Jack Benny on Dick Cavett "Sonny Stitt is the alto sax version of the violin's Issac Stern" USA
Bill Cosby, Jack Benny, Dick Cavett. THE DICK CAVETT SHOW. February 21, 1973.