Norman Granz

American impresario, jazz label founder and producer. Born August 6, 1918, in Los Angeles, California, USA, of Ukrainian-Jewish ancestry, died November 22, 2001, in Geneva, Switzerland, aged 83. His series of jazz concerts began at the Los Angeles Philharmonic on July 2, 1944, a benefit concert for Hispanic youths jailed in the "zoot suit" riots in the city. Monthly concerts followed, establishing what became known…