# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/norman-granz
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:05:59.973Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/norman-granz"
name: "Norman Granz"
slug: "norman-granz"
description: "Norman Granz was an American jazz record producer, concert promoter, and founder. He founded the record labels Clef, Norgran, Down Home, Verve, and Pablo and the Jazz at the Philharmonic concert series. Granz was acknowledged as \"the most successful impresario in the history of jazz\". He was also a champion of racial equality, insisting, for example, on integrating audiences at concerts he promoted."
tagline: "American jazz musician and producer (1918-2001)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Norman_Granz%2C_ca._Nov._1947.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Founders"
  slug: "founders"
profileType:
  name: "Founder"
  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1918-08-06"
deathDate: "2001-11-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.81
  momentum:             4.749498997995993
  historical:           15.61530533333333
  currentAttention:     1.24
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 239
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0335768/"
    handle:    "nm0335768"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "نورمان جرانز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Норман Гранц"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Norman Granz"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Granz"
    title: "Norman Granz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Granz"
    title: "Norman Granz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Granz"
    title: "Norman Granz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Granz"
    title: "Norman Granz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Granz"
    title: "Norman Granz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Granz"
    title: "Norman Granz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Granz"
    title: "Norman Granz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8E%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B0%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%84"
    title: "ノーマン・グランツ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%85%B8%EB%A8%BC_%EA%B7%B8%EB%9E%80%EC%B8%A0"
    title: "노먼 그란츠"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Granz"
    title: "Norman Granz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Granz"
    title: "Norman Granz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%2C_%D0%9D%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Гранц, Норман"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Granz"
    title: "Norman Granz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/73e0693d-dbf0-45e8-ba86-e1ab0897db31"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1382555"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1142314"
    title: "Norman Granz"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump