Norman Granz

For years, Jazz At The Philharmonic albums were the only ones of their kind.

Ellington is a writer and arranger, as well as a musician and leader. He does movie sound tracks.

In 1958, I decided that I was going to live in Europe permanently. So in 1959 I moved to Lugano, Switzerland.

I always dreamed of writing in an orchestral context. But when you finish a piece, you want to hear it. So we played everything with Phish.

They said I couldn't play anything but an English boy. I knew I could. So I went to New York.

I think I was supposed to play jazz.