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Impresario Gene Norman has operated successfully in every form of musical presentation: radio, television, night-clubs, concerts, records and publishing.
Born in new York - trained as a classical violinist - he played saxophone and clarinet in college bands, graduating from the University of Wisconsin at 18.
Turning his passion, record-collecting, into his career, he became one of America's leading disc-jockies first in the San Francisco area and then, for 18 years, in Los Angeles.
Concurrently his interest in jazz inspired his first in a series of Just Jazz concerts, featuring Benny Goodman, Peggy Lee and Erroll Garner. The concerts featured every important jazz and blues artist over a period of approximately 20 years and eventually toured the entire West Coast.
Having recorded the concerts for his own collection, he soon discovered their great value and leased them to major record labels.
In the 50s he introduced the Snader Telescriptions, the original MTV concept featuring films of all the famous records stars of the era, on NBC-TV. (more) |
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