Norman Schwartz


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Norman Schwartz was a US concert manager and record producer (* 25 August 1927; † 21 March 1995 in New York City, U.S.A.).

He was a graduate of Juilliard and New York University, held degrees in music and accounting. Early in his career, he founded a tax and management firm that represented personalities from all areas of the arts and entertainment. In the 1970's, he turned to producing records on his own labels, Skye and Gryphon, with artists including Gabor Szabo, Gary McFarland, Cal Tjader. Lena Horne, Mel Torme, Michel Legrand, Woody Herman and Buddy Rich. He also recorded the 1973 Newport in New York Jazz Festival, with Aretha Franklin, Stan Getz and Ella Fitzgerald, among others.
Six of his recordings won Grammy Awards.

ALBUMS


Michel Legrand
Les Moulins De Son Cœur
2018, 20xCD, Comp + Box, Decca, ,
Afro-Cuban Jazz/Big Band/Chanson
Kev Beadle*
Private Collection Volume 3 (More Independent Jazz Sounds From The Seventies & Eighties)
2017
Buddy Rich
Speak No Evil / Plays And Plays And Plays
2010, 2xCD, Album, Comp, BGO Records, ,
Big Band
Cal Tjader
Fried Bananas
2005, CD, Comp, Él, Cherry Red, ,
Cool Jazz/Latin Jazz
Michel Legrand
The Concert Legrand
2002, CD, Album, Promo, RE, RM, RCA,
Phil Woods / Michel Legrand And Orchestra*
Images
2002, CD, Album, Promo, RE, RM, BMG, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Woody Herman Featuring Stan Getz
Woody Herman Featuring Stan Getz
1997
Mel Tormé
The Mel Tormé Collection 1944 - 1985
1996, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Rhino Records (2), ,
Bop/Easy Listening/Cool Jazz/Vocal/Ballad
Buddy Rich & Phil Woods
Direct To You
1993, CD, Comp, Club, Jazz Heritage
Mel Tormé And Friends*
Recorded Live At Marty's, New York City (Volume II)
1992, LP, Jazz Heritage, ,
Vocal
Woody Herman Featuring Stan Getz
Early Autumn
1992, ,
Big Band
Buddy Rich
No Jive
1992, CD, ,
Big Band
Michel Legrand
Legrand "Live" Jazz
1991, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Mel Tormé
The London Sessions
1990, ,
Vocal
The Gabor Szabo Sextet
The Szabo Equation: Jazz/Mysticism/Exotica
1990
The Cal Tjader Quintet* Featuring Armando Perazza*
Latin + Jazz = Cal Tjader
1990, CD, ,
Bossa Nova/Latin Jazz
The Original Broadway Cast*
Grind (The Original Broadway Cast Recording)
1985
Mel Lewis & The Jazz Orchestra
Make Me Smile & Other New Works By Bob Brookmeyer
1982, ,
Big Band
Tormé*
Tormé / Encore At Marty's New York
1982, Vinyl Gatefold, ,
Easy Listening/Vocal/Swing
Bob Brookmeyer
Through A Looking Glass
1981
Paul Desmond With The Modern Jazz Quartet
The Only Recorded Performance Of Paul Desmond With The Modern Jazz Quartet
1981
The Cy Coleman Trio
Barnum: A New Musical
1980,
Mari Nakamoto
Something Blue
1980,
Mel Lewis And The Jazz Orchestra
Bob Brookmeyer - Composer & Arranger
1980, Vinyl,
Various
In Concert / Montreux '79
1980, Vinyl, ,
Jazz-Funk/Big Band
Gary McFarland
America The Beautiful
1980
Tormé*
A New Album
1980
Franco Ambrosetti
Sleeping Gypsy
1980, ,
Fusion/Big Band
Bob Brookmeyer
The Bob Brookmeyer Small Band Volume One
1979, LP, Album, Gryphon,
Lena Horne And Gabor Szabo
Lena & Gabor
1979
The Hal Galper Quintet*
Speak With A Single Voice
1979, Vinyl, ,
Post Bop/Hard Bop
Don Sebesky
Three Works For Jazz Soloists & Symphony Orchestra
1979, ,
Contemporary
The Louis Hayes Group
Variety Is The Spice
1979
Michel Legrand & Co.
Le Jazz Grand
1979, Vinyl Gatefold, ,
Big Band/Cool Jazz
Bingo Miki & The Inner Galaxy Orchestra
Montreux Cyclone
1979, 2x Vinyl Gatefold, ,
Big Band/Contemporary Jazz
Phil Woods
I Remember
1979, Vinyl, ,
Bop
Bob Brookmeyer
The Bob Brookmeyer Small Band
1978
Michel Legrand And His Orchestra*
Times Of Your Life
1978
Barry Miles
Fusion Is...
1978
Mel Tormé & Buddy Rich
Together Again-For The First Time
1978, ,
Big Band/Vocal/Swing
The Phil Woods Quintet
Song For Sisyphus
1978, Vinyl Gatefold, ,
Post Bop
Buddy Rich
Class Of '78
1977
The Phil Woods Six
Live From The Showboat
1977,
Buddy Rich
Buddy Rich Plays And Plays And Plays
1977, Vinyl, ,
Big Band/Vocal
Woody Herman & The New Thundering Herd
The 40th Anniversary, Carnegie Hall Concert
1977, ,
Big Band
Barry Miles & Co*
Sky Train
1977, Vinyl, ,
Fusion
Michel Legrand
The Other Side Of Midnight
1977
The Other Side Of Midnight
The Other Side Of Midnight (Noelle's Theme) / Drive To Demeris'
1977
Lena Horne
Someday My Prince Will Come
1976, 7", Promo, RCA
Phil Woods
The New Phil Woods Album
1976,
Michel Legrand
Michel Legrand And Friends
1976,
Phil Woods
At Seventeen
1976, Vinyl,
Phil Woods
Sails
1976
Aztec Two-Step
Two's Company
1976, Vinyl Indianapolis Pressing, ,
Folk Rock
Lena Horne
Lena, A New Album
1976, Vinyl, ,
Soul-Jazz/Rhythm & Blues/Vocal
Phil Woods With Chris Gunning And Orchestra*
Floresta Canto
1976
Quire
Quire
1976
QUIRE
Ain't Misbehavin'
1976
Phil Woods / Michel Legrand And Orchestra*
Images
1975, Vinyl, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Michel Legrand
The Concert Legrand
1975, Vinyl,
Lena Horne & Michel Legrand
Lena & Michel
1975, Vinyl Hollywood Pressing, ,
Soul-Jazz/Rhythm & Blues/Vocal
Michel Legrand Featuring Phil Woods With Ron Carter, Grady Tate And George Davis
Recorded Live At Jimmy's
1975, Vinyl,
Grady Tate
By Special Request
1974, Vinyl, ,
Vocal
Robby Benson / Glynnis O'Connor
Blue Balloon (The Hourglass Song) / Jeremy
1973
Roger Shriver
Roger Shriver
1972, ,
Folk Rock
Michel Legrand
The Other Side Of Midnight (Noelle's Theme)
7", Single, Mono, Promo, 20th Century Records
Bob Brookmeyer
The Bob Brookmeyer Small Band Volume Two
LP, Album, Gryphon,
Julius La Rosa
Summer Love
7", Single, Promo, ABC Records
Don Sebesky
Three Works For Jazz Soloists & Symphony Orchestra
2xLP, Album, Gat, Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab
John Scott
England Made Me (The Original Soundtrack)
Mel Tormé
Mel Tormé And Friends
Paul Desmond With The Modern Jazz Quartet
The Only Recorded Performance Of Paul Desmond With The Modern Jazz Quartet
1981
Alice Cooper
Welcome To My Nightmare
2017

APPEARANCES +


Ruth Brown
Black Is Brown And Brown Is Beautiful + The Real Ruth Brown
2011, CD, Comp, Blue Moon (4)
Phil Woods With Chris Gunning And Orchestra*
Floresta Canto
2006, CD, ,
Fusion/Big Band/Latin Jazz
The Cal Tjader Quintet*
Cal Tjader Plugs In
2003, ,
Latin Jazz/Bossa Nova
Joe Beck & Red Mitchell
Empathy
1992
Various
Best Of The Blues - Live At "Newport In New York"
1989
Don Sebesky
Compositional Jazz
1982
Tormé*
A New Album
1980
The Louis Hayes Group
Variety Is The Spice
1979
Michel Legrand & Co.
Le Jazz Grand
1979, ,
Big Band/Jazz-Funk/Cool Jazz
Phil Woods
I Remember...
1979
The Phil Woods Quintet
Song For Sisyphus
1978
Michel Legrand
Michel Legrand And Friends
1976
Various
In Concert With Host Charley Pride
1975
Various
Recorded Live At Newport In New York
1974, Vinyl Sonic Pressing, ,
Soul
Various
The Blues... "A Real Summit Meeting" (Recorded Live At Newport In New York)
1973, ,
Texas Blues/Memphis Blues/Chicago Blues/Modern Electric Blues/Country Blues
Bob Freedman
The Journeys Of Odysseus
1972, Vinyl,
Gary McFarland - Peter Smith
Butterscotch Rum
1971
Steve Kuhn
Steve Kuhn
1971
Lena Horne & Gabor Szabo
Lena & Gabor
1970
Gary McFarland
Today
1970
The Chuck Rainey Coalition
The Chuck Rainey Coalition
1970, Vinyl, ,
Funk
Ruth Brown
Black Is Brown And Brown Is Beautiful
1969, Vinyl Gatefold, ,
Soul-Jazz/Rhythm & Blues/Funk
Wendy & Bonnie
Genesis
1969, Vinyl, ,
Folk Rock/Psychedelic Rock
Gabor Szabo
1969
1969, Vinyl Monarch, Gatefold, ,
Gypsy Jazz/Jazz-Funk
Gary McFarland
America The Beautiful (An Account Of Its Disappearance)
1969, ,
Soul-Jazz/Big Band
Grady Tate
Feeling Life
1969,
Gary McFarland
Profiles
1966
Mary Wells
Mary Wells
1965, ,
Soul
Bob Brookmeyer & Roger Kellaway
As It Happened Volume 1
1994, CD, Album, Unofficial, Jazz Heritage