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Norgran Records
Norgran Records
Founded	1953
Founder	Norman Granz
Status	Defunct
Genre	Jazz
Country of origin	U.S.

Norgran Records

American jazz record label

Norgran Records was an American jazz record label in Los Angeles founded by Norman Granz in 1953.^[1]^[2] It became part of Verve Records, which Granz created in 1956.^[3] It is the first letters of Granz's full name.

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Discography

12 inch LP series

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Catalog No.	Year	Artist	Album	Notes
MGN 1000	1954	Stan Getz	Interpretations by the Stan Getz Quintet
MGN 1001	1954	Ben Webster	The Consummate Artistry of Ben Webster
MGN 1002	1954	Kenny Drew	Kenny Drew and His Progressive Piano
MGN 1003	1954	Dizzy Gillespie	Afro
MGN 1004	1954	Johnny Hodges	Memories of Ellington
MGN 1005	1954	Lester Young	The President
MGN 1006	1954	Buddy DeFranco	The Progressive Mr. DeFranco
MGN 1007	1954	Louis Bellson	Journey Into Love
MGN 1008	1954	Stan Getz	Interpretations by the Stan Getz Quintet #2
MGN 1009	1954	Johnny Hodges	More of Johnny Hodges
MGN 1010	1954	George Wallington	George Wallington with Strings
MGN 1011	1954	Louis Bellson	Louis Bellson Quintet
MGN 1012	1954	Buddy DeFranco	Buddy DeFranco and His Clarinet
MGN 1013	1954	Charlie Ventura and Mary Ann McCall	Another Evening with Charlie Ventura and Mary Ann McCall
MGN 1014	1955	Tal Farlow	Autumn in New York
MGN 1015	1955	Benny Carter	Benny Carter Plays Pretty
MGN 1016	1955	Buddy DeFranco and Oscar Peterson	Buddy DeFranco and Oscar Peterson Play George Gershwin
MGN 1017	1955	Bud Powell	Jazz Original
MGN 1018	1955	Ben Webster	Music for Loving
MGN 1019	1955	Teddy Wilson	The Creative Teddy Wilson
MGN 1020	1955	Louis Bellson	The Driving Louis Bellson
MGN 1021	1955	Various Artists	Our Best
MGN 1022	1955	Lester Young	It Don't Mean a Thing
MGN 1023	1955	Dizzy Gillespie	Dizzy and Strings
MGN 1024	1955	Johnny Hodges	Dance Bash
MGN 1025	N/A	Benny Carter	(not released)
MGN 1026	1955	Buddy DeFranco	Buddy DeFranco Quartet	Reissued as Mr. Clarinet with one additional track
MGN 1027	1955	Tal Farlow	The Interpretations of Tal Farlow
MGN 1028	1955	Ralph Burns	Ralph Burns Among the JATP's
MGN 1029	1955	Stan Getz	Interpretations by the Stan Getz Quintet #3
MGN 1030	1955	Tal Farlow	A Recital by Tal Farlow
MGN 1031	1955	Buddy Rich	Sing and Swing with Buddy Rich
MGN 1032	1955	Stan Getz	West Coast Jazz
MGN 1033	1955	Various Artists	Swing Guitars
MGN 1034	1955	Various Artists	Tenor Saxes
MGN 1035	1955	Various Artists	Alto Saxes
MGN 1036	1955	Various Artists	Piano Interpretations
MGN 1037	1955	Lionel Hampton and Stan Getz	Hamp and Getz
MGN 1038	1955	Buddy Rich and Harry Edison	Buddy and Sweets
MGN 1039	1955	Ben Webster	Music with Feeling
MGN 1040		John Lewis	The Modern Jazz Society Presents a Concert of Contemporary Music
MGN 1041	1955	Charlie Ventura	Charlie Ventura's Carnegie Hall Concert
MGN 1042	1955	Stan Getz	Stan Getz Plays	Reissue of Clef Records MGC 137 with additional selections from MGC 143
MGN 1043	1955	Lester Young and Harry Edison	Pres and Sweets
MGN 1044	1955	Benny Carter	New Jazz Sounds
MGN 1045	1955	Johnny Hodges	Creamy
MGN 1046	1955	Louis Bellson	Skin Deep
MGN 1047	1955	Tal Farlow	The Tal Farlow Album
MGN 1048	1955	Johnny Hodges	Castle Rock
MGN 1049	1955	Anita O'Day	Anita O'Day Sings Jazz
MGN 1050	1955	Dizzy Gillespie and Stan Getz	Diz and Getz
MGN 1051	N/A	Teddy Wilson	Intimate Listening	(not released)
MGN 1052	1955	Buddy Rich	The Swinging Buddy Rich
MGN 1053	1956	Mary Ann McCall and Charlie Ventura	An Evening with Mary Ann McCall and Charlie Ventura
MGN 1054	1956	Lester Young and Oscar Peterson	The Pres-ident Plays with the Oscar Peterson Trio
MGN 1055	1956	Johnny Hodges	Ellingtonia '56
MGN 1056	1956	Lester Young	The Jazz Giants '56
MGN 1057	1956	Anita O'Day	An Evening with Anita O'Day
MGN 1058	1956	Benny Carter and His Strings with the Oscar Peterson Quartet	Alone Together	Reissue of MGN 21 with additional tracks
MGN 1059	1956	Johnny Hodges	In a Tender Mood
MGN 1060	1956	Johnny Hodges	Used to Be Duke
MGN 1061	1956	Johnny Hodges	The Blues
MGN 1062	1956	Bill Harris	The Bill Harris Herd
MGN 1063	1956	Bud Powell	Jazz Giant
MGN 1064	1956	Bud Powell	Bud Powell's Moods
MGN 1065	1956	The Six / Sonny Criss / Tommy Turk	An Evening of Jazz
MGN 1066	1956	Kenny Drew	The Modernity of Kenny Drew	Reissue of MGN 1002
MGN 1067	1956	Jack Costanzo / Andre's All Stars	Afro-Cubano	split album
MGN 1068	1956	Buddy DeFranco	Jazz Tones
MGN 1069	1956	Buddy DeFranco	Mr. Clarinet	Reissue of MGN 1026
MGN 1070	1956	Benny Carter	Cosmopolite
MGN 1071	1956	Lester Young	Lester's Here
MGN 1072	1956	Lester Young	Pres
MGN 1073	1956	Charlie Ventura	In a Jazz Mood
MGN 1074	1956	Lester Young and Buddy Rich	The Lester Young Buddy Rich Trio
MGN 1075	1956	Charlie Ventura	Blue Saxophone
MGN 1076	1956	Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt, John Lewis, Percy Heath, Skeeter Best & Charlie Persip	The Modern Jazz Sextet
MGN 1077	1956	Bud Powell	Piano Interpretations by Bud Powell
MGN 1078	1956	Buddy Rich	The Wailing Buddy Rich
MGN 1079	1956	Buddy DeFranco	In a Mellow Mood
MGN 1080	1956	Lionel Hampton	Lionel Hampton's Jazz Giants
MGN 1081	1956	Herb Ellis	Ellis in Wonderland
MGN 1082	1956	Billy Bauer	Billy Bauer Plectrist
MGN 1083	1956	Dizzy Gillespie	Jazz Recital
MGN 1084	1956	Dizzy Gillespie	World Statesman
MGN 1085	1956	Buddy DeFranco	The Buddy DeFranco Wailers
MGN 1086	1956	Buddy Rich	This One's for Basie
MGN 1087	N/A	Stan Getz	Stan Getz '56	unreleased?
MGN 1088	1956	Stan Getz	More West Coast Jazz with Stan Getz
MGN 1089		Ben Webster	King of the Tenors	Reissue of MGN 1001
MGN 1090	1956	Dizzy Gillespie	Diz Big Band	Reissue of MGN 1023
MGN 1091	1956	Johnny Hodges	Perdido	Reissue of MGN 1024
MGN 1092	1956	Johnny Hodges	In a Mellow Tone	Reissue of MGN 1004
MGN 1093	1956	Lester Young	Lester Swings Again	Reissue of MGN 1005
MGN 1094	1956	Buddy DeFranco	Odalisque	Reissue of MGN 1006
MGN 1095	N/A	Louis Bellson	Concerto for Drums	Reissue of MGN 1011 - not released
MGN 1096		Buddy DeFranco	Autumn Leaves	Reissue of MGN 1012
MGN 1097	1956	Tal Farlow	The Guitar Artistry Of Tal Farlow - Autumn in New York	Reissue of MGN 1014
MGN 1098	1956	Bud Powell	Bud Powell '57	Reissue of MGN 1017
MGN 1099	1956	Louis Bellson	The Hawk Talks	Reissue of MGN 1020
MGN 1100		Lester Young	It Don't Mean a Thing	Reissue of MGN 1022
MGN 1101		Tal Farlow	Fascinating Rhythm	Reissue of MGN 1027
MGN 1102		Tal Farlow	Tal
MGN 1103		Charlie Ventura	Charley's Parley
MGN 1104	N/A	Buddy DeFranco	Broadway Showcase	(not released)
MGN 1105	N/A	Ray Brown	Bass Hit!	(not released)
MGN 1106	N/A	Howard Roberts	Mr. Roberts Plays Guitar	(not released)
MGN 2000-2		Stan Getz	Stan Getz at The Shrine	2LP set
MGN 3501-2		Various Artists	Norman Granz Jazz Concert	2LP Set

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[1] [1]
Verve Records Norman Granz biography accessed March 29, 2016

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Norgran Label Discography accessed March 29, 2016

[New_Grove-3] [3]
Kernfeld, Barry, ed. (2002). The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Vol. 3 (2nd ed.). New York: Grove's Dictionaries Inc. p. 162. ISBN 1-56159-284-6.

[4] [4]
Norgran Records Catalog: 1000 series accessed March 29, 2016

[5] [5]
Norgran Records Catalog: 1100, 2000, 3500 series accessed March 29, 2016

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Norgran Records Catalog: Ten Inch series accessed March 29, 2016

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Norgran Records
Founded	1953 (1953)
Founder	Norman Granz
Status	Defunct
Genre	Jazz
Country of origin	U.S.

Catalog No.	Year	Artist	Album
MGN 1	1954	Johnny Hodges	Swing with Johnny Hodges
MGN 2	1954	Dizzy Gillespie and Stan Getz	The Dizzy Gillespie-Stan Getz Sextet
MGN 3	1954	Buddy DeFranco	The Music of Buddy DeFranco
MGN 4	1954	Al Hibbler	Al Hibbler Favorites
MGN 5	1954	Lester Young	Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio #2
MGN 6	1954	Lester Young	Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio #1
MGN 7	1954	Louis Bellson	The Amazing Artistry of Louis Bellson
MGN 8	1954	Charlie Ventura	The Charlie Ventura Quartet
MGN 9	1954	Chico O'Farrill	The Second Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite
MGN 10	1954	Benny Carter	The Urbane Mr. Carter
MGN 11	1954	Bernard Peiffer	Bernard Peiffer et Son Trio
MGN 12	1954	Don Byas	Don Byas et Ses Rythmes
MGN 13	1954	Slim Gaillard	Slim Gaillard and His Musical Aggregation
MGN 14	1954	Louis Bellson	The Exciting Mr. Bellson and His Big Band
MGN 15	1954	Al Hibbler	Al Hibbler Sings Duke Ellington
MGN 16	1954	Buddy DeFranco	Pretty Moods by Buddy DeFranco
MGN 18	1954	Dizzy Gillespie	More of the Dizzy Gillespie-Stan Getz Sextet #2
MGN 19	1954	Tal Farlow	The Tal Farlow Album
MGN 20	1954	Charlie Ventura and Mary Ann McCall	An Evening with Charlie Ventura with Mary Ann McCall
MGN 21	1954	Benny Carter	The Formidable Benny Carter
MGN 22	1954	Toshiko Akiyoshi	Toshiko's Piano
MGN 23	1954	Bud Powell	The Artistry of Bud Powell
MGN 24	1954	George Wallington	The Workshop of the George Wallington Trio
MGN 25	1954	The Six	The Six
MGN 26	1954	Buddy Rich	The Swinging Buddy Rich
MGN 27	1954	Chico O'Farrill	Mambo Dance Session
MGN 28	1954	Chico O'Farrill	Latino Dance Session
MGN 29	1954	Kenny Drew	The Ideation of Kenny Drew
MGN 30	1954	Anita O'Day	Songs by Anita O'Day
MGN 31		Chico O'Farrill	Chico O'Farrill
MGN 32	1955	Jack Costanzo	Afro-Cubano Jazz