Loading
  • 21 Aug, 2019

  • By, Wikipedia

Isadore Granoff

The Granoff School of Music is a music school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was founded by Isadore Granoff (1902 - 2000), a Ukrainian immigrant.

Alumni of Granoff include Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Fortune, and John Coltrane. Some of his students later became well-known classical, jazz, swing, big band and Latin musicians.

References

  1. ^ Bird, Christiane (2001). Da Capo Jazz and Blues Lover's Guide to the U. S. New York: Da Capo Press. p. 188. ISBN 0-306-81034-4.
  2. ^ Chuck Koton (2008). "Sonny Fortune: Thank God For That Day Job". All About Jazz. Retrieved 29 July 2008.
  3. ^ Philip Sprake (2000). "McCoy Tyner with Stanley Clarke and Al Foster —piano trio in the spirit of Coltrane". WSWS.org. Retrieved July 29, 2008.
  4. ^ John Fordham (2005-04-30). "Percy Heath". The Guardian. London. Retrieved July 29, 2008.

39°57′05″N 75°10′08″W / 39.951517°N 75.168832°W / 39.951517; -75.168832