Louie Bellson Smithsonian Interview Block 422 (Q11218)

I think Norman Granz was smart. The way he did it was, he delegated Oscar Peterson to be the padrone," so to speak, because there always has to be somebody that says, what do you want to play? What do you want to play? What key do you want to do it in? How do you want to begin and end it? That's all. That's all you need. The in-between comes from there. But that was good, because Oscar Peterso ...