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Scott Yanow | |
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| Born | October 4, 1954 New York City, US |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, music critic |
| Website | www |
Scott Yanow (born October 4, 1954) is an American jazz reviewer, historian, and author. [1] [2] [3]
Yanow was born in New York City and grew up near Los Angeles. [1] [4]
Starting in 1974, he was a regular reviewer of many jazz styles and was the jazz editor for Record Review. He wrote for many jazz and arts magazines, including JazzTimes , Jazziz, Down Beat , Cadence , CODA, and the Los Angeles Jazz Scene. In September 2002, Yanow was interviewed on-camera by CNN about the Monterey Jazz Festival [5] and wrote an in-depth biography on Dizzy Gillespie for AllMusic.com. [1] He authored 12 books on jazz (including 2022's Life Through the Eyes of a Jazz Journalist), more than 900 liner notes for CDs, and more than 20,000 reviews of jazz recordings. [6]
Yanow was a contributor to and co-editor of the third edition of the All Music Guide to Jazz . He continues to write for Downbeat, Jazziz, the Los Angeles Jazz Scene, Syncopated Times, Jazz Artistry Now, the Jazz Rag, and New York City Jazz Record.
Yanow has produced a series of CDs for the Allegro record label. He also hosted a regular radio show (Jazz After Hours) for KCSN-FM, and worked as the jazz listings editor for the Los Angeles Times .
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