Scott Yanow (born October 4, 1954) is an American

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Biography

Yanow was born in New York City and grew up near Los Angeles. Since 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'', ''

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'' and the ''Los Angeles Jazz Scene''. In September 2002, Yanow was interviewed on-camera by CNN about the Monterey Jazz Festival and wrote an in-depth biography on Dizzy Gillespie for

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.com. He authored 12 books on jazz (including 2022's Life Through The Eyes Of A Jazz Journalist), over 900 liner notes for CDs and over 20,000 reviews of jazz recordings. 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 ''

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''.

Bibliography

Books * ''Duke Ellington'' (November 1999) * ''Swing'' (April 2000) * ''Bebop'' (August 2000) * ''Afro-Cuban Jazz'' (December 2000) * ''Trumpet Kings: The Players Who Shaped the Sound of Jazz Trumpet'' (August 2001) * ''Classic Jazz'' (December 2001) * ''Jazz on Film, The Complete History of the Musicians and Music Onscreen'' (October 2004) * ''Jazz on Record – The First Sixty Years'' (October 2003) * ''Jazz: A Regional Exploration'' (February 28, 2005) * ''The Jazz Singers: The Ultimate Guide'' (September 2008) * ''The Great Jazz Guitarists: The Ultimate Guide'' (April 2013) * '' Life Through The Eyes Of A Jazz Journalist - My Music Memoirs (April 2022) Contributions to magazines * '' Cadence'' * ''

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'' * '' Down Beat'' * ''

Jazz Forum ''Jazz Forum'' is a European jazz magazine based in Warsaw. It was established as a quarterly in 1964 by jazz bassist Jan A. Byrczek, who served as its editor-in-chief. It was the first jazz magazine published behind the Iron Curtain and allo ...

'' * ''Jazz Improv'' * ''JAZZIZ'' * ''Jazz News'' * ''Jazz Now'' * '' Jazz Times'' * ''Planet Jazz'' * ''Record Review'' * ''The Los Angeles Jazz Scene'' * '' The Mississippi Rag'' * ''The Jazz Report'' Contributions to record labels * Allegro * Arbors Records * Brownstone * Collectors Classics *

Candid Records Candid Records was a jazz record label first established in New York City. Early Candid Records The CANDID jazz label was founded in New York City in 1960 as a subsidiary of Cadence Records, owned by Archie Bleyer. The jazz writer and civil ri ...

* Challenge Records * Concord Records * Enja * Evidence Music * Fuel 2000 *

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* Jazzed Media * Naxos Records *

Pablo Records Pablo Records was a jazz record company and label founded by Norman Granz in 1973, more than a decade after he had sold his earlier catalog (including Verve Records) to MGM Records. Pablo initially featured recordings by acts that Granz manag ...

* Reservoir Records * Soundies * Starline * Storyville Records * Victor Entertainment * V.S.O.P. * Woofy

References

External links

Scott Yanow's official site

Scott Yanow's Page at the Jazz Network Worldwide.
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