John Fordham is a British jazz critic and writer. As well as being the main jazz critic for ''

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'', he publishes a monthly column for the newspaper. He is the author of several books on jazz, and has reported on it for publications including '' Time Out'', ''

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'', '' Sounds'', ''Jazz UK'' and ''

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''. He is a former editor of ''Time Out'', ''City Limits'' and ''Jazz UK''. He has contributed to documentaries for radio and television, as well as regularly to

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's programme ''Jazz on 3''.

Awards

Fordham has won the Parliamentary Jazz Awards "Jazz Journalist of the Year" award three times since 2005.

Selected bibliography

*1986: ''Let's Join Hands and Contact The Living'' (Elm Tree Books) *1989: ''The Sound of Jazz'' (Hamlyn) *1991: ''Jazz on CD: the essential guide'' (Kyle Cathie) *1993: ''Jazz'' (

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) *1995: ''Jazzman: Biography of Ronnie Scott'' (Kyle Cathie) *1996: ''Shooting from the Hip: Changing Tunes in Jazz, 1970-95'' (Kyle Cathie) *1998: ''Jazz Heroes'' (Collins & Brown) *1999: ''Story of Ronnie Scott's: the Making of the Man and the Club That Bears His Name'' (Showtime) *2015: ''The Knowledge: Jazz'' (Quadrille, )

References

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