Dan Morgenstern (1929–2024)
Author of Living with Jazz: A reader edited by Sheldon Meyer
About the Author
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Works by Dan Morgenstern
Associated Works
The Jazz Book: From Ragtime to Fusion and Beyond (1952) — Editor, some editions — 387 copies, 3 reviews
The World of Swing: An Oral History of Big Band Jazz (1974) — Introduction, some editions — 37 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1929-10-24
- Date of death
- 2024-09-07
- Gender
- male
- Education
- Brandeis University (Bx)
- Occupations
- jazz journalist
magazine editor
jazz advocate
professor
jazz archivist
editor - Organizations
- DownBeat (NY editor, chief editor)
Institute of Jazz Studies (director, from 1976)
Peabody Institute, Johns Hopkins University
New York University
Rutgers University
National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (show all 8)
Jazz Institute of Chicago (cofounder)
US Army - Awards and honors
- NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship (2007)
- Relationships
- Morgenstern, Soma (parent)
- Cause of death
- heart failure
- Birthplace
- Munich, Germany
- Places of residence
- Munich, Germany
Vienna, Austria
Copenhagen, Denmark
Jersey City, New Jersey, USA - Place of death
- Manhattan, New York, USA
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Reviews
A collection of essays, biographical profiles, and critical analyses by one of the twentieth century's leading jazz writers includes commentary on the work of jazz entertainers, including Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, John Coltrane, Dizzy Gillespie, and Louis Armstrong, as well as assessment of the role of jazz in contemporary culture and its influence on modern music.
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- Works
- 7
- Also by
- 5
- Members
- 86
- Popularity
- #213,012
- Rating
- 4.0
- Reviews
- 1
- ISBNs
- 6
- Favorited
- 1