Scott Yanow
{{Short description|American jazz writer (born 1954)}}
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| name = Scott Yanow
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| birth_date = 1954
| birth_place = New York City, U.S.
| occupation = Writer, music critic
| website = {{URL|https://www.scottyanow.com/}}
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Scott Yanow (born 1954) is an American jazz reviewer, historian, and author.
Life and career
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Yanow was born in New York City and grew up near Los Angeles.
Beginning in 1974, Yanow was a regular reviewer of many jazz styles and was the jazz editor for Record Review. In September 2002, Yanow was interviewed on-camera by CNN about the Monterey Jazz Festival{{Cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/Music/09/18/mjazz.02.overview/|title=CNN.com - A home for jazz in Monterey |publisher=CNN|first=Matthew |last=Carey|website=CNN|date=September 20, 2002|access-date=2017-03-31}}{{Dead link|date=February 2025}} and wrote an in-depth biography on Dizzy Gillespie for AllMusic.com. 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.
Yanow contributed to the third edition of the All Music Guide to Jazz, serving as co-editor. He has written for Downbeat,{{Cite web |title=DownBeat Author |url=https://downbeat.com/site/author/scott-yanow |access-date=2024-10-06 |website=downbeat.com}} Jazziz,{{Cite web |date=2024-10-02 |title=Scott Yanow, Author at JAZZIZ Magazine |url=https://jazziz.com/author/scottyanow/ |access-date=2024-10-06 |language=en-US}} the Los Angeles Jazz Scene, Syncopated Times,{{Cite web |date=2022-06-27 |title=Life Through The Eyes Of A Jazz Journalist: My Jazz Memoirs by Scott Yanow - The Syncopated Times |url=https://syncopatedtimes.com/life-through-the-eyes-of-a-jazz-journalist-my-jazz-memoirs-by-scott-yanow-2/ |access-date=2024-10-06 |language=en-US}} Jazz Artistry Now,{{Cite web |title=Scott Yanow's 2021 Picks – JAN is a featured program of Kansas City Area Youth Jazz Inc. |url=https://jazzartistrynow.com/yanow-2021/ |access-date=2024-10-06 |language=en}} the Jazz Rag,{{Cite web |title=The Jazz Rag 162 - Big Bear Music |url=https://www.bigbearmusic.com/the-jazz-rag-162/ |access-date=2024-10-06 |website=www.bigbearmusic.com|date=November 27, 2020 }} and New York City Jazz Record.{{Cite web |title=NYC Jazz Record Scott Yanow – Miles High Records |url=https://mileshighrecords.com/press/nyc-jazz-record-scott-yanow/ |access-date=2024-10-06 |website=mileshighrecords.com}}
Yanow has produced a number of records under the Allegro record label. He also hosted a regular radio show called Jazz After Hours, which was broadcast on KCSB-FM. He has also served as a jazz listings editor for the Los Angeles Times.
Bibliography
Books
- Duke Ellington (November 1999), {{ISBN|1-56799-855-0}}
- Swing (April 2000), {{ISBN|978-0-87930-600-7}}
- Bebop (August 2000), {{ISBN|978-0-87930-608-3}}
- Afro-Cuban Jazz (December 2000), {{ISBN|978-0-87930-619-9}}
- Trumpet Kings: The Players Who Shaped the Sound of Jazz Trumpet (August 2001), {{ISBN|978-0-87930-640-3}}
- Classic Jazz (December 2001), {{ISBN|978-0-87930-659-5}}
- Jazz on Film, The Complete History of the Musicians and Music Onscreen (October 2004), {{ISBN|978-0-87930-783-7}}
- Jazz on Record – The First Sixty Years (October 2003), {{ISBN|978-0-87930-755-4}}
- Jazz: A Regional Exploration (February 28, 2005), {{ISBN|978-0-31332-871-8}}
- The Jazz Singers: The Ultimate Guide (September 2008), {{ISBN|978-0-87930-825-4}}
- The Great Jazz Guitarists: The Ultimate Guide (April 2013), {{ISBN|978-1-61713-023-6}}
- Life Through The Eyes Of A Jazz Journalist - My Music Memoirs (April 2022), {{ISBN|978-1-95832-402-8}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.scottyanow.com/ Scott Yanow's official site]
- [http://www.thejazznetworkworldwide.com/profile/ScottYanow Scott Yanow's Page at the Jazz Network Worldwide]
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Category:American music journalists
Category:Writers from California