Writer, teacher, scholar, archivist, NEA Jazz Master. You've probably read one of his liner notes--possibly one of the 8 that won Grammys. "I look at myself more as an advocate for the music than as a critic . . . What has served me best, I hope, is that I learned about the music not from books but from the people who created it."
Other writers know he was the real deal. Here's a gift version of Barry Singer's obit for the Times. And here's Tom Vitale at NPR, and Nate Chinen on Substack.
Other writers know he was the real deal. Here's a gift version of Barry Singer's obit for the Times. And here's Tom Vitale at NPR, and Nate Chinen on Substack.
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