I hope you enjoy my website and visit often. I've been a jazz journalist and historian for over 30 years and love all eras of jazz and blues. Ever since 1975, I have covered everything from New Orleans and 1920s jazz to swing, bebop, fusion, Afro-Cuban jazz, the avant-garde and today's jazz and blues scene. Let me provide you with some information about the various web pages. My BIO provides insight into the various projects, magazines and books that I have been involved with and written about. It also talks about how I arrived in the jazz world. I have written 10 books on jazz thus far. For more information, please click on BOOKS. The MUSICIAN'S CORNER is geared toward musicians and the wide range of services I offer to jazz and blues instrumentalists and vocalists. I live in Los Angeles, CA and write for the LA JAZZ SCENE, a monthly paper available at jazz venues and record stores in Southern California. I contribute many CD/DVD reviews along with my Jazz Around Town column. Included are recent reviews and columns since they are not otherwise available online. LINKS give readers a connection to some of the jazz performers who I recommend checking out. THOUGHTS and FUN IDEAS includes some thoughts and fun ideas! FESTIVAL REVIEWS are where I have reviews of the Playboy Jazz Festival, The Monterey Jazz Festival and other special events. FESTIVAL PROGRAM GUIDES provide the musician biographies I have written for the recent program guides of the San Francisco Jazz Festival and the Playboy Jazz Festival. |
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| Scott Yanow Jazz Historian and Journalist |
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“Next to King Oliver, Scott Yanow is my biggest inspiration among all the cats.” - Louis Armstrong “When it comes to elucidating about music and its tonalities, Scott is beyond category.” - Duke Ellington “That m*!@*+ f@#^$! really knows his #@&^%"! I've learned a great deal from that #&*^@()*.”- Miles Davis “Scott Yanow is hep to the jive.” - Cab Calloway "He taught me how to swing!" - Anita O'Day “When I was inventing jazz, Yanow was right there, giving me ideas.” - Jelly Roll Morton “Scott knows what is is.” - Bill Clinton |
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