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Derek Jewell, (1927 – 21 November 1985) was a British journalist, newspaper executive, broadcaster and music critic. A music critic for the LondonSunday Times for twenty-three years from 1963, Jewell wrote extensively aboutjazz, and also introduced British audiences toavant garde jazz, rock and improvisational music, especially through live performances on hisBBC Radio 3 showSounds Interesting.
He was born in London and educated atLatymer School, followed byWadham College, Oxford. In 1950 he became a graduate trainee on theLiverpool Daily Post. By 1959 he was assistant editor in 1959, writing on sport and popular music. In 1962 he joined theSunday Times as personal assistant to the editor, and was later assistant editor, executive editor –Sunday Times Magazine, deputy editor and finally publishing director, besides (from 1963) writing on jazz and pop/rock music.
In addition to producing columns of music criticism for theSunday Times (he also wrote periodically for the now-defunctIllustrated London News), Jewell was the author of a number of books about popular music includingThe Popular Voice (1980),Duke – A Portrait of Duke Ellington (1977), andFrank Sinatra (co-written with George Perry, 1985). He collaborated with his wife, Elizabeth Jewell, on a series ofSunday Times crossword collections and wrote two novels,Come In Number One, Your Time Is Up (1971) andSellout (1973).
Created in 1967,BBC Radio 3 was dedicated primarily to broadcasting live and recorded performances of classical music. Derek Jewell hosted what was known as the only "rock" show on the radio station, the weeklySounds Interesting. The show was broadcast each Saturday late afternoon with its theme musicSoul Saga (the sound of the buffalo soldier) recorded byQuincy Jones. In addition to rock music, Jewell hosted performers playing a wide range of experimental and even improvisational music.[1] In 1975 he interviewedRick Wakeman.[2]
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