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Scott Yanow is an American jazz reviewer, historian, and author.

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Yanow was born inNew York City and grew up nearLos Angeles.

Beginning in 1974, Yanow was a regular reviewer of many jazz styles and was the jazz editor forRecord Review. In September 2002, Yanow was interviewed on-camera byCNN about theMonterey Jazz Festival^[1] and wrote an in-depth biography onDizzy Gillespie forAllMusic.com. He authored 12 books on jazz (including 2022'sLife 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 theAll Music Guide to Jazz, serving as co-editor. He has written forDownbeat,^[2]Jazziz,^[3] theLos Angeles Jazz Scene,Syncopated Times,^[4]Jazz Artistry Now,^[5] theJazz Rag,^[6] andNew York City Jazz Record.^[7]

Yanow has produced a number of records under the Allegro record label. He also hosted a regular radio show calledJazz After Hours, which was broadcast onKCSB-FM. He has also served as a jazz listings editor for theLos Angeles Times.

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

• Scott Yanow's official site
• Scott Yanow's Page at the Jazz Network Worldwide.

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