Nat Hentoff

Among the best jazz writers from the 1950s, Nat Hentoff’s insightful chapters on Charles Mingus, Ornette Coleman, and Thelonious Monk in his basic reserve The Jazz Lifestyle are very detailed and memorable. Hentoff went to Northeastern College or university and Harvard in the ’40s, got a radio present on WMEX in Boston (1944-1953), and was motivated by the neighborhood Boston region jazz scene. As well as the Jazz Lifestyle, Hentoff co-edited Listen to Me Talkin’ to Ya with Nat Shapiro (the reserve followed the annals of jazz up towards the middle-’50s through what of jazz’s biggest players), co-edited Jazz with Albert McCarthy, had written The Jazz Manufacturers, was the associate editor of Down Defeat from 1953-1957, and was co-editor from the short-lived Jazz Review (1958-1961). Hentoff founded and went the Candid label during 1960-1961. Through the company’s short existence, Hentoff created important periods by a number of performers including Charles Mingus, Phil Woods (Privileges of Golf swing), Benny Bailey, Otis Spann, Buell Neidlinger (offering Cecil Taylor), and Abbey Lincoln. With the middle-’60s Hentoff generally drifted from jazz, authoring social and politics issues. On an intermittent basis within the ensuing years, nevertheless, he penned liner records for such diverse performers as David Murray and Teresa Brewer. Hentoff passed away at his house in Manhattan in January 2017 at age 91.