SCOTT YANOW
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Scott Yanow is one of the most prolific and widely
respected jazz journalists in the business.

  • He has penned over 500 liner notes
for such labels as Concord, Naxos, Enja, Pablo, Arbors, Evidence, V.S.O.P.,
Good Time Jazz, Reservoir, Storyville, Brownstone, JVC, Challenge, Starline,
Candid, Soundies, Woofy, Brownstone, Fuel 2000, Jazzed Media, Fuel 2000
and Collectors Classics.

  • Scott Yanow has written a countless number of artist
    biographies and press releases for record labels, public
    relations firms and individual artists.

  • He has written extensively for the websites of trumpeter Carl
    Saunders, bassist John Clayton and others.

  • He has produced a series of highly-rated reissue CDs
for Allegro (32 albums featuring classic jazz greats) and worked as a
consultant to other labels about their reissue projects.

  • Scott Yanow has written nine books on jazz, so far.
These include Jazz On Film (which has reviews and ratings of over 1,300
movies, documentaries, shorts, DVDs and videos),
Jazz On Record 1917-
76
,  Trumpet Kings (colorful entries on the 479 greatest jazz trumpeters of
all time),
Classic Jazz (the 1920s), Swing, Bebop, Afro-Cuban Jazz, Jazz:
A Regional Exploration
and Duke Ellington.
In addition, Yanow's opinions and knowledge of jazz and its history have been
cited in many books.

  • Yanow has written for virtually every major and minor jazz
    magazine
including Downbeat, Jazz Times, Jazziz, Cadence, Coda, The Mississippi Rag,
Jazz Forum, Jazz News, The Jazz Report, Planet Jazz, Jazz Now, Jazz Improv,
the Mississippi Rag and The Los Angeles Jazz Scene.

  • Scott Yanow was the jazz editor for the third edition of the All
    Music Guide To Jazz, has written thousands of CD reviews for their
    website and is believed to have written more jazz record reviews than
    anyone in history.

  • Yanow has participated in many panel discussions about jazz,
was interviewed on-camera by CNN about the Monterey Jazz Festival and
appears in the Arts & Entertainment televised American Masters biography on
Dizzy Gillespie.

Services available include:

   Reissue Projects
   Liner Notes
   Biographies
   Press Releases
   Website Content
   Interviews
   Reviews of Festivals and CDs
    Books       
Radio
   Consultation        
Special Projects

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Scott YANOW
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