Nat Hentoff is one of America's most passionate and prominent writers about civil liberties and civil rights. In "Living the Bill of Rights", he has taken what is too often thought of as an abstract issue and enlivened it by focusing on representative individuals for whom the Constitution is a vital[...]
Nat Hentoff, renowned jazz critic, civil liberties activist, and fearless contrarian - 'I'm a Jewish atheist civil-libertarian pro-lifer' - has lived through much of jazz's history and has known many of jazz's most important figures, often as friend and confidant. Hentoff has been a tireless advocat[...]
Nat Hentoff, renowned jazz critic, civil liberties activist, and fearless contrarian - 'I'm a Jewish atheist civil-libertarian pro-lifer' - has lived through much of jazz's history and has known many of jazz's most important figures, often as friend and confidant. Hentoff has been a tireless advocat[...]
Ahmet Ertegun created Atlantic Records in 1948, building it into the single most improtant record label of the postwar era. By the early 1950s he had signed John Coltrane, Charlie Mingus, and Ray Charles. By 1960, Atlantic dominated the world music scene, having signed just about everyone who was [...]
De nitton texter om jazz som här förts samman kring nio musiker har med ett undantag inte tidigare funnits på svenska. Musikerna var alla verksamma under det jazzmusikaliskt så dynamiska 1950-talet. Syftet med antologin är dock inte att lansera just dessa musiker som jazzens allra främsta och [...]