- Stanley Dance
Stanley Dance (born
September 15 ,1910 inBraintree, Essex —23 February ,1999 inEscondido, California ) was a noted writer and biographer injazz . He began writing about the jazz scene for the French magazine "Jazz Hot" in 1935. In 1937, he visitedNew York City 's jazz scene for three weeks with Helen Oakley, whom he married in 1946, and resided inEngland until moving toConnecticut in 1959. He wrote for "Jazz Journal" from 1948 until his death in 1999. In the 1950s he coined the term "mainstream" to describe those in between revivalist and modern, or alternatively betweenDixieland andbebop . He is credited with helping lead to a rediscovery ofEarl Hines in 1964.He also contributed
liner notes for a variety of musicians includingDuke Ellington andCount Basie . In 1964 he was co-winner of the firstGrammy Award for Best Album Notes . He was inducted into theBig Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1999, the year of his death, and posthumously received a Lifetime Achievement Award from theJazz Journalist Association .His distaste for bebop, and most innovations in jazz after it, made him controversial. That said, he is admired for having been a champion of what he did like, as well as a significant biographer of early jazz greats.
Partial Bibliography
*"Jazz Era the Forties (The Roots of jazz)" (Da Capo Press, 1961) ISBN 0-306-76191-2
*"The World of Count Basie" (Da Capo Press, 1985) ISBN 0-306-80245-7
*"The World of Duke Ellington" (Da Capo Press) ISBN 0-306-81015-8
*"The World of Earl Hines" with Earl Hines (Da Capo Paperback, March 1983) ISBN 0-306-80182-5
*"The World of Swing: An Oral History of Big Band Jazz" with introduction by Dan Morgenstern (Da Capo Press; Diane Publishing Company re-edition 2003) ISBN 0-7567-6672-9External links
* [http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/music/artist/bio/0,,420186,00.html#bio Scott Yanow, All Music Guide]
* [http://www.jazzhouse.org/gone/lastpost2.php3?edit=920645448 Jazz House article]
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