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'''Martin Tudor Hansford Williams''' (9 August 1924 – 11 or 12 April 1992)<ref>Barry Kernfeld (ed) ''The New Dictionary of Jazz'', New York & London: Macmillan & St Martin's Press, 1994 [1988], p.1294 & p.xxxii</ref> was born in [[Richmond, Virginia]]. Williams attended St. Christopher Episcopal Preparatory School. After his military service during World War II including Iwo Jima, he first studied law, then literature at the [[University of Virginia]] (BA 1948), at the [[University of Pennsylvania]] (MA 1950) and at [[Columbia University]]. He was a critic, specializing in [[jazz]] and [[United States|American]] popular culture. He wrote for major jazz magazines, notably ''[[Down Beat]]'', cofounded and coedited ''[[The Jazz Review]]'', and wrote many books on jazz, summing up his understanding of its history in ''The Jazz Tradition'' (1970). From 1971 to 1981 he directed the Jazz and American Culture programs at the [[Smithsonian Institution]], where he compiled ''[[The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz]]'' (1973), acquiring rights from all major record labels in order to produce a comprehensive historical anthology. |
'''Martin Tudor Hansford Williams''' (9 August 1924 – 11 or 12 April 1992)<ref>Paula Morgan "Williams, Martin Tudor Hansford" in Barry Kernfeld (ed) ''The New Dictionary of Jazz'', New York & London: Macmillan & St Martin's Press, 1994 [1988], p.1294 & p.xxxii</ref> was born in [[Richmond, Virginia]]. Williams attended St. Christopher Episcopal Preparatory School. After his military service during World War II including Iwo Jima, he first studied law, then literature at the [[University of Virginia]] (BA 1948), at the [[University of Pennsylvania]] (MA 1950) and at [[Columbia University]]. He was a critic, specializing in [[jazz]] and [[United States|American]] popular culture. He wrote for major jazz magazines, notably ''[[Down Beat]]'', cofounded and coedited ''[[The Jazz Review]]'', and wrote many books on jazz, summing up his understanding of its history in ''The Jazz Tradition'' (1970). From 1971 to 1981 he directed the Jazz and American Culture programs at the [[Smithsonian Institution]], where he compiled ''[[The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz]]'' (1973), acquiring rights from all major record labels in order to produce a comprehensive historical anthology. |
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With animation historian [[Michael Barrier (historian)|Michael Barrier]], Williams co-edited ''A Smithsonian Book of Comic-Book Comics'' (1982).<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/1982/09/05/books/fun-horror-and-adventure.html "Fun, Horror and Adventure"], ''New York Times'', 5 September 1982</ref> |
With animation historian [[Michael Barrier (historian)|Michael Barrier]], Williams co-edited ''A Smithsonian Book of Comic-Book Comics'' (1982).<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/1982/09/05/books/fun-horror-and-adventure.html "Fun, Horror and Adventure"], ''New York Times'', 5 September 1982</ref> |
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Martin Tudor Hansford Williams (9 August 1924 – 11 or 12 April 1992)[1] was born in Richmond, Virginia. Williams attended St. Christopher Episcopal Preparatory School. After his military service during World War II including Iwo Jima, he first studied law, then literature at the University of Virginia (BA 1948), at the University of Pennsylvania (MA 1950) and at Columbia University. He was a critic, specializing in jazz and American popular culture. He wrote for major jazz magazines, notably Down Beat, cofounded and coedited The Jazz Review, and wrote many books on jazz, summing up his understanding of its history in The Jazz Tradition (1970). From 1971 to 1981 he directed the Jazz and American Culture programs at the Smithsonian Institution, where he compiled The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz (1973), acquiring rights from all major record labels in order to produce a comprehensive historical anthology.
With animation historian Michael Barrier, Williams co-edited A Smithsonian Book of Comic-Book Comics (1982).[2]
References
- ^ Paula Morgan "Williams, Martin Tudor Hansford" in Barry Kernfeld (ed) The New Dictionary of Jazz, New York & London: Macmillan & St Martin's Press, 1994 [1988], p.1294 & p.xxxii
- ^ "Fun, Horror and Adventure", New York Times, 5 September 1982
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