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Birthdate: October 24, 1929
Birthplace: Munich, Germany
Occupation: Author, critic, librarian
Nationality: U.S. citizen since 1947
Alma mater: Brandeis University

Dan Morgenstern (born October 24, 1929, Munich, Germany) is a jazz critic and librarian.

Morgenstern moved to the United States in 1947, and attended Brandeis University from 1953 to 1956. He wrote for jazz publication Jazz Journal from 1958 to 1961, and following this edited several jazz magazines: Metronome in 1961, Jazz from 1962 to 1963, and Down Beat from 1964 to 1973. He is the author of the book Jazz People and has arranged jazz concerts and lectures over the course of his career. In 1976 he was named director of Rutgers-Newark's Institute of Jazz Studies, where he continued the work of Marshall Stearns and made the Institute one of the world's largest collections of jazz documents, recordings, and memorabilia.[1]

Morgenstern is widely known as a prolific writer of comprehensive, authoritative liner notes, a sideline that has garnered him eight Grammy Awards for Best Album Notes since 1973.[2]

Morgenstern published two books: Jazz People (1976); and Living with Jazz (2004), a reader edited by Sheldon Meyer. Both were winners of ASCAP's Deems Taylor Award.[3]

In 2007, Morgenstern received the A.B. Spellman Jazz Masters Award for Jazz Advocacy from the National Endowment for the Arts.[4]

Grammy Awards for Best Album Notes

Art Tatum, God Is in the House (1973)
Coleman Hawkins, The Hawk Flies (1974)
Various (Savoy Records collection), The Changing Face of Harlem (1976)
Erroll Garner, Erroll Garner: Master of the Keyboard (1981)
Clifford Brown, Brownie: The Complete Emarcy Recordings of Clifford Brown (1990)
Louis Armstrong, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1994)
Fats Waller, If You Got to Ask, You Ain't Got It! (2006)
Louis Armstrong, The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (1935-1946) (2010)

References

1. Scott Yanow, Dan Morgenstern at Allmusic
2. Grammy Awards, Allmusic.com
3. ASCAP Deems Taylor Awards
4. National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters

Awards

- NEA Jazz Masters (2007)
- Grammy Award for Best Album Notes (1973, 1974, 1976, 1981, 1990, 1994, 2006, 2010)


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Book Review

Living with Jazz: A Reader

Read "Living with Jazz: A Reader" reviewed by Joel Roberts


Dan Morgenstern Living With Jazz, A Reader Pantheon Books 736 pages ISBN: 037542072X

Living With Jazz is an apt title for this long overdue first published collection of Dan Morgenstern's writings. The veteran scribe - a former Down Beat editor, current head of Rutgers University's respected Institute of Jazz Studies and six-time Grammy winner for his liner notes - has been an important figure on the jazz scene for four decades, writing ...

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Book Review

Living With Jazz

Read "Living With Jazz" reviewed by David Rickert


Dan Morgenstern Living With Jazz, A Reader Pantheon Books 736 pages ISBN: 037542072X

Dan Morgenstern is the director of the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers, a former editor and contributor for Down Beat , and author of Jazz People , one of the finest histories of jazz ever written. His shorter pieces - snapshots of the artists, the music, and the lifestyle - benefit from Morgenstern's close company with several musicians ...

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Cedar Walton, Lorraine Gordon and Dan Morgenstern! Tuesday, June 12 7:30 PM Barnes & Noble Lincoln Center

Cedar Walton, Lorraine Gordon and Dan Morgenstern! Tuesday, June 12 7:30 PM Barnes & Noble Lincoln Center

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services

Please join us for an evening of jazz with Cedar Walton, Lorraine Gordon and Dan Morgenstern! Tuesday, June 12 7:30 PM Barnes & Noble Lincoln Center 1972 Broadway at 66th Street 212-595-6859 This night will be wonderful! Jazz pianist Cedar Walton will perform and Dan Morgenstern will lead a Discussion/Q&A with Lorraine Gordon. Lorraine will be signing copies of her memoir Alive at the Village Vanguard: My Life In and Out of ...

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NEA Jazz Master Dan Morgenstern Featured March 8in the Harlem Speaks Series

NEA Jazz Master Dan Morgenstern Featured March 8in the Harlem Speaks Series

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services

The National Jazz Museum in Harlem 104 East 126th Street New York, NY 10035 212 348-8300 NEA Jazz Master Dan Morgenstern Featured in the Harlem Speaks series Dan Morgenstern, Writer Mar. 8, 2007 at 6:30pm-8:30pm.

This discussion series is free to the public.

Director of the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University since 1976, Dan Morgenstern is a jazz historian and archivist, author, editor, and educator active in the jazz field ...

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NEA Jazz Master Dan Morgenstern Featured in the Harlem Speaks Series Thursday, March 8th 6:30PM-8:30PM.

NEA Jazz Master Dan Morgenstern Featured in the Harlem Speaks Series Thursday, March 8th 6:30PM-8:30PM.

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services

The National Jazz Museum in Harlem 104 East 126th Street New York, NY 10035 212 348-8300 Dan Morgenstern, Writer Mar. 8, 2007 6:30pm-8:30pm This discussion series is free to the public Director of the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University since 1976, Dan Morgenstern is a jazz historian and archivist, author, editor, and educator active in the jazz field since 1958. As head of the Institute of Jazz Studies, ...

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