Entity | Nat Hentoff
Nathan Irving Hentoff (June 10, 1925 – January 7, 2017) was an American historian, novelist, jazz and country music critic, and syndicated columnist for United Media. Hentoff was a columnist for The Village Voice from 1958 to 2009. Following his departure from The Village Voice, Hentoff became a senior fellow at the Cato Institute and continued writing his music column for The Wall Street Journal, which published his works until his death. He often wrote on First Amendment issues, vigorously defending the freedom of the press. Hentoff was formerly a columnist for: Down Beat, JazzTimes, Legal Times, The Washington Post, The Washington Times, The Progressive, Editor & Publisher and Free Inquiry. He was a staff writer for The New Yorker, and his writings were also published in: The New York Times, Jewish World Review, The Atlantic, The New Republic, Commonweal, and Enciclopedia dello Spettacolo.
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Born: 1925, Boston
Died: 2017, Manhattan
Alternate Names: Hentoff, Nat, Nathan Irving Hentoff, Nathan Hentoff, Nat
Occupation(s): music journalist, music historian, essayist, novelist, children's writer, journalist, music critic, columnist, historian, record producer, composer, writer
Field(s) of Work: music criticism, jazz
Employer(s): WMEX, Down Beat, Village Voice, Candid Records, The Washington Times, New York University
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Appears in:
University of Minnesota (WLB/KUOM) 1
Minnesota Issues 1
National Association of Educational Broadcasters (NAEB) 80
Evolution of jazz 80
- Afro-Cuban influence, part one
- Afro-Cuban influence, part two
- Bix Beiderbecke, part one
- Bix Beiderbecke, part two
- Boogie woogie and the beginnings of ragtime, part one
- Boogie woogie and the beginnings of ragtime, part two
- Bop continued, part one
- Bop continued, part two
- Bop instrumentation, part one
- Bop instrumentation, part two
- Bop, part one
- Bop, part two
- Chicago jazz, part one
- Chicago jazz, part two
- Collective improvisation and cool jazz, part one
- Collective improvisation and cool jazz, part two
- Cool jazz continued, part one
- Cool jazz continued, part two
- Count Basie, part one
- Count Basie, part two
- Dave Brubeck, part one
- Dave Brubeck, part two
- Dixieland, part one
- Dixieland, part two
- Duke Ellington continued, part one
- Duke Ellington continued, part two
- Duke Ellington, part one
- Duke Ellington, part two
- Early New York jazz, part one
- Early New York jazz, part two
- Extended form in contemporary jazz continued, part one
- Extended form in contemporary jazz continued, part two
- Extended form in contemporary jazz, part two
- Fats Waller, part one
- Fats Waller, part two
- Form of the blues, part one
- Form of the blues, part two
- Growth of jazz, part one
- Growth of jazz, part two
- Hot jazz, part two
- Influences merging, part one
- Influences merging, part two
- Influences on New Orleans jazz, part one
- Influences on New Orleans jazz, part two
- Instruments in New Orleans jazz, part one
- Instruments in New Orleans jazz, part two
- Introduction, part one
- Introduction, part two
- Jazz in the 30s and 40s, part one
- Jazz in the 30s and 40s, part two
- Jazz on the Eastern seaboard, part one
- Jazz on the Eastern seaboard, part two
- Jazz spreads, part one
- Jazz spreads, part two
- Kansas City, part one
- Kansas City, part two
- Large jazz bands, part one
- Large jazz bands, part two
- New Orleans influence on Chicago jazz, part one
- New Orleans influence on Chicago jazz, part two
- New Orleans jazz, part one
- New Orleans jazz, part two
- Origin of the blues, part one
- Origin of the blues, part two
- Program 37
- Program 38
- Ragtime, part one
- Ragtime, part two
- Series wrap up, part one
- Series wrap up, part two
- Southern African-American influence, part one
- Southern African-American influence, part two
- Swing, part one
- Swing, part two
- Transition continues, part one
- Transition continues, part two
- Transition into modern jazz, part one
- Transition into modern jazz, part two
- West African influence, part one
- West African influence, part two
National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB) 7
Jazz women 4
- Jazz women: the changing eras of jazz survive in Mary Lou Williams, part 1 of 2, undated
- Jazz women: the changing eras of jazz survive in Mary Lou Williams, part 2 of 2, undated
- Jazz women: three women singers who scat or do vocalese , part 1 of 2, undated
- Jazz women: three women singers who scat or do vocalese , part 2 of 2, undated