John Fordham is a British jazz critic and writer. As well as being the main jazz critic for ''
The Guardian'', he publishes a monthly column for the newspaper. He is the author of several books on jazz, and has reported on it for publications including ''
Time Out
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Time
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'', ''
City Limits
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'', ''
Sounds'', ''Jazz UK'' and ''
The Wire''. He is a former editor of ''Time Out'', ''City Limits'' and ''Jazz UK''. He has contributed to documentaries for radio and television, as well as regularly to
BBC Radio 3
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's programme ''Jazz on 3''.
Awards
Fordham has won the
Parliamentary Jazz Awards
The Parliamentary Jazz Awards in the United Kingdom are organised by the All Party Parliamentary Jazz Appreciation Group (APPJAG) at the Houses of Parliament in London. The group consists of over a hundred members drawn from across the UK politica ...
"Jazz Journalist of the Year" award three times since 2005.
John Fordham biography
, Jazz Services.
Selected bibliography
*1989: ''The Sound of Jazz'' (Hamlyn)
*1991: ''Jazz on CD: the essential guide'' (Kyle Cathie)
*1993: ''Jazz'' ( Dorling Kindersley)
*1995: ''Jazzman: Biography of Ronnie Scott'' (Kyle Cathie)
*1996: ''Shooting from the Hip: Changing Tunes in Jazz, 1970-95'' (Kyle Cathie)
*1998: ''Jazz Heroes'' (Collins & Brown)
*1999: ''Story of Ronnie Scott's: the Making of the Man and the Club That Bears His Name'' (Showtime)
*2015: ''The Knowledge: Jazz'' (Quadrille, )
References
External links
John Fordham
page at ''The Guardian''
Living people
British music journalists
British music critics
Jazz writers
Year of birth missing (living people)
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