Dave Gelly

David "Dave" GellyMBE (born 28 January 1938) is a British jazz critic and musician. A long-standing contributor to newspaper The Observer, he was honoured at the 1999 British Jazz Awards as "Jazz Writer of the Year". Gelly is a jazz saxophonist and broadcaster, presenting a number of shows for BBC Radio 2 including Night Owls for much of the 1980s.