In Reply to: Whitney Balliett posted by Mike K on March 23, 2011 at 19:09:00:
Agree completely. I think I have every one of his books. Anyone who loves great writing should appreciate his work, even if they're not huge jazz fans. Even though he was not deliberately persuasive, Balliett turned me on to any number of musicians I hadn't heard or had largely ignored until I read his articles about them.
And if he had done nothing else, I'd still be grateful for his participation in the production of the great 1957 TV documentary, "The Sound of Jazz."
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- RE: Whitney Balliett - suretyguy 17:42:40 03/24/11 (5)
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