| Dan Morgenstern | |
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Frank Foster (left) and Dan Morgenstern in 2008 |
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| Born | October 24, 1929 Munich, Germany |
| Occupation | Author, critic, librarian |
| Nationality | German |
| Alma mater | Brandeis University |
| Subjects | Jazz |
| Notable award(s) |
NEA Jazz Masters 1973 1974 1976 1981 1990 1994 2006 2010 |
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 1953-1956. He wrote for jazz publication Jazz Journal from 1958–1961, and following this edited several jazz magazines: Metronome in 1961, Jazz from 1962–1963, and Down Beat from 1964-1973. 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]