Charles Fox (jazz critic)

Charles Richard Jeremy Fox (1921 – 9 May 1991 in Weymouth) was an English writer and broadcaster specialising in jazz.

Fox worked as the jazz critic of the New Statesman. In addition he occasionally contributed to The Guardian, The Sunday Times and The Gramophone. From the early 1960s onwards, he hosted the British radio programme Jazz Today. and regularly contributed interviews and documentary series to BBC Radio 3. He also wrote liner notes for British jazz releases.

Fox's book on Fats Waller was published in 1960. in 1972 he authored a guide to the history of Jazz titled The Jazz Scene. Later in 1984 he wrote a jazz recording guide titled The Essential Jazz Recordings, i: Ragtime to Swing with Max Harrison and Eric Thacker.

References

Bibliography
Jazz on Record (with Peter Gammond and Paul Oliver) 1960, Hutchinson 
Jazz in Perspective, 1969, BBC
The Jazz Scene, 1972, Hamlyn
The Essential Jazz Records. Vol 1: Ragtime to Swing, 1984, Mansell

Category:1921 births
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Category:BBC Radio 3 presenters
Category:English male journalists
Category:Jazz writers
Category:People from Weymouth, Dorset