Albert L. Murray (born May 12, 1916 in Nokomis, Alabama) is an African American literary and jazz critic, novelist and biographer. May 12 is the 132nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (133rd in leap years). ... Year 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ... An African American (also Afro-American, Black American, or simply black) is a member of an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Africa. ... Jazz is a musical art form that originated in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States at around the start of the 20th century, mostly popular in the 1920s. ... A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. ... This article needs cleanup. ...

He attended the Tuskegee Institute and received a Bachelors degree in 1939, and his M.A. from New York University in 1948. In 1943 he entered the U.S. Air Force, from which he retired as a major in 1962. There is also the Tuskegee Airmen, a corps of African-American military pilots trained there during World War II Tuskegee University is an American institution of higher learning located in Tuskegee, Alabama. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full year calendar). ... A masters degree is an academic degree usually awarded for completion of a postgraduate (or graduate) course of one to three years in duration. ... New York University (NYU) is a major research university in New York City. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... Seal of the Air Force. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ...

His writing career began in earnest in 1962, when he retired from the military. His first book The Omni-Americans (1970) was critically acclaimed. 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ...

He is the cofounder of Jazz at Lincoln Center with Wynton Marsalis. He is also the author of essay collection The Blue Devils of Nada (1996), The Seven League Boots (1996), novel Train Whistle Guitar (1974), South to a Very Old Place (1971), Stomping the Blues (1976), The Spyglass Tree (1991). He also co-wrote Count Basie's autobiography Good Morning Blues (1985). The Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center. ... Wynton Learson Marsalis (b. ... An essay is a short work of writing that treats a topic from an authors personal point of view. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... William Count Basie (August 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984) was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. ... Cover of An autobiography, from the Greek auton, self, bios, life and graphein, write, is a biography written by the subject or composed conjointly with a collaborative writer (styled as told to or with). The term dates from the late eighteenth century, but the form is much older. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• Pinsker, Sanford, "Albert Murray: the Black Intellectuals' Maverick Patriarch", Virginia Quarterly Review, Autumn 1996