Stanley Crouch (born December 14, 1945, Los Angeles) is an American music critic, syndicated columnist, and novelist perhaps best known for his jazz criticism and his novel Don't the Moon Look Lonesome? is the 348th day of the year (349th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... A columnist is a journalist who produces a specific form of writing for publication called a column. Columns appear in newspapers, magazines and the Internet. ... A novel (from French nouvelle Italian novella, new) is an extended, generally fictional narrative, typically in prose. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ...

Biography

During the early 1970s, Crouch moved from California to New York City, where he lived along with tenor saxophonist David Murray in a loft above an East Village club called the Tin Palace. While working as a drummer, Crouch conducted the booking for an avant-garde jazz series at the club, as well as organizing occasional concert events at the Ladies' Fort. The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, also called The Seventies. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... David Murray Live in Warsaw, Poland, in April 2003 David Murray (born 1955 in Oakland, California, United States) is a notable jazz musician. ... East Village Also known as Newmyers Seven Nuts, named for its inventor Chris Newmyer, East Village is a community card poker game. ... Avant-jazz (also known as avant-garde jazz) is a style of music and improvisation that combines elements of avant-garde art music composition with elements of traditional jazz. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

Since the early 1980s Crouch has become critical of the more progressive forms of jazz and has been associated with the neo-conservative attitudes of Albert Murray. An ardent proselytizer for the music of Wynton Marsalis, he writes the liner notes for all of the trumpeter's albums. Crouch was summarily dismissed from JazzTimes following his controversial article, "Putting the White Man in Charge", in which he asserted that white critics elevate white jazz musicians beyond their abilities. Albert L. Murray (born May 12, 1916 in Nokomis, Alabama) is an African American literary and jazz critic, novelist and biographer. ... The English language word proselytism is derived ultimately from the Greek language prefix pros (towards) and the verb erchomai (to come). ... Wynton Learson Marsalis (b. ... JazzTimes is a music magazine that covers jazz. ...

Controversy

Crouch has been very critical of his critics and detractors. At the First Annual Jazz Awards, Crouch was invited to present an award, and while reading the nominees made disparaging comments about two of them: trumpeter Dave Douglas and pianist Matthew Shipp. After the show, jazz critic Howard Mandel (not to be confused with "Deal or No Deal" host Howie Mandel), who was largely responsible for creating and organizing the Jazz Awards, confronted Crouch about his earlier comments. After a short argument, Crouch punched Mandel and then was confronted by Shipp, who called Crouch "an Uncle Tom and a fucking loser". However, the two were quickly separated and a brawl was avoided. ^[1] Dave Douglas (born March 24, 1963) is a U.S. jazz trumpeter and composer whose music is notable for drawing on many non-jazz musical styles, including classical music, European folk music and klezmer. ... Matthew Shipp (born December 7, 1960) is an American free jazz pianist. ... Howie Michael Mandel II (born November 29, 1955) is a Canadian comedian and actor, primarily for his roles on sitcoms and television. ... Uncle Tom is a pejorative for an African American who is perceived by others as behaving in a subservient manner to White American authority figures, or as seeking ingratiation with them by way of unnecessary accommodation. ...

In 2004, Crouch approached critic Dale Peck—who had written an unfavorable review of Crouch's first novel Don't the Moon Look Lonesome—in a Greenwich Village restaurant and slapped him in the face warning him, "Don’t you ever do that again. If you do you’ll get much worse." Crouch has also punched jazz writer Russ Musto and Village Voice letters editor Ron Plotkin and put fellow Voice critic Harry Allen in a choke hold, leading to his dismissal. Dale Peck (born 1967 on Long Island, New York) is an American novelist. ... The Village Voice is a New York City-based weekly newspaper featuring investigative articles, analysis of current affairs and culture, arts reviews and events listings for New York City. ... Harry Allen (born October 12, 1966) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist born in Washington, D.C., a young traditionalist in the manner of Scott Hamilton, he is best known for his work with John Colliani, Keith Ingham, John Pizzarelli and Bucky Pizzarelli. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

Opinions

Crouch is a fierce critic of gangsta rap music, primarily its promotion of violence, criminal lifestyles and degrading attitudes toward women. With this viewpoint, he has defended Bill Cosby's remarks (see the Pound Cake Speech) and praised a women's group at Spelman College for speaking out against those same phenomena. Several of his syndicated columns have been dedicated to these subjects recently. For the Ice T album, see Gangsta Rap (album). ... William Henry Bill Cosby, Jr. ... The Pound Cake Speech was given by Bill Cosby in May 2004, at an event to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Brown v. ... Spelman College is a four-year liberal arts womans college in Atlanta, Georgia. ...

Crouch has sat on a panel of judges for the PEN/Newman's Own Award, a $25,000 award designed to protect speech as it applies to the written word. The PEN/Newmans Own First Amendment Award is a $25,000 annual award designed to honor an individual who has prevailed over considerable odds in defending freedom of expression in the United States as it applies to the written word: in books, newspapers, magazines and pamphlets, film scripts and...

His syndicated column for the New York Daily News frequently challenges prominent members of the African American community to help blacks focus on bettering themselves instead of blaming others for their problems. Crouch has criticised, among others, author Alex Haley, the author of The Autobiography of Malcolm X and Roots: The Saga of an American Family, community leader Al Sharpton, Spike Lee, Cornel West, Amiri Baraka and Tupac Shakur, whom he called "scum." Crouch's controversial work has won him critical acclaim. In 2005, he was selected a fellow by the Fletcher Foundation. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... 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. ... Look up black in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Alexander Palmer Haley (August 11, 1921 – February 10, 1992) was an American writer. ... The Autobiography of Malcolm X cover The Autobiography of Malcolm X (ISBN 0-345-35068-5) was written by Alex Haley between 1964 and 1965, based on interviews conducted shortly before Malcolm Xs death (and with an epilogue for after it), and was published in 1965. ... Categories: Literature stubs | 1976 books | American novels | Books starting with S ... This biographical article needs additional references for verification. ... Shelton Jackson Lee (born March 20, 1957, in Atlanta, Georgia), better known as Spike Lee, is an American film director, producer, writer, and actor noted for his films dealing with controversial social and political issues. ... Cornel Ronald West (born June 2, 1953 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is a prominent African-American scholar and public intellectual. ... Amiri Baraka was born Everett LeRoi Jones on October 7, 1934 in Newark, New Jersey. ... Tupac Amaru Shakur (June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996), also known by his stage names 2Pac, Makaveli, or simply as Pac, was an American artist renowned for his rap music, movie roles, poetry, and his social activism. ... The Fletcher Foundation was created with a $50 million endowment in 2004 by New York financier and philanthropist Alphonse Fletcher, Jr. ...

References

1. ^ http://www.allaboutjazz.com/birdlives/bl-8.htm

Bibliography

Non-fiction

Fiction

External links

• Brief biography
• Interview with Crouch by Ethan Iverson of The Bad Plus, mostly about "Considering Genius"