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Dan Morgenstern

American jazz historian

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born
1929
died
2024
age at death
94
known for
writer, music critic, journalist

1929 – 2024

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Dan Michael Morgenstern was an American jazz historian and archivist. Born to a Jewish family in Germany, Morgenstern fled Nazi-occupied Austria with his mother and in 1947 emigrated to the United States. He first began visiting jazz clubs as a teenager and worked at The New York Times. After serving in the U.S. Army, he attended Brandeis University where he first began writing about jazz music. He went on to become a professional jazz critic and editor.

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