Paul Blair
Paul Blair (born January 1942 in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , † December 6, 2011 in New York ) was an American journalist , radio presenter and publisher .
Life
Blair first worked as an English teacher as a volunteer with the Peace Corps in Malawi , then for a decade as a freelance journalist in Indonesia , where he met his wife Yessy. For seven years he was in charge of the Voice of America's daily radio program in Africa . He wrote mostly about music, food and Americana , especially jazz and New York. During the 1990s, his articles appeared regularly in Jazz Notes magazine , the quarterly journal of the American Jazz Journalism Association . In 2002 he founded the company SwingStreets , which offered city tours to jazz venues in New York. From 2003 he was the publisher of the jazz magazine Hot House . Blair last lived in Bay Ridge , Brooklyn .
Paul Blair died of a heart attack on December 6, 2011, one month before his 70th birthday.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Obituary for Paul Blair by Lois Gilbert ( Memento of the original from January 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ A portrait of Paul Blair by W. Royal Stokes in Jazz Journalists Association, December 15, 2011
- ^ Obituary for Paul Blair in Jazzhot
- ^ Obituary for Paul Blair by Howard Mandel in Jazz Journalists Association, December 8, 2011
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Blair, Paul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz writer, journalist and publisher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 1942 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania, United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 6, 2011 |
| Place of death | New York , United States |