Alun Morgan
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1928 –
Who is Alun Morgan?
Alun Morgan is a British jazz critic and writer.
Morgan became interested in jazz as a teenager during World War II, and Charlie Parker became a significant influence on him in the late 1940s. Morgan began to write on jazz from the early 1950 for Melody Maker, Jazz Journal, Jazz Monthly and Gramophone. Over his writing career he completed liner notes for over 2,500 albums, initially for Vogue Records. From 1954 he contributed to music programmes on BBC radio. He is the author of an influential book on modern jazz in England and co-author of several books on jazz records. He has lectured on jazz at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and the Royal Academy of Music in London.
In addition, until 1991 he was a full-time architect. Shortly after retiring from his other occupation, Morgan emigrated to Australia.
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