Hardbopjazz Posted September 16, 2020 Report Share Posted September 16, 2020 He was very active in the jazz world. Many times he would speak before concerts and give his opinion. RIP, Stanley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Bresnahan Posted September 16, 2020 Report Share Posted September 16, 2020 https://www.npr.org/2020/09/16/913619163/stanley-crouch-towering-jazz-critic-dead-at-74 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted September 16, 2020 Report Share Posted September 16, 2020 RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted September 16, 2020 Report Share Posted September 16, 2020 Stanley used to call me in the '70s and early '80s. When I answered the phone and heard his voice I knew the next half hour or so would be filled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulpope Posted September 16, 2020 Report Share Posted September 16, 2020 A colourful life indeed ... R.I.P .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Shearn Posted September 16, 2020 Report Share Posted September 16, 2020 Was never a fan but RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.A.W. Posted September 16, 2020 Report Share Posted September 16, 2020 WaPo obit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Posted September 16, 2020 Report Share Posted September 16, 2020 53 minutes ago, bresna said: https://www.npr.org/2020/09/16/913619163/stanley-crouch-towering-jazz-critic-dead-at-74 This is a very interesting article. Thanks for posting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregK Posted September 16, 2020 Report Share Posted September 16, 2020 1 hour ago, bresna said: https://www.npr.org/2020/09/16/913619163/stanley-crouch-towering-jazz-critic-dead-at-74 a "blues duel". Wow, I must have missed that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted September 16, 2020 Report Share Posted September 16, 2020 i enjoyed reading his biography of the younger Charlie Parker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster_Ties Posted September 16, 2020 Report Share Posted September 16, 2020 28 minutes ago, Chuck Nessa said: When I answered the phone and heard his voice I knew the next half hour or so would be filled. If this wasn’t an RIP thread, I’d be temped to ask “full of what?”. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danasgoodstuff Posted September 16, 2020 Report Share Posted September 16, 2020 (edited) Does anyone have a link to the passage in KC Lightening where he goes on about Bird and Chinese food and trains? I think someone quoted it here once. Edited September 16, 2020 by danasgoodstuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted September 16, 2020 Report Share Posted September 16, 2020 The pugilist is now at rest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted September 16, 2020 Report Share Posted September 16, 2020 Well, that was something! His good thoughts, where they existed, were quite delightful. Rest In....whatever it is that he would want to rest in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HutchFan Posted September 16, 2020 Report Share Posted September 16, 2020 (edited) Iverson's obit is an excellent bit of writing. The way Iverson recalls how Crouch made his interview transcript even more provocative and volatile than their actual discussion! That tells the tale. Stanley Crouch, right there. It's Crouch's combative tone that almost always turned me off. The way he put down people; it reminded me of a jazz version of Rush Limbaugh. Not listening "in good faith," always trying to score some sort of point in an imaginary game. ... But I guess that was Stanley Crouch. He loved to provoke people. EDIT: Am I speaking ill of the dead? I guess so. ... But also maybe Crouch's temperament, his experience, and his circumstances were just so different than mine that I have difficulty bridging the gap. ... How about this? He loved what he loved. You can't take that away from him. Edited September 16, 2020 by HutchFan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted September 16, 2020 Report Share Posted September 16, 2020 (edited) It looks like volume 2 of his Bird bio is supposed to be published early next year. Just finished reading Ethan Iverson’s piece on him. Tremendous. Edited September 16, 2020 by Brad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danasgoodstuff Posted September 16, 2020 Report Share Posted September 16, 2020 Nevermind, I found the bit I was looking for. I still can't believe he even got paid to write at all. And I don't usually speak ill of the dead either, but in this regard at least he was truly exceptional. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted September 16, 2020 Report Share Posted September 16, 2020 39 minutes ago, Brad said: It looks like volume 2 of his Bird bio is supposed to be published early next year. My first thought was, will there be another volume? I never actually picked up the first volume but always planned to do so ... do I recall correctly that in amidst the weird ramblings about trains that he did bring out new information, and that overall people were wanting to see what he writes about the post-KC Bird? I thought that was the gist of what I read, and therefore I am excited if he was able to complete the book (or was there going to be a third volume that will probably next come out?). As for Stanley in general, I encountered him first early in my listening, and he and Wynton speaking about 'blues and swing' rang true to me then, as it does today. The best jazz for me has those two elements. So for all his verbosity and the contrast between his early attitudes and the later ones, I didn't find him contemptible like some do. RIP. And I hope volume 2 takes us all the way thru to Nica's apartment in 1954. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmonahan Posted September 16, 2020 Report Share Posted September 16, 2020 Like him or hate him, he was deeply devoted to the music. Well, to the music he liked anyway. And he loved Bird and Duke. RIP. gregmo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave James Posted September 16, 2020 Report Share Posted September 16, 2020 2 hours ago, Rooster_Ties said: If this wasn’t an RIP thread, I’d be temped to ask “full of what?”. I think you just did. Look, I understand that Crouch was a polarizing figure. Did he have strong opinions? For sure. Did lots of people disagree with him? For sure. But, the bottom line is this. He loved and championed the music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stryker Posted September 16, 2020 Report Share Posted September 16, 2020 2 hours ago, Brad said: It looks like volume 2 of his Bird bio is supposed to be published early next year. Just finished reading Ethan Iverson’s piece on him. Tremendous. Sadly, there is no Vol. 2 and will not be — the Amazon listing is the result of a technological and publisher glitch dating back to the publication of Vol 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted September 17, 2020 Report Share Posted September 17, 2020 2 hours ago, Mark Stryker said: Sadly, there is no Vol. 2 and will not be — the Amazon listing is the result of a technological and publisher glitch dating back to the publication of Vol 1. Thanks for the clarification Mark. Too bad. Do you know how far he’d gotten? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stryker Posted September 17, 2020 Report Share Posted September 17, 2020 (edited) 22 hours ago, Brad said: Thanks for the clarification Mark. Too bad. Do you know how far he’d gotten? I don't, but I'm afraid the answer would likely be not very far. I think it wasn't all that long after Vol. 1 came out that he was over taken by various maladies and eventually stopped working altogether. Edited September 18, 2020 by Mark Stryker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medjuck Posted September 17, 2020 Report Share Posted September 17, 2020 10 hours ago, bresna said: https://www.npr.org/2020/09/16/913619163/stanley-crouch-towering-jazz-critic-dead-at-74 This is a great piece of writing. I was struck that Crouch toughened his conversation in editing it for print whereas most people would soften what they've said before publishing it. Many years ago I did a radio show with the film critic Andrew Sarris who was was very opinionated in his writings but I was surprised to find him very agreeable and open in conversation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gheorghe Posted September 17, 2020 Report Share Posted September 17, 2020 thats really sad News. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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