Marc Myers

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Marc Myers
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Marc Myers in 2014
Born (1956-09-04) September 4, 1956 (age 68)
Nationality American
Occupation
Known for Wall Street Journal music and arts contributor, founder of JazzWax blog
Website http://jazzwax.com

Marc Myers (born September 4, 1956, New York City) is an American journalist, author, and historian, and a regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal, where he writes on music and the arts. In 2007, he founded JazzWax, a top-ranked daily jazz blog[1] that won the 2012 Jazz Journalists Association's "Blog of the Year" award.[2]

Career and life

Myers grew up in New York City and Westchester County in N.Y. According to his website, he studied journalism at Northeastern University (undergraduate) and U.S. history at Columbia University (graduate). He began his writing career at The New York Times in the late 1970s as a college intern, joining the newspaper full-time in 1980 in the sports department.[3] In 1985 he left to become an associate editor at Adweek, where he wrote about advertising and marketing, helping to launch Brandweek. For a time, he was business editor at Working Woman magazine, where his responsibilities included editing cover business and celebrity profiles, and was editor of Bottom Line/Personal in the 1990s.[4] In February 1999, his essay on President Bill Clinton’s luck was published by the New York Times’ Op-Ed page.[5] In 2001, he founded Marc Myers LLC, a firm that developed content and marketing strategies. He began writing on music and the arts for "The Wall Street Journal" in 2010.

His mother, Bernice Myers, is a children's book artist and illustrator. His father, Lou Myers, a commercial illustrator, cartoonist and writer, died in 2005.[6]

He is married to Alyse Myers, author of Who Do You Think You Are? A Memoir (Simon & Schuster).[7][8][9]

Wall Street Journal

Since June 2010, Myers has written regularly on jazz, rock and R&B for The Wall Street Journal. He has interviewed more than 300 leading musicians and celebrities, including Lady Gaga,[10]Keith Richards,[11] Sir George Martin,[12] Phil Everly,[13] Smokey Robinson,[14] Brian Wilson,[15] Bill Wyman,[16] Jackie DeShannon,[17] Donald Fagen,[18] Berry Gordy Jr.,[19] Grace Slick,[20] Hal Blaine,[21] B.B. King,[22] Dave Brubeck,[23] Albert Maysles,[24] Fats Domino,[25] and Dionne Warwick.[26]

He also has written articles for the Wall Street Journal on architecture (the John Hancock Tower,[27] the Farnsworth House[28] and New York's office-building lobbies of the 1950s[29]) and has profiled contemporary sculptor Mark di Suvero.[30]

JazzWax

Since JazzWax's launch in August 2007, Myers has conducted more than 300 multi-part interviews with notable jazz, rock and R&B musicians[31] and has posted commentary on rare and contemporary recordings. JazzWax is syndicated by Jazz.FM91, Toronto, Canada’s largest jazz radio station, and by All About Jazz. Myers has been quoted on jazz in USA Today,[32] Travel & Leisure,[33] Jazz Times,[34] the Los Angeles Times,[35] and Salon.com.[36]

Books

Myers has written the following books:

  • Why Jazz Happened (2013), University of California Press, ISBN 0520268784. In its Fall '12 catalog, the publisher called the book "the first comprehensive social history of jazz." In its review, The Wall Street Journal said, "If you want to know why jazz changed so often between 1942 and 1972, Why Jazz Happened is a good place to start. Marc Myers has made a serious contribution to the discussion about how jazz went from a practical art entertaining dancers to one aimed at listeners."
  • How to Make Luck: 7 Secrets Lucky People Use to Succeed (1999), Renaissance Books, ISBN 978-1-58063-058-0

Album liner notes

Myers has written the liner notes for the following CD releases:

  • Getz/Gilberto 50th Anniversary" (UMe/Verve)
  • Miles Davis: The Original Mono Recordings" (Sony/Legacy)
  • Wes Montgomery: Movin': The Complete Verve Recordings (UMe/Verve)
  • Ella Fitzgerald in Japan (UMG/Verve)[37]
  • Johnny Mandel: The Man and His Music (Arbors)
  • Dinah Washington: The Fabulous Miss D! (UMG/Verve)
  • Ayako Shirasaki: Falling Leaves (Jan Matthies)
  • Sonny Rollins: Way Out West (Concord)
  • Joe Alterman: Piano Tracks (Vol. 1)
  • Carol Sloane: We'll Meet Again (Arbors)
  • Brooks Tegler: Small Groups
  • The Best of Benny Golson (Concord)
  • Grant Stewart: Young at Heart (Sharp Nine)

References

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External links

  • Why Jazz Happened media site for the book
  • Kind of Blue Reloaded cover story for JazzIz magazine (September 2009) on a Miles Davis classic
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