Charles Richard Jeremy Fox (1921 – 9 May 1991 in Weymouth)[1] was an English writer and broadcaster who specialised in jazz.
He left school at 14. His career in journalism began in the 1940s via letters to Melody Maker and jazz magazines of the era such as Jazz Music (edited by Max Jones and Albert McCarthy), Jazz Forum (later Jazz Monthly) and Jazz Journal.[2] Fox contributed articles about jazz to the New Statesman. In addition, he occasionally wrote for The Guardian, The Sunday Times and The Gramophone.[3] From the early 1960s onwards, he hosted the British radio programme Jazz Today.[3] and regularly contributed interviews and documentary series to BBC Radio 3. He also wrote liner notes for British jazz record releases.[2]
Fox's book on Fats Waller was published in 1960. in 1972 he authored a guide to the history of Jazz titled The Jazz Scene. Later in 1984, he co-wrote a guide to jazz recordings titled The Essential Jazz Recordings, i: Ragtime to Swing with Max Harrison and Eric Thacker.[3]
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