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Ralph Joseph Gleason (March 1, 1917 – June 3, 1975) was an American music critic and columnist. He contributed for many years to the San Francisco Chronicle , was a founding editor of Rolling Stone magazine, and cofounder of the Monterey Jazz Festival . [1]
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- Ralph Joseph Gleason, March 1, 1917, New York City, New York, U.S.
May 23, 2016 · Two new volumes of work by the legendary music writer Ralph J. Gleason are out this spring. Though he grew up during the Jazz Age, Gleason loved acts like Janis Joplin and the Grateful Dead...
- Felix Contreras
Jun 4, 1975 · Ralph J. Gleason, a pioneer jazz critic and an editor and a founder of Rolling Stone magazine, died yesterday of a heart attack at Alta Bates Hospital in Berkeley, Calif. He was 58 years old.
By the dawn of the 1960s, Ralph J. Gleason was recognized as one of the pioneers of jazz criticism. His first reviews appeared in 1934 within the college newspaper at Columbia University, and a few years later, he launched “Jazz Information”, one of the first jazz periodicals in the United States.
Dec 19, 2019 · Ralph J. Gleason (1917–75) was one of the most influential writers on jazz and popular music from the 1930s until his death. Because of his significance to music journalism, Gleason’s contributions to music writing have been studied in numerous articles and books, yet his formative years remain understudied.
- Don Armstrong
- 2020
May 23, 2016 · Two new volumes of work by the legendary music writer Ralph J. Gleason are out this spring. Though he grew up during the Jazz Age, Gleason loved acts like Janis Joplin and the Grateful Dead too. From Duke To The Dead, Ralph J. Gleason Loved It All | New England Public Media
Jan 17, 2024 · When the great bandleader Duke Ellington died in 1974, longtime Chronicle critic Ralph J. Gleason wrote a lengthy appreciation for Rolling Stone. Gleason, who began his career writing about...
