Jazz Writer Nat Hentoff Laid Off....

by Jacob Teichroew
Esteemed jazz writer Nat Hentoff has been laid off by the Village Voice, the weekly paper for which he has been writing since 1958. New Times Media, a large publisher of weekly publications, bought the Village Voice in 2005, and has laid off about half of its staff since the sale. It has been having advertising revenue problems, perhaps exacerbated by the troubled economy.
Hentoff began his career in jazz journalism as an associate editor of Down Beat magazine in 1953. His far-flung support for the music has involved producing albums as A&R director for the Candid label in the early 1960s, writing liner notes for dozens of artists, authoring books on jazz, and writing columns in numerous publications, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, and Jazz Times.

Hentoff, who is 83, is awaiting the publication of his new book, “At the Jazz Band Ball: 60 Years on the Jazz Scene," and will contribute columns to the Wall Street Journal and the United Media syndicate.
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