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Stanley Crouch was an American musician, novelist, writer, and music critic specializing in jazz. Born in Los Angeles in 1945, he was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He played the drum kit and was influenced by Albert Murray. Crouch spoke and wrote in English.
His notable works include *Griots Beneath the Baobab*, *Black Satin*, *Her First American*, *Victory Is Assured*, and *King: the Complete Edition*. He received the Guggenheim Fellowship, MacArthur Fellows Program award, Windham–Campbell Literature Prizes, and Whiting Awards. He was employed by Pomona College.
Crouch died in The Bronx in 2020. His archives are held at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. He is also recognized in the American Academy Arts Sciences collection and the Macarthur Fellows collection.
Synthesized by Vinony from 30 facts across 5 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, Vinony collections. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 25
Top works
- Griots Beneath the Baobab
- Black Satin (Contemporary Erotic Fiction by Writers of African Origin)
- Her First American
- Victory Is Assured
- King : the Complete Edition
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1945
- Active to
- 2020
Member of
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 68
- Total plays
- 219
Tags
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Stanley
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles
- Place of death
- The Bronx
- Occupation
- journalist
- Employer
- Pomona College
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- NEA Jazz Masters
- Field of work
- jazz
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- drum kit
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- date of birth
- 1945-12-14
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- influenced by
- Albert Murray
- date of death
- 2020-09-16
- name in native language
- Stanley Crouch
via Wikidata · CC0
Available in 11 languages
via Wikidata sitelinks · CC0