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"""Read anything of Williams you can lay your hands on....His knowledge of jazz is all but unmatched.""--Washington Review ""The most knowledgeable, open-minded, and perceptive American jazz critic today.""--The Washington Post ""Martin Williams is perhaps the greatest living jazz critic.""--Gunther Schuller ""One of the most distinguished critics (of anything) this country has produced.""--Gary Giddings, Village Voice ""Martin Williams persistently gets at essences, and that is why he has contributed so much to the very small body of authentic jazz criticism.""--Nat Hentoff"

There is a particular kind of pleasure to be found in reading the work of people who really know and love their subject. Martin Williams is one of them. He has the ability not only to inform and entertain, but to make you feel that you share his familiarity with the men and the music he writes about. * Sunday Times * The great thing about Martin Williams is that he actually writes about music - and, what's more, does it entertainingly. * Jazz * there is a particular kind of pleasure to be found in reading the work of people who really know and love their subject. Martin Williams is one of them. He has the ability not only to inform and entertain, but to make you feel that you share his familiarity with the men and the music he writes about. * Sunday Times * a rare combination of journalistic fluency, erudition, insight and taste ... He is one of the most serious of jazz commentators, with a distaste for adjectival writing and loose talk. * John Fordham, Q * Martin Williams is perhaps our greatest living jazz critic. * Gunther Schuller * Read anything of Williams you can lay your hands on. * Washington Review * The most knowledgeable, open-minded, and perceptive American jazz critic writing today. * Washington Post *

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Martin Williams has written and edited a number of books on jazz; his articles have appeared in such places as Harper's, Saturday Review, The New York Times, High Fidelity, Stereo Review, Down Beat, and Metronome.

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