by J. Pharoah Doss, For New Pittsburgh Courier Stanley Crouch, jazzman, cultural critic, literary artist, and public intellectual, died on Sept. 16. He was 74 years old. Crouch wrote essay collections, fiction, a biography of saxophonist Charlie “Bird” Parker, and a photobook called, One Shot Harris: The Photographs of Charles “Teenie” Harris. Crouch was mentored … Continued
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