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Martin Williams (writer) was an American writer and editor who wrote for The New Yorker, The New York Times, and other publications. He was born on August 9, 1924 in New York City. Williams was educated at Harvard University, where he earned a B.A. in English in 1945. He then served in the U.S. Army from 1945 to 1947. After his military service, he worked as an editor at The New Yorker from 1947 to 1951. He then worked as a freelance writer and editor for various publications, including The New York Times, The New Republic, and The Atlantic. Williams wrote several books, including The Story of Jazz (1956), The Jazz Tradition (1970), and Jazz Masters of the Twenties (1972). He also wrote a memoir, A World of Words (1995). Williams was married to the writer and editor Marya Mannes from 1951 until her death in 1990. He died on April 8, 2013, at the age of 88. Williams had an estimated net worth of $1 million at the time of his death.

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1971

Williams authored many books on jazz, a collection of sixteen essays, profiling jazz musicians, in a book titled The Jazz Tradition. From 1971 to 1981 Williams headed the jazz and "American Culture Program" at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C., where, in 1973, he compiled and wrote liner notes for The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz. In 1983, he, Gunther Schuller, and the Smithsonian — in collaboration with RCA Records — produced Big Band Jazz. With animation historian Michael Barrier, Williams co-edited A Smithsonian Book of Comic-Book Comics (1982).

1950

Williams, beginning in the early 1950s, became a prolific jazz critic, contributing articles to The Saturday Review, The New York Times, Harper's Magazine, Down Beat, and The Jazz Review, which he founded in November 1958 with Nat Hentoff, which often featured contributions by jazz musicians, including Gunther Schuller, Dick Katz, and Cecil Taylor. The Jazz Review also featured contributions by other notable people, including Sheldon Mayer and Dan Morgenstern.

1948

Williams was born in Richmond, Virginia. He attended St. Christopher Episcopal Preparatory School, then entered the U.S. Army during World War II. After his military service during World War II, which included Battle of Iwo Jima, Williams first studied law, then literature at the University of Virginia (BA 1948), at the University of Pennsylvania (MA 1950) and at Columbia University.

1924

Martin Tudor Hansford Williams (9 August 1924 – 11 or 12 April 1992) was an American jazz critic and writer.

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