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Nat Hentoff, columnist, critic and giant of jazz writing, dies aged 91

MUSIC 10/01/2017

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/jan/08/nat-hentoff-jazz-music-writer-village-voice-dies#img-1

They surely do not make them like him anymore.

A true iconoclast.

He always reminded me of the words of MLK,

“Many people fear nothing more terribly than to take a position which stands out sharply and clearly from the prevailing opinion.

The tendency of most is to adopt a view that is so ambiguous that it will include everything and so popular that it will include everybody.

Not a few men who cherish lofty and noble ideals hide them under a bushel for fear of being called different.”

Three examples of his firepower;

http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/hentoff022013.php3#.WHKx2qjLdDs

http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/hentoff052516.php3

http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/hentoff082216.php3

Time reveals the truth

……Rest easy Mr. Hentoff.

NBA

 

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