Charles Fox
English writer and broadcaster specialising in jazz
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Charles Richard Jeremy Fox was an English writer and broadcaster who specialised in jazz. He left school at 14 and trained as a draughtsman. His career in journalism began in the 1940s via letters to Melody Maker and jazz magazines of the era such as Jazz Music , Jazz Forum and Jazz Journal. He settled in London in the early 1950s working as a sub-editor on the Recorder newspaper and edited a poetry magazine entitled Ninepence founded with the poets Patrick Brangwyn and Christopher Logue. Fox was part of the group around McCarthy who founded Jazz Monthly magazine in 1955; the magazine continued publication until 1972. Fox's earliest broadcasting work was as a substitute presenter of Jazz Today on BBC Radio when its regular presenter, Steve Race, was ill and he began the Jazz in Britain programme which debuted new musicians. Fox lodged for many years with the family of musician Alexis Korner in Bayswater.
