Back ريتشارد كوك Arabic ريتشارد كوك (صحفى) ARZ Richard Cook German Richard Cook Esperanto リチャード・クック (ジャズ・ライター) Japanese Richard Cook (journalist) Dutch
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Richard Cook | |
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| Born | Richard David Cook 7 February 1957 |
| Died | 25 August 2007 (aged 50) London, England |
| Other names | R. D. Cook |
| Occupation(s) | Jazz writer, magazine editor |
| Notable work | Richard Cook's Jazz Encyclopedia |
Richard David Cook (7 February 1957 – 25 August 2007) was a British jazz writer, magazine editor and former record company executive. Sometimes credited as R. D. Cook, Cook was born in Kew, Surrey,[1] and lived in west London as an adult. A writer on music from the late 1970s until he died, Cook was co-author, with Brian Morton, of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings,[2] which lasted for ten editions until 2010. His other books included Richard Cook's Jazz Encyclopedia, Blue Note Records: The Biographyand, and It's About That Time: Miles Davis On and Off the Record.[3]
- ^ Morton, Brian (1 September 2007). "Richard Cook: Jazz writer and editor". The Independent. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007.
- ^ Fordham, John (15 December 2008). "The latest Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings stays true to the memory of Richard Cook". The Guardian.
- ^ "Richard Cook, Journalist and Author of Books on Jazz, Dies at 50". The New York Times. 13 September 2007. Retrieved 18 May 2020.