Kevin Whitehead

Kevin Whitehead , the longtime jazz critic for NPR's Fresh Air , has written about jazz, movies, and popular culture for 40 years. His books include New Dutch Swing (1998) and Why Jazz? A Concise Guide (2011). His essays have appeared in such collections as The Cartoon Music Book , Discover Jazz and Traveling the Spaceways: Sun Ra, the Astro-Black and Other Solar Myths . Whitehead has taught at the University of Kansas, Towson University, and Goucher College.

Kevin Whitehead , the longtime jazz critic for NPR's Fresh Air , has written about jazz, movies, and popular culture for 40 years. His books include New Dutch Swing (1998) and Why Jazz? A Concise Guide (2011). His essays have appeared in such collections as The Cartoon Music Book , Discover Jazz and Traveling the Spaceways: Sun Ra, the Astro-Black and Other Solar Myths . Whitehead has taught at the University of Kansas, Towson University, and Goucher College. See less