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A critic is a bundle of biases held loosely together by a sense of taste.

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The brilliant explosion known as Benny Goodman went off in 1935, and it hasn´t gone out yet.

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Critics are biased, and so are readers. (Indeed, a critic is a bundle of biases held loosely together by a sense of taste.) But intelligent readers soon discover how to allow for the windage of their own and a critic's prejudices.

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Whitney Balliett

Whitney Balliett

Born: April 17, 1926
Died: February 1, 2007 (aged 80)
Bio: Whitney Lyon Balliett was a jazz critic and book reviewer for the New Yorker and was with the journal from 1954 until 2001.
Known for:
  1. Collected Works: A Journal of Jazz (2000)
  2. New York Voices: Fourteen Portraits (2006)
  3. The Sound of Surprise: 46 Pieces on Jazz (1959)

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