Quote of the day
Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
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:
- Collected Works: A Journal of Jazz (2000)
- New York Voices: Fourteen Portraits (2006)
- The Sound of Surprise: 46 Pieces on Jazz (1959)