Writing credits include about 30 books (fiction and non-fiction), several magazine articles, some short stories and essays, a few television screenplays (a long time ago), and a stage play (fairly recently). Additionally, there are hundreds of record reviews and several thousand encyclopædia entries (print and on-line).

About half the books are crime fiction; most of the rest are divided between jazz and popular cinema. The jazz books include a biography of Gene Krupa and books on jazz singing and big band music.

Other non-fiction books include biographies of film actors, including Burt Lancaster, Robert Mitchum and Michelle Pfeiffer, as well as studies of myth & reality in the movies, film noir, prison movies and a history of television comedy.

Elsewhere on this website you will find:

- interviews exploring the lives and careers of three of today's leading jazz artists, singer René Marie, pianist David Hazeltine and tenor saxophonist Donny McCaslin.

- essays on some jazz artists of the past who although gone are not forgotten by many fans. These brief assessments of lives and careers feature Pete Brown, Don Byas, Ernie Caceres, Paul Gonsalves, Sonny Greer, Pete Johnson, Ike Quebec, Zutty Singleton, Tab Smith, Eddie South, Dave Tough and Cootie Williams.

There are longer essays prompted by the deaths of two distinguished figures from the world of jazz: Betty Carter and Benny Carter.

Also, there is a short story, Been Here And Gone, inspired by blues singer Jimmy Rushing.

Although most of the CD reviews appeared in magazines, those on this website are different. The artists appearing here are grouped alphabetically:  A - L and M - Z.

Other pages on this site include:

- links to several other interesting and useful jazz sites ... also sites dealing with other subjects that might take your fancy ...

- two other short stories ... both previously unpublished, they have absolutely nothing to do with jazz. The first, Take Three Girls, is a tale of revenge - or is it merely a story of cynical manipulation of those who have been brutally abused. The second, What's In A Name, is about alienation and sudden, bloody death and along the way it reveals how easy it is to unwittingly cause devastating damage to those we claim to love ...

 - and there is a gallery of drawings and paintings, mainly of jazz people ...

 

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On the next page of this site is a list of all of Bruce Crowther's published books (under real and pen names), complete with ISBN numbers.

And if you like what you see here, don't forget to tell your friends.

 

Finally, an apology ...

For the past few years spammers used the email address that appeared on this and previous sites to such devastating effect that it had to be withdrawn. Ever optimistic, here's another email address. Hopefully, it will survive a little longer although it will be carefully watched and if necessary hastily withdrawn. Hence, if you want to write in (hopefully saying nice things about the site), now you can.

 

Latest update: January 2010