Stanley Dance

English jazz writer and record producer, born September 15, 1910 in Braintree, Essex, died 23 February 1999, Escondido, California. See also: Stanley Dance Collection. Dance began writing for the French magazine Jazz Hot in 1935, and moved to the USA in 1937, writing for magazines such as Down Beat, Metronome, New York Herald Tribune, and Saturday Review. He also wrote for Jazz Journal from 1948 to 1999. His books include The world of Duke Ellington (1970), The world of swing (1974) and The world of Count Basie (1980). He was married to Helen Oakley Dance.