Ted Panken

Ted Panken
BornTheodore Panken
OccupationMusic writer, Radio DJ

Ted Panken is an American jazz journalist based in New York City. He has written for publications including DownBeat, Jazziz, and Jazz Times. From 1985 to 2008, he broadcast jazz and commentary on Columbia University’s radio station WKCR. He has written more than 500 liner notes and has contributed to the New York Daily News and jazz.com. In 2006, he was given the Lifetime Achievement in Jazz Journalism award by the Jazz Journalists Association.[1]

Panken is a current member of the nominating committee for the Jazz Journalists Association's Critics' Choice Awards.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Threadgill, Kamasi Washington Among JJA Honorees". DownBeat Magazine. 22 June 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  2. ^ "1997 Critics' Choice Jazz Awards" Jazz Journalists Association. Retrieved July 3, 2013.